Agent327
Overlord
Actually, I seem to recall that during the very recent Spring event, on beta there was a quest for claiming a province, and yet come live, an alternative was offered...
Quest #16: "Gain control over a Province, OR, Solve 12 encounters in the Guild Expeditions".
Originally when it was first posted from the initial beta version, there was no alternative. Except once it hit live, there was.
There is a big difference between a quest at the beginning of an event and that at the end of a questline.
EDIT
: @twomsuk; for the love of god, please - change the province requirement for the Van Gogh historical quest!
This HQ's end prize barely warrants spending a whole province, and only then because we basically get a SoK w/a haughty queen being carried about showing up in our cities!
But going by the comments on Beta, the 'prize' for the next event is mostly just garbage;
- 8hr production of 1fp
- 24hr production of a bare few medals?! (really Inno, 24hr's for what looks like less than a Shrine of Awe can produce?! )
That in no way comes close to being worth a whole province!
With 3x2 and an 8 hr productyion of 1 fp it is better than a SoK, so what on earth are you complaining about?