"news were the reward, and rewards are what we got"
Sweeties: Why do you look so mad? Maybe you expected some other fancy-candy reward much more valuable after a ( what looked in the first place ) an event full of shenanigans from the UR staff?
Don't forget that , after all, it was only about doing 50.000.000 dmg. That's 500.000 players doing 100 damage average in the most popular gamestyles in 4 days or so. Last time I checked, that was not a very thrilling or impressive feat, was it? No need at all to sign on, or pay anything, just keep playing at a NORMAL rate. Of course it's reward is "meh"!
Once in a while there was a guy who signed up for a free low level guild event, and then complained that having
Windy Mor as a 1st. place prize was totally underwhelming. Many people facepalmed at him, and he had to leave in shame, but with an extra
Windy Mor in its collection
Moral of the story: "One doesn't look a gift horse in the mouth"
Don't expect anyone to be magnificent with you these days, all the more if has a -100% FREE- neon sign over it
tl;dr: Look at me, I'm a monkey.