I honestly dont think that NC is this stupid and doesnt realize that the game is fading away faster than snow on a hot stove with monetization like this. I just think that they completed their BnS journey and want it to die, because at this point it seems pretty obvious that there are no plans on actually "rescuing" the game if thats even possible (which i doubt heavily).
We can all agree on one thing, the time where they decided to put in Lootboxes + Trove was the moment the game decided its fate and sadly it went the p2w way. Bad developers, bad community managers , lacking communication (some things may not apply to the past weeks/months) and generally the monetization and greed of bigger corporations caused that pretty much 95% of the games out there are barely playable or simply cut down to 50% of original content + 2x 50€ dlc's which should've been in the game from the getgo.
This game was really fun as it lasted but i doubt that we will see another anniversary and if so, i will be quite suprised.
I dont particulary demise this event, i actually quite like it, but the general "EVENTS" such as the above stated "trove" and "rng box event" where the grave of this game, legitimately.