So, like others, I won't have enough EC to buy the items needed to get the Mayor to level 2. Is it worth spending the EC on items (if so, which one?) or hold on to them for the gem conversion? I thought that last time (or at least the last time there was a villains challenge), one of the token changed after the event ended so any tokens in hand didn't help (was it the lowest level token?).
If you're OK to pay real money for low probability of getting mayor from chest, then get his tokens. I would start with the his hats first .
But, if you don't want to spend real money on this game, save your EC. According to reddit, the conversion rate is 5000 EC for 1 gem.