The Dragon Quest crossover event is coming back shortly, as it was announced within the last day: http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/ff11us/detail/19016/detail.html

However, the FFXIV content (which has always been available at the same time as this event), is noticeably missing. I assume this is from licensing and permission issues from the FFXIV team.

This is an issue, because this means that there is still no way to get the FFXIV Spriggan Monstrosity species/subspecies unlocks.

If this event cannot come back due to licensing issues and lack of permission from the FFXIV team, these monstrosity species should be made available from another source, as they are part of a playable portion of the games content, and are thus more important than missing a few lockstyle pieces of armor from the event itself.