sharkman0101
Spazmatism
That's a fair point, but I don't need to know whether or not I need to beat them since the progression is balanced without them in mind; they are simply holiday events.I would really recommend you to play the events before sharing your opinion about them, though. You can't really know whether you can beat them if you don't bother playing them in the first place.
They're going to be quite difficult for only Plantera-tier gear since its an event that was designed with multiplayer in mind. A large, festive gathering with lots of enemies screams teamwork, especially with the voluminous amount of drops later on if you manage to get that far (which is easier with multiplayer) that can be spread among the players. If you find yourself unable to beat it alone with Plantera gear, that's perfectly fine; there are other options you can pursue to beat Golem and maybe challenge it later. Some of the drops from the Moon events are viable for some of the late-game content anyway, but some of the more underpowered items could use a bit of work - I cannot deny that. An event that becomes available doesn't necessarily have to be entirely feasible for single-player, but it's an option if you're up for the challenge of working with what you have. Same applies to something like Duke Fishron once hardmode starts or Skeletron in pre-hardmode.
EDIT: I forgot to clarify that I also agree that there should be a scaling helper for the higher difficulties, just to make it less of DPS race with the massively buffed health pools at higher difficulties. Perhaps 1.5x for Expert and 2.0x for Master?