I really don’t know why EA put Artefact level 12 on Vorpal Blades and Pyros Staves if they had every intention of handing them out like candy. Other Artefacts have lower levels and are extremely rare to come by, yet these latest editions are level 12 and can be found lying on the ground.

This only leads me to believe that EA haven’t planned this event too well and for whatever reason changed their minds during the execution of the event and decided that instead of these items being rare they would hand them out like presents at a children’s Christmas party.
The cursed Artefacts are easy to come by and I have over a 100 of these items. However these items can’t have powderer of fortification used on them and they are cursed, so therefore they can easily be lost. This I think was a good idea as it will allow people to build nice PvM suits and for those more capable soles that hunt in packs they can be fine additions to the PvP suit.
I have heard a lot of people complain they are not able to get many if any cursed artefacts. Well its rather simple, have a template that can deal lots of damage and attack Balrons none stop and you wont have any issues. If you can't do that then don’t worry, plenty of people will be selling these at low prices due to how common they are.
Cheers
Shane