I am sure they will give the mission the same amount of play time whenever it starts.So they wont start it in two weeks then say you have only one week to do it. WHEN anniversary events start isn't as big an issue as giving enough time for them all to be done taking into account more of us have RLs these days . As long as they spread the anniversary stuff out enough all should be fine. I can see how it would benefit them to shift more of the anniversary events to later in the year when the online numbers tend to drop. Of course when they went a few years not updating merc power I assume they must intend it that way then they went and upgrade mercs.. so who knows.
Anniversary events will begin on Thursday, March 16th. New content will be available on the Test server beforehand.
I still can't believe that if EQ were a person it would be old enough to vote. and *I* was just old enough to vote when it came out. Oi. (hmm... voting themed anniversary events?)