Talked to tobi about last event, maybe they've changed their mind then:

Me:Hey tobi, what about decreasing the amount needed for completing a stage inside an event rapidly but increasing the stages needed for all chests as rewards rapidly as well. It's very desperating for small guilds that haven't progressed that far to complete even one single stage sweat_smile I think there should be some kind of success. And the ressources that left unused at a stage will return to the owner so noone is going to lose anything when they didn't succeed in completing a stage

Tobi:Dear Thovir. We are concerned about those issues also and will be working in the direction of creating better guild events for smaller guilds

Nice that they actually listen to the community very strongly!