Thread:Opalwinter/@comment-39761863-20190713233244/@comment-34343471-20190714001920

Open locations. Many players have open locations because they were playing when those locations were an event. Once a location is unlocked it stays unlocked. Many players only have a few hours a week to play the game. I have several friends who are at level 70 through level 150 who never "finish" an event. They just play the regular quests when they have time. All their locations are open because they have been playing so long. Other players just can't resist paying rubies to open a location.

Virtuoso. I started reaching Virtuoso during event locations. My first one was Wonderpark. And I reached Virtuoso and all the event locations after that except the Pool because I was in a remote (and wonderful) area on vacation during that event. I started turning non event locations green last spring. I found doing that more fun than the regular quests. Not sure why. I would want to stay in a particular location and not follow the quests to another. So I would just stay in a location. I like the regular quests but I enjoy being able to play "whatever location I want when I want to" more.

My best advice is to do what is fun for you in this game. There are no penalties for not participating in an event or for not playing for a month or two. The rewards for playing any of the events are nice but not earth shattering. And each new location event wipes the slate clean.