I just have to drop in and say that for some future feedback this wasn't a very good way to handle limited items. I'm all for having to spend time camping a rare item or having items that are only available for a limited time but the combination of these two didn't work out too well.

I personally spent close to 40 hours in this event without either hat because the turn-around of people getting their hats then new people coming in and needing hats in these groups was high so coupled with the fact that the drop is rare to begin with there is the high probability of a lot of people being in the same situation as I am and will require a lot more time than others to get the items.

I wouldn't have had as much of an issue with this turn of events but it's rather annoying to know that I'm very likely going to miss out on a couple of limited items even though I put a fair share of time participating in it. So my suggestion for the future is never to make rare drop items a limited time event again. You either need to make a limited event where a certain amount of participation in the event guarantees the reward or you don't make the item a limited time ordeal and provide other avenues to obtaining the item after the event is over.