Just dropping by to let you know the admins know how to create events. It's a bit tedious to do and mining events are disabled, but it's documented and there are several examples in a text file on the desktop, also more in my folder on it.
I would say the major problem with the event system is that a lot of people (and mostly vets) get pissed as hell when they start losing in combat events. We also had the case with Lythrilux completely losing it when the DROP event started, causing a giant fuss accusing people of OORP actions leading to this, when in the end nobody forced him to start shooting the Freeport, it was of his own volition. The tone only changed when he started getting the upper hand in the event.
I'm kinda biased when it comes to the event system anyway, considering I created it. It always feels a bit sour for me to see drama generated from server events.
Either way, I think if you want to see more events I guess the best is to submit event ideas. Make the events as simple as possible, possibly the least lore impacting as possible (because that becomes an official event and the dev team needs to be involved, the event is then scheduled on the Valve/Haste time calendar) and especially, please avoid submitting events that are nothing but highways to faction powergaming like some submissions we've had, even sometimes disguised under the shroud of "good activity for everyone".
I really believe the admin team will take event suggestions into account this way. A simple event takes roughly 15/20 minutes to set up so it can be done.
