Just a though for next year. Instead of randomly scattering all the buckets all over, just have one spawn outside each shop, like real life. Players go from store to store to get their rewards.
I like having to search for them!
Maybe a mix of both instead, where each shop has a guaranteed one on the check out counter or outside on a table like that image, but then randomized spawns all over the plaza for the remaining amount?
Would also be nice if more of the island was used for it, like around the Game World Ports and water park area.
Always felt odd to me that you rarely ever see any of these event types spawn their items near the fountain too.
It also fixes the issue of every time they change the plaza, them having to redo the spawns because now they’re underneath new shit, at least for Halloween.