Even though this event was seemingly tailor made for my playstyle (casual raider), I have to agree that the design leaves a lot to be desired. It seems almost punative - Play Our Way Or Get NOTHING! Never fear, crafter friend - I tried playing it their way - and I still got NOTHING at the end, so we're all in the same (sinking) boat! I've got some tokens from running the [Removed for Content] Dragon Ring heroic stuff last night, but no where near the number required by my vendor shopping list.
I still have not received an answer about whether or not those of us on AB who participated in the bugged final encounter in EW this morning will be receiving our quest rewards or not. I did notice that the quests (including the 500 shard final reward quest) mysteriously disappeared from my journal at some point today.