I’d agree with you, except by doing ET until you got a Solmiki weapon, you have told the developers that ET content is worth doing.
It’s not about dedication, it’s not even difficult, it’s just burnout central. It’s not engaging in any way, and I don’t support Solmiki as a design choice.
Essentially I’m saying that if literally no one got a Solmiki weapon by doing 40f, they would have to actually make content worth doing, and it would be more enjoyable for everyone. If they wanna dole out 12 weapons–which is almost certainly double if not triple the amount on my server, right before a gear switch/level increase, sure, why not? You got yours legitimately, having 12 more on the server doesn’t remove your “accomplishment” of throwing a few hours a night away because you, by the grace of nothing more than your good fortune, have 3-4 free hours with nothing better to do every single day even within the realm of the game, and had fewer disconnects and ET crashes than everyone else attempting the slog on your server.
Here’s the real problem with the event, and people have already said it: It’s tremendously exploitable and clearly was not tested. So you’re giving out BIS weapons for at least the next month or two, gained from untested content which is exploitable beyond repair.