Unrelated to previous post, something that I haven't seen anyone mention is how to prep for the in-game events. Based on last Fan Fest, I have this advice to offer.

When you first sit down at your station, you'll be given about three minutes to customize your settings from default. If you're used to playing with default settings, you're set. All you have to do is put the abilities in your bars in the right slots.

If you play with heavy modification, you will need to practice configuring the game to the minimal amount of customization you need to function usefully. In the game launcher, use the backup tool to save your settings. If necessary, take some screen shots of your important settings so you can get them exactly right during the next part of the exercise. Then reset everything to default, and go through all your settings and change them back to what you're used to. As you do, decide which settings you absolutely can't live without and which settings you can ignore. Then go out and do a FATE or something to make sure that all your buttons do what you want them to do, and your camera and movement settings are correct (especially Legacy(camera-based) vs Character-based movement). Then reset to default and do it again. Aim for being able to set all your settings within three minutes so that you can get everything working without eating into the trial/dungeon clock.