First this.......
"Through November 3, 2013, join the Strangers in celebrating the Dark Harvest Festival! This annual tribute to the Punkin King ensures an abundant fall harvest. Collect candy tokens from the mischievous Punkin King himself, then trade with Maskwell in Haven Town Square for Frankenzom, Spookat, and Phantom masks, or for Harvest Prize Boxes."
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/91276
Then we have...........
"We will be issuing a patch later today to fix an issue preventing the Dark Harvest and Shroud of the Apocrea missions to remain active through Nov. 3rd. Following the patch, these missions will be available until their previously specified times."
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/92090
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN??
Happy Hunting
-A
It sounds like Nick is saying "the events are prevented to continue, but will still end on November 3rd" ._.