While i would have loved an extension of the event, i would like to point out that the event is indeed achievable even without Hades. All you really need is proper planning and possibly a little cooperation.
PerBlue is already giving lots of help in the form of thematic event (namely the power up, special crate and stamina purchase boost). Some of them would require diamond but they are still affordable. Furthermore, there have been word that an event’s gonna happen way before the 12 hr notice, so you should have already started to save up since then.
As for Hades, you don’t need to have it. As long as half your guild have it, you can possibly get it as well via merc hire. You simply have to communicate with your guild. And seeing as how it is for city watch, you just need to keep him alive throughout for max bonus, as opposed to surge where he’s only usable for 1 battle. This could be why surge wasn’t included in the scoring this time round. Otherwise event heroes would quickly be snatched up in the surge.
As for the top 1%, i believe by the end of the event, they would all have made the 1M mark (at least on my server). While they are not quite there yet, a simple projection of their current points and the days elapsed since the start would put them there.
All that being said, i still wish they could extend the event. Cos i made a few major blunder in the first 2 days and it’s gonna cost me almost all my saved up items to hit the 1M mark. Lol.