Can anyone say if the Cyodrake "mini plot" was actually longer than AotA?
By my recollection,
Cyodrake only lasted for about a week or two, and that was a guessing game besides. (I remember it was ludicrously short because I was gone for about a week or so and came back and it had run its course completely). Not really a plot so much as a logic puzzle, like Gadgadsbogen or Usurper (or even the Mystery Ski Lodge).
The last real plot (Dr. Sloth) was actually pretty good; difficult, gratifying, varied and required a lot of out-of-game cooperation to figure out. The code-breaking aspect was frustrating, but by and large it was a positive experience.
Come to think, what's happened between then and this travesty other than a couple of Altador Cups and the opening of PetPet Park? I know plots aren't common, but is this seriously the first one since?