Yes, I do agree with the recent SAB festival.
There was no Infinite C. Coin also I do agree with from veterans trying to like maximize exp for Spirit Shard Farming.
EXP is definitely the king of boosters for reward tracks and spirit shards, karma should be second (I guess, since its abundant from doing raids, fractals, wvw)
However, There are new players that are trying to maximize whatever they have and can acquire and I'm actually a new player and I'm trying to maximize whatever resource I to boost my progression. I'm Roughly 1 year in to the game, took frequent breaks since from 2021 and recently returned. But, I've done most of the difficult contents like Raid CM (Yes, I have voice in the void and almost done with W6 and W7 Achievements.
Point is, From what I've learned from my guildmates Anet would often sell Festival Related Gobblers during the Release of the related festival (I Still don't understand what's the marketing strategy of Anet not Releasing Infinite C. Coin and Zhai gobbler this year) I'd like to emphasize on the Release of EOD Expansion and with the amount of new players coming in. So why not release the item? (this is definitely weird)
I skipped out farming/grinding mastery points that were (or I considered Irrelevant for my progression); I saw a couple of videos like the one from Teapot stating which BL Items are worth investing in too. I would definitely maximize the Zhaitaffy Gobbler pack (or the winter variant) and Candy corn gobbler. And having those boosters are helpful for Grinding for EXP for specific Mastery Points can be a pain in the kitten.