This is true, this event didn't actually require a lot of energy. I finished everything ahead of time because i did have energy to spare. Everytime i collected from my two mines and couldn't move ahead with the game. So i did have a lot of energy to spare.
Well honestly, i thought to myself, since i have sat out many events now due to the events being too demanding on my time, i thought i will do this once in a while and unfortunately i was wrong because i still fell short. I had plenty of energy this time, but i just can't log in a game every hour or two or even every three hours a day. If i do, it is because i am sneaking time to play at work and that is terrible! I could get fired!!
I just don't have time in my day for these events. I have had time with the animals i get in the atrium because that only requires logging in once or twice a day to collect rocks and fight animals and tend to animals.
I am sometimes willing to spend gems to make up for lost time, but not every two weeks and NOT if i end up with no prize.
I ended up spending gems in the first energy pack because i like unlimited energy and i liked getting my permits and it made me catch up because i can never play on Thursday and Fridays. But i just didn't anticipate the sparkling mine would be that grueling. I was so disappointed, but then when i finally finished i made my pigs and acted very stupidly by speeding up the timer on the last pig so i could start collecting ASAP. Even with that i was only able to make 4 furs. I even bought the boar in the beginning and STILL didn't come out ahead.
THAT is extremely infuriating to me. Well, i wish i could convince this company that this is not a good way to treat their customers, but i think they know what they are doing. My only choice is, no matter how CUTE any offer is, i have to say "NO" to any and all events. Because it is a gamble, and i know that now. Even if i buy more alicorns, they will make an event that requires something different. I won't buy multiple packages and spend $30 on every event. That is WAY too expensive. If s8 wants to try to have us spend that much money on energy packs and gem purchase every two weeks i will tell them, NOT DOABLE.