It's been noted recently that the time in which players can participate in events has dropped drastically, with the beginning of the decline starting at the Dark Harvest Festival, and continuing thereon with each passing event.
Dark Harvest 2012: 16 days
Dark Harvest 2013: 13 days
Dark Harvest 2014: 12 days
Winterfest 2012: 23 days
Winterfest 2013: 23 days
Winterfest 2014: 17 days
Apocrea 2013: 13 days
Apocrea 2014: 13 days
Apocrea 2015: 7 days
That's an entire week dropped from the past two events for no apparent reason. A while back when events were announced, the announcement would state that it would take multiple events to collect all the items, except now we barely have enough time to start our collections. Many players speculate this as a filler event, but if it is a filler event, why not lengthen it to keep us players happy for longer periods of time?
If events continue this downward spiral, expect the next round of March of the Tortodrones and the Kataclysmic confrontation to last a week as well. Wanted some of those handguns or a BKC? Good luck~
INB4 I jinxed everything and the Caketastrophe only lasts one day now. That'd be a hoot!
Hmm, I'd say that they
1. may want to introduce more events but felt that some may clash (Dark Harvest 2013+ Apocrea 2013 came at the same time I believe)
2. Less event time = More stuff needed to fill Wednesdays. More promotion boxes maybe?