I didn't liked the event at all... I did liked all the rewards, I think the outfit is really cool and most of the stuff are pretty decent. That being said I disliked the event in general.
First and most important of all: FF XIV is for me a very cooperative game, and cooperation is what I like the most from the game. Almost all the content in the game is cooperative except for maybe PvP (which is casually my least favourite part of the game) ... That being said, a competitive nature game like the one they choose to make the event about it's not my turf at all. I do not enjoy playing that kind of games, specially based around "skills" or whatever, even if I'm winning them (and I'm not whining because I couldn't win the event or anything like that, I did won several times, just for real it was something totally out of fun for me) ... The net doesn't help AT ALL. In my case I have at least like 3 or 4 seconds of lag so, it's just a guessing game at that point if you are going to get knocked down by something or not.
I have seen some bad attitudes too like people mocking other people by staying at the finish linea until the last second and stuff like that. I'm not saying this is the worst thing in the world, I'm just saying it's an attitude I do not like or enjoy or even find it funny. That being said i just spammed the event until getting all the stuff in the store and that's it. A totally joyless and boring event for me. I understand some people might like this kind of events or games, I do not. I would rather have a cooperative kind of event. And that's just my take on it.