I think the event was more focused on NewPlayer/Low level chars tbh -- the few weeks graft that ppl did was achieved in no less then 24 hrs by loads of new chars.
People who had time to blast event are well ahead, people with life commitments had to suffer with falling behind.
Was it a decent event?? I would say yes, even thou most town maps became a pk arena.
Koriban is right thou -- think alot of people will get bored now and just sit around waiting for next event as the progression rate was way to fast.
Might be a good idea to keep the instances in thou, lvl based like event to give the ppl who fell behind a safe hunting/leveling place to catch up in levels.
Drops -- wow these were intense ..... benes,stones lvl36weps to start with --- made me happy cuz i got a StoneBambooFan, store of (L) stones so dont mind breaking a few for a while lol, also got Shackle which I have not seen on game yet (if someone could leave a reply on how it works would be handy.
I had to take a week off during event to attend a wedding (losing that week meant I didnt achieve lvl 40) but not bothered as a tao is useful at any level.
Well Done for a successful event!