Well, to be fair, once the alternative to the scout one province popped in I only got that task once more so I have been cruising the event quite nicely after a bumpy start and will for sure have enough to level 2 bears. I was extremely lucky with keys on chests, I got really a lot, and I mean really a lot, but even without that bonus I would level one bear and get some artifacts to spare. So I was expecting some nerfing but I think for casual players, that I am not, the nerfing is too big and they will have a very hard time leveling even one bear. The difficulty of the tasks, once the alternative to the scouting was possible, is sort of balanced so the planned shuffling of the statistics will not contribute to make the event less difficult, will just mean that some of us will use less supplies instants.
So my 2 cents: what about a compromise between the actual 188 and the planned 80?