A little sad for no Ingi pet this year and no items for newbies, but this is a good decision. Allow you to get back on schedule and allow the playerbase a break between events. Also really happy to see all the ideas for future plans for Co-op events !
A bit off-topic but I hope we'll get the other Deities' pets and lore too, though I guess not in the form of big events. But right now it feels weird to have 4 deities "favored" over the others by having a quest and a pet inspired by them. Not to say I'm unhappy about more lore and more pets, on the contrary, just that it'd be logical done the line for the other deities to have pets too (despite not having an event each month, imo).
I'm exited for the next Fall event ! Having been there for the first one, it'll be exiting to see the new event type ! Wish you all the luck for a smooth and on-time event launching !