What'd I miss? (j/k - it took some reading but I think I'm caught up.) I do have a question though.
With perhaps 3.5 hours until the end of the event, I finally have a chance to take part. I've been hoarding gym coins for a long time in anticipation of something new to spend them on, and it sounds like that could be occasional raid passes.
However, I'm a solo player, only Level 35.8, with a meager collection of top attackers (having previously focused on defenders). I haven't had a reason to level up for a long time either, but now I wonder if I should buy some lucky eggs on sale to level up because it might improve my chances of success during raids -OR- if I should keep my coin stash, level up at a normal rate, and have the chance to buy more raid passes.
I'm leaning toward the latter, since it seems that building a large attack team with breadth and depth (having 6 Jolteon, 6 Machamp, 6 Exeggutor, etc. all at Level 30) will become very useful for raids, while pushing an individual Jolteon or Machamp from Level 37.5 to Level 38.5 doesn't seem like it should matter as much.
So I guess my question is: Did I miss something in my catch-up reading that suggests leveling up will be more useful than I think, or should I stick to my strategy of keeping coins for raid passes and focus on building an attack team first?