I've bemoaned convention temples often enough, because I lose sleep over them, but there are some positives to having a convention temple next week.
1) During a convention temple, we can use our energy towards what aim we desire. Work towards successes, prioritize XP or Notes, or any combination thereof. We do not have to focus on just skill missions, or just timed missions, or just fight missions, or just pandas, etc. We have absolute freedom with how we use our energy, which leads us to the fact that...
2) Successful conventions, and they often are during convention temples, are a good source of free bonus energy, which will especially useful given that we now have a...
3) New (repeat) special event, that requires us to gain flags, soccer balls, and complete 100 endurance missions in 9 days. This extra energy is going to be critically important, because that averages out to 11 endurance missions per day. Now to provide some context, I use a 50% mission booster, have access to an additional 40 energy per day, and have no apprehension about using another 25 diamonds per day for a 5th energy refill, and *I* am concerned about the challenge of getting 100 of these things done.
For the majority of the player base who has access to no additional energy and is using the standard 25% mission booster, I find this number exceptionally difficult, if not perhaps impossible. This one, single part of the event was of enough concern to me that within minutes of the event's start, I convened an emergency discussion in our studio to suggest (and determine if there was consensus) that we immediately advise our members to prioritize stamina missions and this new event. We agreed to largely abandon this week's temple, because I could not see how most of our members could continue to focus on pandas for the remaining 5 days of the temple, AND have any possibility of finishing this event in the allotted time.
4) Lastly, appearances in a convention, success or fail, count towards a success that gives rewards such as items, energy, diamonds, and skill points. I'm still working on those, as are almost all of us. Another 80+ shows and I get more skill points. They also give bonus experience, win or fail.
Now, conventions certainly wouldn't have been my first choice. Then again, having a special event that involves 100 stamina missions and two other collection items, start up at the same time as a panda collection temple, also wouldn't have been my preference either. Even if I was NOT in a certain studio, and I haven't always been, my feelings above would be unchanged. I would still pragmatically look at a convention temple, in lieu of there being a special event ongoing, as a week to do whatever I want with my energy, and as an opportunity for bonus experience and energy.
Energy that almost all players can desperately use towards this new event.
So, at this point, your choices are as follows:
#1 - Find the positives, of which there are, and use that as sweetener to make lemonade.
#2 - Not look at the positives, add no sweetener, and suck it down straight up sour.
Personally, I'd rather have a glass of fresh orange juice, but it is what it is...
