Scanned through this thread because too a degree it's valid but this has to be the dumbest reply so far.

Manning up, does not fix the current issue- nor is it the issue that's currently plaguing people because an improvement of ones self is not the core issue here, it's the event & the wallet- but you knew that you were just pretending to be thick, right?.
Firstly freezing has no flaws only benefits & i don't believe that freezing is an issue personally either, I think the event as a whole is flawed & the reason to why level freezing appears to be a bigger issue than it is.
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So before I even begin I already know I'm * in the wind here, we've all seen the video on Oasis(I'm sure) & realize how incompetent & unresponsive they are to any issue concerning the game- so bottom line realistically is no change.

As it stands right now, there are no incentives or rewards for actually participating in the event if you're not actually a high power (Top 3)- so most people already don't even attend the event period(not entering or by standing still), which in itself is a key factor in why the event is garbage because the reward/incentive for getting your * handed to you repeatedly is not worth entering the event, the psychology behind it is this, no one likes to lose but people will lose for a price- You need to please both f2p players & p2w players for a healthy environment & the event encourages and only caters to making the P2W players feel like a god then rewarding them a ridiculous amount for the privilege- so wallet + ego boost + reward, amazing design for top 3, poor design for everyone else.

Unfortunately though this is counter productive to a healthy game, people leave over things like this & if there isn't a free 2 play player base, there isn't a p2w one either keep in mind you can't have one without the other because the P2Ws facade is only backed up by a willing f2p audience- and most of this is proven by the "everyone stands around & autos" mentality.

Firstly you need an incentive for people to play the event, like there is in 9 Tails, everybody gets something- bottom line here is SWB doesn't give you jack, if I couldn't get top 3 I wouldn't waste my time with the event personally either. I'm not going to blab about how I think the rewards should be because that's open to highly subjective criticism, and I want to focus purely on why the event as a whole is flawed.

- Also a note, this is why Matsuri is actually a decent event, everyone is given roughly the same reward, you're not constantly reminded of the negatives of being a f2p player.

This is also why Decisive Bonds has a low player count, because the rewards aren't worth getting hammered by 100k+ powers all day.