I am also disappointed with the developers response to the issue. I understand that it would be the top ranking players that stand to lose the most from a premature end of the event, but to just slightly expand those who get a Lethal reward and give them two Lethals seems to be neglecting the rest of the player base who were counting on the last 10 hours of play time to farm more resources or try to get more points for themselves and their allies. I know that it's unlikely that any particular person would be likely to significantly change their rank, but it is possible.