Talk:GUDAGUDA Honnouji Event Re-Run/@comment-104.1.35.171-20170319220525/@comment-29893250-20170320005011

Lottery events are the minority of events. I'd like more lotteries too but that's how things are. Also, FGO tends to be time gated even there. For example, in the Christmas rerun, we couldn't get santa alter till pretty late in the event which would have helped sock farming. Also, the free quests opened up bit by bit like usual if I recall. Similarly, you won't have the CEs if you don't roll aside a CE that you can buy from the shop like here and the 3 star CE which you usually get one of and can friend summon for more.

Lottery events also don't eternally give you apples either. You get some but that's not a 6 box train unless you start with all the CEs. So it'd take you a few days to get all set up before beginning even in that case. And of course this event spits out 10 apples which is less but not that bad. It also spits out 10 quartz which is more than lottery events.

So even in a lottery, time gating exists and the amount of event CEs is about even. Your two noted complaints hold true in either or. Your statement about apples is somewhat true. However, that falls to a matter of taste. Lottery box events are farming events, suited for people who have lots of time to sit down and farm away mass boxes by dipping into their stores of apples to keep the train going after the first 5, 7, or whatever when they stop spitting out golds. These events are better for people who are going to pop in and pop out, then make a dash towards the end of the event when the best free quest is out, requiring less overall labor. Which is of course also optimal to do in lotteries all the same.