Have a Happy New Year's with 2x EXP & Drop!

It always used to be 2 hour events and 4 hour cards. Back when we had family rep, people used that to make up the difference. And before that, people just trained two hours on 4x and 2 on 2x and didn't consider 2 hours of 2x "wasted"...
I don't quite recall when they started with the 4 hour events. Was a compensation for some major foulup or other, I'm sure. Then it became a habit. Now they seem to be trying to cut back, so people won't all be 200 weeks before the next class is due out

Possibly. However it is though they'd have to cut back way more if they actually wanted to stem the tide and I actually don't think it's too big of a deal if people reach level 200 sooner as those are actually the ones that usually end up buying cash assuming they stay.