Hey guys~ Thanks for the feedback
Much thought has gone into items, availability, gameplay and the economy and we're not ready to make any changes like this yet because Diana is so busy trying to get Windlyn to Beta. Without all of the major Windlyn features in place, we'd skew the economy in ways that would require major adjustments again when these features do come online.
We do our best to make the events on Windlyn achievable with just participation, no wings required. I know it sucks to not always get every item you want, but we all know that if it too easy, there's no drive to join in the event properly. We try to encourage trading between users, both during the event and after, and leave the release of the items into the shops as a last-resort to get items that you're oh-so-close to. We realize there were a lot of items this time around, which is why we extended the time they're in the shops to
three days. Usually, event items hit the shops for just 24 hours.
Personally, the prices don't seem that outrageous to me. We have so many items for 10f, which is just one post, I dont think there are many other sites that will offer you those prices. The backgrounds are expensive, because as Monkey said, they do take a lot of work and I know Diana tries very hard to make the backgrounds special.
That said, everyone is free to trade for missing items for other items, features, and/or wings even. I haven't done any wing trades yet, but you're free to use them for trades. While wings may be of limited use/or value now, it will change. Thanks for your patience!