For the average non-donating player these event are the best thing to happen in the game for them. If they don't take up being a merchant, titan hunting, farming, potion making. They don't and most won't make a ton just off of PVP or Basic Leveling, and then it will take years to reach anywhere near EOC. You really want to tell new players with no intention of donating that they won't reach the end of the game, the best buffs, etc.. Or you want to give them a bit of a brighter outlook and tell them there are 2 double xp events a year where if they participate in globals keep beneficial chests, save their fsp they can make up that ground easy. Everyone knows the more content you have unlocked the better the game is just on a gaming standpoint not a social one.
As for the "Double XP" event happening randomly, that really makes no sense at all to have such an event randomly happen when you have so many players in the game with such high max stamina. You really want players who take weeks to stam gain, burn stamina. Then a day or so later the event comes out. They get penalized for playing the game? "Thanks for being active and playing our game, sorry you burnt your stamina maybe you can partake in the next one 6 months from now". Our Double XP event are more delicate compared to several other games that offer it because of the fact other games you don't necessarily have to build something similar to "stamina" in order to partake in the event. If we didnt have to have stamina to participate i would be for random XP events, but since its the lifeline of this game there's no changing that as there should be no changing the spontaneity of these events.
And ok maybe EOC may be boring, but that's your evaluation. One person can't speak for everyone, every facet in the game is there at your feet and a ton of stamina not being burnt due to leveling at your disposal. I don't see how you could be bored, other than the boredom you yourself create by not doing anything. But thats your choice to do or not do. Everyone plays the game differently you have a variety or players and playing styles, its diverse. So where one person doesn't do something another will. And saying there shouldn't be XP events so as to almost keep people out of EOC "cause it puts more pressure on the cows", i think thats their call. Why you would want to prevent players from enjoying the game is beyond me. You figure these events raises activity, they help potion makers and merchants as there is a rise in Auction House/Player to Player trading. Every guild looks forward to this to continue and build on there current progress, from top to bottom in any guild find me one player not intrigued by the event who isn't near EOC where it might be close to pointless to participate in their eyes. Guilds and their players prep for this, this is where you make your jump in the top 250 guilds and break into it. The list does really go on..