I just wanted to throw in my $0.02 about this event.
I much preferred the preset quest list, as it never gave you the same quest twice in a row, or even the same two tasks over four quests. I feel like I am now rotating through a pool of about three or four quests. Over and over. I recently had a quest pattern like this: Quest A, Quest B, Quest B, Quest A, Quest C, Quest C. Seriously? That was ridiculous. Maybe it was more work for the event planners, but please go back to planning out the first 100 - 120 quests, and then, maybe switch it to a "randomized" pool if the player gets them all done. (I put randomized in quotes because it hardly feels random at the moment. It's too much of the same thing).
And, I also much prefer the set buildings. My first big event was the Harvest Festival last year, and it was so much fun! I much preferred the way the cornucopia's worked to these random chests, or space balls, or whatever they are. And I loved my Harvest Temple Set (I was bummed when I had to get rid of it as it was only Chapter III, and the cost of Royal Restoration spells to bring it up was way too much. I still have my Kirit Weasel God (and two shrines), and have no plans to get rid of them anytime soon.) I really am not a fan of the evolving buildings. I purposely didn't evolve my Stonehenge past stage 6 as I don't really like the look of stages 7+. Same with the Mermaid's Paradise - I won't take that one past stage 7 either.
I was really looking forward to the fall event this year, but this one isn't much fun, at least not to me.
I just had to come back and edit this. After posting, I went back to my game on US2, and got "Recruit 2 Stacks of Units" FOR THE THIRD TIME IN A ROW!