Basically: Quests make people do things. New years isn't a holiday so we don't add new features for it so its easy for us to just turn on an additional currency from quests vs getting a bunch of free items.

We want to make it so that your items are a choice and they retain some kind of value because not everyone is getting them for free every 3-5 minutes from browsing the site.

And lets be honest: The items from floaters have never been great. They've had the year on them and only serve to toss in the wardrobe. We want to move toward quality vs quantity in this regard, and that means making you play a little harder for the items you want :)

It's just not an actual holiday. It's a way for us to hand out a few themed items, we aren't worried about the prices of past years items.

I understand where you're coming from, but this is just a good way to spur a lot of activity on the site and get the economy in gear for a new year when people are doing a ton of quests. It removes a bunch of items and pushes sP around. :)

Our mistake :) I thought we'd posted that it lasted 7 days, but I guess not! I just extended it and reset everyones quests for today. :)

I just got one, but I'll check on the rate!