Will lightning strikes event ever return?

[Nestama]

Couldn't you have posted in one of the many other Lightning Return event threads?

Anyway, if they bring the event back, it will only benefit new players. Players who have already done the event back in 2013 can't do the quests (which means they will only get to "enjoy" the FATE's. If I remember correctly, you can only buy the weapons using tokens from the lowest level FATE's).

[Gralna]

Just throw it all in the cash shop /endthread

[LineageRazor]

Couldn't you have posted in one of the many other Lightning Return event threads?

To be fair, this is the guy's very first post. He probably hasn't spent enough time on the forums to know how common this kind of request thread is, and if he's new to gaming forums in general might not be familiar with the search tools that are available. Years down the line, if he still frequents these forums, he may occasionally look back at his first post and cringe, "Really? THIS was how I introduced myself the the forum community? Please kill me..."

To the original poster: It is unlikely that the event will happen again. On the other hand, I never expected it to happen a second or third time, but it did. Regardless, I think it's much more likely that these items will wind up in the cash shop, as others have mentioned, much like the Thancred and Minfilia minions did (spoils from another one-time event likely never to be repeated).

The ponytail hairstyle available at the Gold Saucer shows that they have the ability to add hairstyles via a consumable item, so it's certainly not impossible to have Lightning and Snow hair available in the cash shop, as well.