I'd rather not have pre-wipe events this time around, or if we do for 1-3 days max. I think the stuff from the tech barter event up until the Arena tease probably fulfilled that role of 'goof off absurd events' and I'd wager even with a week or so of events not many people would return, they'd just wait for the actual patch to drop. It's like, you know in your primary/elementary school when you were a kid and at the end of the year you'd have the few days where you'd just sit in class and watch some random movies and maybe have a class party with a bunch of shitty pizza and soft drinks? It's like that. Sure, it's fun to goof around, but you'd rather be at home on your Game Boy or whatever the fuck instead.
Uh, shitty analogy aside, I think most people are just ready for something fresh. I haven't really enjoyed the trend of pre-wipe event periods getting longer and longer myself.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EscapefromTarkov/comments/ved5pq/maybe_a_hot_take_but/
