Well
TizJourney I think the fact that they have burned us has lost them the benefit of the doubt. Yes, you might be right, it might be that they were planning to start doing something like this regularly. But unless I get extremely lucky I'll never get to take part. a 2 day long event when my current updates are 10 day's long? okay so I have a 20% chance of being able to use it that will only go down as I improve things further. The other major issue is the name.
It is specifically called the "catch up event." not "A catch up event" but "Catch Up Event." indicating that it is a one time deal to let you catch up with the changes.
"Join the new era of combat with a special upgrade event. Tuned to allow your army to catch up on the new field of battle, these upgrade deals are only available for a limited time!"
What's worse is this description. It reinforces the fact that you need to use this event to stay competitive, that the deal is going to go away, and that the "new field of battle" is permanent.
That combined with a 2 day window when everyone who needs to make use of it already just started 10 day builds and the reminder of why we need to catch up being Nexon's failed changes makes everything about this pretty much negative.
Either Nexon was making
1. A cash grab trying to make people spend crowns
or
2. Is completely out of touch with its players.
or
3. It's a combination of 1 and 2.
And unfortunately as of late there is no reason not to suspect 3.