I just wanted to point out that this was maybe not "teh big uber super event all the recent months were directing to". By all means, this will remain a part of the story (I bet it was in Chadwick's story document and certain plots like the one with the Metacortex founder are going to be continued somehow), but unless I've completely missed something, the enhanced killcodes and the EMPCs were not designed for this event, the recent crit packs were not directing to this event, and when Niobe said "something big is coming, be prepared for it!", I bet she didn't mean this one. That was all about the conflict between the Merovingian and the rest, and although this event of course has a connection to this, it's still a rather unexpected attack by Cypherite rogues.
So might be the big uber event that destinates the whole story is yet to come.
Sorry if I don't tell you anything new, but I felt this had to be said.