Quite disappointed

Bah had a blast lotsa teaming,mostly content very little ae.Got 2-50's outta the deal and made some new friends.

For me this was the best 2XP weekend I've had since I started playing the game and it's partly due to AE and -not- because of the farming.

Usually on 2XP weekends it's also reactivation weekend so what you get is a lot of choices of a lot of people for your teams... but those are mostly people who don't know or don't remember how to play (either at all, or their specific AT's) so what you get is someone who's level 26 with no travel power, not even a temporary one.

So a team of these with maybe three people on that team knowing how to play, the missions are messy, you have to lead with an iron fist and then people drop without saying anything. In the past, the people I've teamed with for 2XP have been absolute nightmares.

This time, because of AE, building teams was easier. You could literally pick anyone from any level, even someone level one because after just one run they'd be level 16. Made it -much- easier to team with friends who might have wanted to switch toons constantly, without needing to worry about SK room.

And more importantly, because there was no free reactivation, there weren't as many people being rude, obnoxious and petty. I formed about four teams, constantly switching out people and I can say that every team that I formed was awesome. I had a realy good time this weekend. Leveling my toons was incidental.

I had a fantastic time on Virtue! I expected AP & AP2, but was pleasantly surprised to see a PI & PI2

Some people are just determined to complain!! It goes from "2XP??! Too much lag, I'm staying away!!" to "Where are all the people?!! DOOOOOOOOM!!"

C'mon people, chill!!

I’m one of those weirdos who likes to have a plan of attack for double xp weekends. This time around I met all of my goals by Saturday. Managed to level of couple of other alts I don’t play that often on Sunday. Made a bloody fortune on my now level 47 shield tank and will finish setting him out with unabashed glee once the market settles. I did run into the constant mapserve issue on two servers, but still managed to get fire imps on my Dom.

I had no trouble finding teams and my shadow only crossed the threshold of AE twice for all of about 3 missions the whole weekend.

All in all, a good double xp. Nice that there was no free reactivation.

i had planned to finally get a villain up to 50 to unlock VEAT's, as my highest vill was level 22, i've always had a devil of a time finding consistent teams on red side. and i freely admit planning on using AE to attain my goal.

funny thing happened, after a run or two i had obviously out leveled my enhancers, and spent my tickets on reward rolls, so i figured i would go buy SO's, well i realized there are zones i have never seen, TONS of content i have never done, and loads of fun to be had on red side that i have not yet reached. so i got my Corr up to 40 to access higher level content, and am thrilled i stopped, looking forward to FINALLY playing in grandville

kinda glad i could scream thru some levels after two years of failing to get a higher level vill, but i have a renewed sense of awe with the game that i haven't had in awhile, YAY 2BL XPEES

Just a question; why do you find it a hassle to get a higher level villain? I didn't find it difficult at all and I absolutely love all the content in this game.

I find it refreshing that no two characters ever have to follow the same path with all the variety of contact unlocks and zones.

You know what bugs me?

Before this double XP weekend, people would come here on the forums, whining about the fact that Double XP weekend was too busy, servers were over-populated due to account reactivations, and they didn't get to play, and for this they wanna cancel their subscription

This double XP weekend, people are coming here on the forums, whining about the fact population was too low and from that concluding that AE is killing CoH, and they'd be better off jumping off a sinking boat by cancelling their subscription.

Before the PvP changes, people would come here on the forums, whining about how PvP is lame and how it is unbalanced and how they were gonna quit the game over it.

After the PvP changes, people would come here on the forums, whining about how PvP is lame and how it is unbalanced and how they are gonna quit the game over it.

Before AE was developed, people would come here on the forums, whining about how slow leveling was. Every 5 days, someone would post a thread in suggestions board that veterans should have an option to start a character at level 20. They would go on and on about how the content in this game was so boring and that they were getting tired of "beating the same old mobs" over and over again, and for this, they were gonna move on to a more shiny game.

After AE was developed, people would come here on the forums, whining about how leveling is too fast. Every 5 days, someone posts a thread about AE ruining CoH. They go on and on about how AE is being abused and that devs aren't doing anything about it and how going from level 1 to 50 in a few days is an unforgivable sin. They complain about how playing in AE is boring cause you beat on the same old mobs over and over again, and for this, they feel like CoH is dying and they should leave before its too late.

Notice a trend here?

The developers of this game have spoiled some people way too much.

Its the same in every MMO though. There are things some people like and there are things some people hate. Regardless of what the Devs do, you're going to get people on one side of the fence while some are on the other.

I was very surprised at the lack of population as well just going off the past where Freedom and Virtue were essentially greyed out. Maybe it was the summer, I don't now, but it worries me to a degree about the lack of people. Overall, another good experience, especially with AE giving off double xp.

I had an awesome weekend and got a lot accomplished in game (and out ). Just like every other weekend, only I seem to have gained a few extra levels this time.

I coulda swore I saw freedom and virtue grey on saturday night...


Regardless, I admit I didn't play as much as I usually do Double XP weekend, but that was partially due to being in a closed beta for a game (no, not Aion) that I was really digging. Did manage to get from 29 to 33 on my Energy Energy Blaster tho.

I didn't get as much out of the 2xp weekend as I anticipated. For starters, on Saturday we took the kids to the waterpark so I missed almost an entire day of playtime. Sunday, leveling still seemed "slow", certainly not twice as fast as normal, but when I thought about it it made sense. The difference between patrol xp (1.5x) and double xp (2x) isn't all that big. So for people who bounce around between different alts (or just don't play as many hours per week) and build up lots of patrol xp, the 2xp weekends don't zoom them through the levels like they did "in the good old days".