I think at this point they will probably turn the Lightning Returns event into an annual event, adding new weapons to match new jobs.

I mean, we already had it initially TWICE. Once for the JP release and a second time for the NA release of Lightning Returns. And those of us that did it did it and the rest of the people who didn't didn't.

And then those people cried so hard that they wanted the gear and the hairstyles that they made the Lightning Returns event strike a third time to appease all the crybabies.

So yeah.. we might as well make it an annual event now. I mean why not? We did the Dragon Quest and FFXI events a second time when they should have been one time only. So why not?

At this point it doesn't matter, the "events" aren't even special when they run the same exact thing multiple times. They already set precedence by not having events be exclusive limited time only deals. So in reality there's nothing holding them back from just making Lightning Strike a 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, etc. etc. time.

If you cry hard enough they will run it again. Proven fact.