Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but am I really the only one who looked at the Phoenix event and thought: No 24 or 48 hour boosted productiojns? No 24 hour workshop productions? No x each of all T1 productions? Is this some kind of strange Miracle? Are they really intentionally making the events less tedious?
I noticed that as well. You're wrong on 24 hour WS productions though, there are several. 2 quests have alternatives (e.g. picking up several CCs), one does not (for 9 toolboxes).
Having said that, I don't know if it's going to be less tedious
It's a very long event (longer than previous ones), and there is plenty of both waiting and clicking in here. It should be more space-efficient though, as you only need to build L1 WS (if you need/want to).
Also, some of the quests might be blocking for other reasons. There are quests to gain quite a few relics, and if you're in off-tournament period you may need to wait (or craft like craze, which is probably very inefficient). Recruiting troops is also not something that you can easily accelerate (depends on the numbers).
All in all, it looks quite different indeed, but less tedious - I don't know. These are designed to be tedious, hence the rewards