I think the June/July 2025 seasonal events were geared too much to late game players. As someone in the 100's in tower it is incredibly hard to get Cicadas & their shells. That's fine, I don't need to get the mailbox this year but it's still frustrating. I also see new players commenting in chat frequently about how tough it is to get the sea turtles. I'd rather see a higher drop rate requiring a larger quantity for the quests than a really low drop rate that is unobtainable. I think it just frustrates the newer players.
As for Lorn's Awakening, I also think that should have been gated. While it's nice in theory that anyone could do it, what it did was create more frustration when players realized that there was no path for them to complete it at their level of progression. This wouldn't have been as much of an issue maybe if there were a few earlier levels of the quest that were obtainable and then it gets gated by tower level or by needing the Rune Dice.
I'm not saying early/mid players need to be able to get every special thing during a month, but I think things can be improved for the lower to mid level players to prevent some of the frustration.
