I love the fact that Gaz is doing new encounters, even if they are time-gated.
The Crossbones boss encounter, the Civil War airport Fight are fun to play through for a change of pace. It's great to have this new, focused content, and it's fun to have them during related events that tie into their theme. The only thing that's a downside is that if someone comes(back?) to the game after the events, the event is over, until the next time Gaz runs the event. Beyond the limited runs, the theme also presents a possible oddity. Why would Gaz have the Captain America: Civil war encounter well past the movie/DVD release? Wouldn't it seem odd?
Welp, I had an idea For both the past event encounters, and the future event encounters: Collectible Comics!
Inside each event encounter, at the end there is a chance these rare items will drop! The player can add them to their inventory. Just like the cow/cosmic doop portals this item will open a portal to enter the encounter again, at any time, even after the event passes! Unlike Cow/Cosmic Doop portals, this is not a single use item, and will persist until the player deletes it, though on cooldown after activation. After the event is over, these issues are available for eternity splinters at Adam Warlock, as well as in the Store for G's, if the player wants to buy them after the fact.
Having the events available year round, but through these items would keep much of the special/limited nature of the events intact, while also allowing better access to them after those events. Having them in themed items with descriptions would mean there would be context to them even when the larger theme event was passed.
Thoughts?