User blog comment:Kitahara/Review on participated events/@comment-25730832-20150223180919/@comment-25832576-20150228025336

I won't dispute the OP/ED - as seen in the comments here, everyone has their own opinion, and there's no right or wrong opinion about this. What we like is pretty subjective.

Comparing difficulties wasn't my point (I agree that this event's stages were tougher btw), I'm talking more about the mental effect these shitty mechanics had, Zel's testimony indicates this too. Instead of diving in with no consequences, some players were forced to be cautious, wait for information and pre-plan who they would take, which took some of the fun out of the event. By contrast, players could reuse their best/favourite ships this time, and didn't have to worry that swapping ships halfway through could screw them later on. This made it more enjoyable IMO.