Okay, so I was pretty lucky and managed to get the special exchange ticket within 40 spins for the event. Should I try and clear the pool out more and get things I'm interested in, or reset it to get more tickets quicker?
Personally I'd reset Right away. With a pool of 500 you could lose a lot of time. Better off getting the stuff you want while emptying the next pool towards the next ticket. Really depends on how confident you are of your pace.
Use the Christmas Calculator to estimate your stocking total.
The general recommendation is don't reset, since most players that can clear 40ap should get enough socks for at least 5 full box clears (even before Golden Fruit/SQ refills).
If you don't have time to grind the event though, you may want to skip some boxes once there's only QP/FP left, since you do want to NP5 Santa Alter. At NP5, she'll be the strongest aoe NP for most players for a very long time.
