Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25730832-20160122165904/@comment-68.191.49.101-20160129053252

So, it's pretty much what I said, the announcment would generate a lot of buzz, but would ulimately calm down after a day or two after people accept it as it is.

Frankly, I think most of the exitement came from just the sheer surprise of it all. No clue or hint given by the devs, but by a piece of ingame equipment that appeared in a routine game update. I actually thought the devs had made a mistake and leaked the equipment by accident, completely ruining the surprise for a future event. But apparently it was done intentionally, which really boggles my mind.

The only thing I don't like about this, is that it also correlated with the Vita release, leaving the Winter event coming up to be kind of overshadowed. The event might be the smallest one in a long while, and with a tiny amount of rewards, but these things can really help some ship girls get some much needed attention from the spotlight.