Hey, I just got a 2013 Fall Festival Avatar Item crate out of a hand full of candy. Is that meant to happen?

Yep. Hope you get something good. =)

I am not sure where to list the problem I just found, so I am posting it here as it has to do with the fall festival:

I won an exclusive pet: http://www.sylestia.com/view/pets/?petid=1049196

But it has the same name as the themed Ethereal Leaves Qitari from 2013. I am not sure what to do about this.

Thank you for any help/insight you can give me!

Do you know where it came from?

I believe it came from...the handful of candy? The egg came out of something. I think that the candy is the only thing that has eggs coming out of it, right?

Fall Festival Baskets do as well.

Handfuls can only produce the Melted Chocolate Ryori (at least they should).

Ahha! I opened two baskets so far...so that is probably where it came from!

Yep. Seems that way. I fixed it so that should no longer be possible.

Enjoy a unique 2013 pet of 2014! =P

LOL! Well I feel very unique now! That's pretty hard on a planet of almost 800 Billion people!!!

This is definitely the best festival so far, there's just so much stuff to do and collect! I love the trick or treating and the constant upgrades to make it so smooth and slick to play - seeing everyone's outfits for each day is so cool!
The avatar items look great, the variety is wonderful, and I really enjoy the big horseman event.

The one thing I can't stand are the spectres. I've been playing all day trying to get the vampire and fairy dragon, with movement already painfully slow between the increased lag and my admittedly terrible internet speed, but there is nothing more frustrating than finally reaching the boss spawn point after a half hour of slowly fighting my way back, only to find yet another spectre that won't drop a thing taking up the space.
I'm not entirely sure why this was added, I can only assume to combat the overflow of boss-dropped items in previous festivals, but it's making the overall festival/exploration much less fun and a lot more annoying.
Please reconsider this feature, I think everyone would prefer lowered drop rates over lowered boss rates. With the spectres, there isn't even a chance at getting anything.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention, the alert that you've found a themed pet before deciding to fight or run is super helpful! And I like the fact that all themed are rare now, _{though I've been having an awful time catching them}, it makes the ones you do snag that much more worth it.