I was told I could vote for everything, so I did. I do not really have the energy to elaborate on environmental changes, but the short version is: I think a mix of temporary and permanent ones would be interesting. Sometimes environmental changes strain the characters/playerbase in a way that is difficult to keep up long term without fatigue. Things that been be changed back or repaired within a month (or a set time like over the course of a 3 month arc, for example) can be fun in their own ways though, if players are aware that opportunity is included into the framework of the event.

NPC interaction I am typically very neutral on, but I voted for it because I think it should be an option sometimes for players who do want to see more of that.

Lastly, this came up on plurk and a few of us were discussing how much we liked the nature of the February event. Not the valentine's theme aspect so much as the opportunity to throw complete strangers at one another without context or need for a common ground. A lot of events feel like they really require established CR to get excited about, so we'd love to see more opportunities to essentially shackle two strangers (or characters who aren't speaking for reasons) together and encourage new CR opportunities.

I know mingles and between-event posts are typically Player Run but it would be nice to see more of those, and if there are ways for the mod team to help facilitate them in some way (like Richard's training programs) to encourage engagement it might help people to branch out more too.