Well it's always some pointless thing. "Royal Guard! You must fill these 5 piles of SAUSAGES locked down in the castle to 60k each so we can build a giant wall around the city to protect it!" And so we waste time/gold/patience with the game's direction, gathering whatever it is we're supposed to gather for the next week, only for the wall to fall down right away or Clainin's spell to backfire or some other garbage.
Trust me, if any of the new EM events are "Go forth and gather....." I won't bother.