Yeah, this approach definitely won't do any favors for a new player since getting the event Knight will now require a full clear of what used to be an 80 stamina stage under the 'old' event system. I remember starting out that my only hope of getting a full clear of the 80 stamina stages in Solidaster's event required bunching together my under-powered squads down one path as best as possible then hoping that they would be both strong enough to beat all the pests in their way and fast enough to beat the pests before the helper squad (usually belonging to someone from this forum) finished the stage.