When this new content (re)releases, it brings a new zone, and future updates bring new zones. However when the festival ends, I imagine the Zephyrites leave but that just takes away the decorations and ships.. the zone can stay.
I say this because the better mindset would be to always keep zones introduced this season and add POI and other things to have fun with once the map ‘ends’ without fully eliminating the content.
The content in the Cliffs last year was all very specifically designed to support the story of the election that was happening between Ellen Kiel and Evon Gnashblade. It really wouldn’t have made sense to keep the map open without turning much of that content off, and that would have left the area feeling very empty and lifeless. There are other reasons beyond this, but for maps like this, which are based around a festival or a special event like the election, it just couldn’t have worked to keep it open year round. It’s only a few more days until you all get to play in the map again. I can’t read into the future, but we love the gameplay and the bizaare atmosphere of the bazaar, so I believe it will continue to be a setting we can return to when it fits with the story we’re trying to tell. :-)
