Yeah, it's not so much the toughness I mind, or indeed any of the above, just the current unfortunate combination of all three. Long respawn times would be ok if they dropped good stuff more often. Being tough to beat would also be fine if the drop rate was adjusted accordingly, so it's not quite as disappointing after the effort taken to beat them. Or, with the drop rates like this, they should spawn often and be quicker to beat, so that we can at least make up for it by fighting them a lot.

I concur with Olooriel and Kitzune - I noticed that the drop rate is very low this time around. It kinda put me off the festival after 2-3 days. -_-

I mean, it's either the mobs are challenging with rare loot to make the items valuable or they're easy with common loot where they're considered boring and the loot worthless. We've tried to be pretty much be in the middle... I don't really think that they're too rare this time around nor too difficult. They actually were not buffed all that much from previous versions - they just have more health really. And I don't think the Headless Horseman was changed at all.

Also, keep in mind that the festival is available for multiple weeks. There should be plenty of time to collect most of the items and trade for the ones that you weren't able to collect.

when will haunted house arrive?

I am trying to get it done ASAP. If things go accordingly, hopefully today lol.

awesome...so...this haunted house...just how scary is it? and is it friendly for little kids? XD

lol...

Was the server crash actually the Haunted House? ...I was pretty frightened...

Will there be any other forum games besides the pumpkin carving?

Yep. Expect some to start popping up this weekend/week.

May I ask when you think you'll be able to do the custom item request? ^^ I have no idea how long they usually take, so please forgive me if I'm being ignorant. ><