I always assumed Hamlets (the activity) were discontinued and gone forever. They were an integral part of the relic quest, and possibly the most time-consuming part unless you were REALLY lucky. Basically, they functioned as a time sink for 1.0 players as the devs began working on ARR and wanted to keep us occupied. The drops that weren't part of the prerequisites for the relic quest are now craftable, but they used to be pretty rare drops from the Hamlets. I do hope they'll reintroduce something LIKE Hamlets, but I doubt it will be the same. It will probably drop different things and reward you in a different way. I'm not sure if any of you have noticed, but some of the Hamlet music has been used for certain FATEs in ARR. Unfortunately, I don't recall which ones... but it was nice to hear the old music again.