Wow. Couldn't disagree more. Clicking chests is waaaaaaaay more boring than actually using some strategy to clear/expose prizes in the fog.
Hopefully next year we'll get the event calendar added as well!
Basically, introduced this year in FoE where this event came from, you can find a gemstone/sticker that opens up a secondary daily prize on the event calendar.
If/once you've found the gem/sticker for the day and continue digging through the fog, you can instead collect a gem/sticker fragment. 5 fragments = 1 full gemstone/sticker that can be used to open up any day's box on the calendar.
If/once you've completed the full calendar, then any gemstones/stickers you find becomes +10 event currency per gem/sticker found.
Now granted, we'd need our own unique mechanic to allow for daily collections of gem/sticker fragments, as in FoE, this is done via the Daily Challenge mechanics, but we'd need something completely different for Elvenar. Maybe something like 'collect 20 incidents in a single day = +1 sticker fragment' to reward high daily activity?!
If a player can complete the full calendar, then they win some bonus Artifacts + unique player portrait + kp's, etc...
Again, accounting for the differences in game play, the Elvenar version could perhaps include say, "complete the full calendar to win a unique portrait + bonus Artifact + Wishing Well + kp instants".
Or else give us the toys/tablets with their bonus mini quest lines that reward small amounts of event currency + a unique reward upon completing each toy/tablet!
There are 3 types of toys/tablets: 4x common which would reward junk like 33% coin/supply instants, 20kp instant, 5x runestones, etc... level "rewards", 3x uncommon which could reward say, a small Halloween theme deco (ie: Lonely Scarcrow) or 5x RR level rewards, and 1x rare which could reward something like a previous year's prize such a Haunted Graveyard or Windmill of Evil level reward.
Completing a full set of all 8 toys/tablets earns a player a unique portrait + 20 candles + 10 lanterns + 8 explodey flasks & say, a unique culture building.
Personally I prefer the daily reward calendar, as the toys/tablets are an absolute crap-shoot due to the horrid RNG %'s for spawning the uncommon + rare ones!
Out of 2x Archaeology events + 2x Halloween events where we've had these on FoE, I've only complete the toys/tablets
once! (...and not for lack of trying either - it's just bat-gak insane the spawn rates!)