I thought it was pretty clear that these kinds of event are not canon and only have the flimsiest of Lore excuses, SE is not forcing anyone at gunpoint to do these kinds of events. Hell, they're not even forcing anyone into doing the ones that are more lore-appropriate like Heavensturn, All Saint's Wake and such. Hell, I've skipped Hatching-tide for a while because I'm not all that into Easter.

If you follow that logic, we've been doing Heavensturn for 3 years now, so the Battle of Carteneau happened 8 years ago yet the NPCs still refer to it as "5 years ago" so your immersion was shot a long time ago. Step by the Lore forums to complain about the time bubble!

I really wasn't gonna respond to this since I tend to avoid General Discussion on principle (seriously, it's like no one in here even LIKES this game) but your assumption that one isn't a true Final Fantasy fan unless you are willing to throw a hissy fit over something that no one is forcing you to do in an MMO (especially one that has a history of cross-game events) is not only completely pedantic but also wrong. You can't tell any player they're not a "true fan" of something unless they enjoy it the same way you do. Is a Lightning Returns fan that enjoys having Lightning cosplay as a miqo'te not a true fan of LR?

Really hope this was a troll post and OP isn't serious...