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Tell the people responsible to try playing the game sometimes (without using any 'special' options that not available to regular players). They'll notice that it is really easy to get tech locked in both Dwarves and Fairies. First when you get to the Dwarven Main Hall you suddenly need a lot more Granite than ever before. Then, near the end of Dwarves, you need a lot - and I mean A LOT - of both Granite and Copper, especially for the Ancient Wonders tech. Then in Fairies there are two more spots where it is easy to get tech locked: The first is when you still have not upgraded your Fairy portal to level 3 or above. You can't collect and store Night Essense until the portal is at least level 3, so if the only techs you have left all require Night Essense - you're stuck. The second is again near the end of the chapter, when you need a lot of both Ambrosia and Nigh Essense. And let's not forget the players that are between chapters - players that have already researched all avialable techs and simply can NOT research any more until they open the chest for next chapter - which could require completing 10+ provinces.The reason for level 20+ as that until Fairies, players should be able to unlock technologies relatively quickly.
Oh, and let's not forget the players in lower chapters that sometimes get tech locked, for example some players have gotten tech locked after unlocking Crafted goods, due to needing Crafted goods for research and not having enough yet.
In short, this requirement to research a tech or upgrade a building to level 20+ is a terrible idea.
Unrelated to the above, I thought about it and decided that finishing the event will hurt me more than it will help me, so I will not be finishing it in any of my Live cities. I might finish it on Beta, but here I am near the end of Orcs. I will reach Wood Elves shortly after the event ends, so the rewards will be largly useless for me (as they will still have Orcs stats).