Slightly confused about how this event will go so have some questions:

1. Do i need to have defeated the first 8 girls to be able to do an event? I'm guessing no, but can never be too sure.
2. So looking at the information above i guess what you do is to continually defeat bosses in the same way you defeat the first 8, and the HP will keep going up all the time?

1. I never saw anything to indicate this to be necessary. It sounded like they had a random chance to appear any time you spin.
2. It sounds like it works a little bit differently as far as how the focus gets used up, but essentially yes. They keep getting stronger every time you defeat them, and it sounds like they don't have an upper limit on HP.

Any idea when this starts? I noticed on the home screen the event banner says "Elite Guard is on!" where it used to say "Coming Soon" but nothing happens when I click it

Nutaku said it started this Monday, but I have no idea at what time.

Wait so is this event live or no?

I can't really tell. The banner says it is, but I've yet to find a boss, nor have I got a request to help with one that I can see.

I honestly can't get to any event area.... click on the banner and that does nothing.

Looks like it just got fixed. Event is up now.

The event just started and my first impression is that the staff is really non-payers friendly ;D very nice , this kind of decisions attract more ppl , also ITEMS FOR EVERYONE! .

Ok so, I must be doing something very wrong.

How is everyone else gaining EP so damn fast?

I'm at less than 5k still, and I'm seeing a lot around 15k. I also see one of my friends over 50k already. And he was at like 30k not even an hour ago.