Double XP Weekend Server Instability Issues
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Posted on: 2009-08-03 13:43 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
Just as I was getting back onto my sleeping scheduale. YAY!!!!
@Turbo_Starr
It would be nice if they DON'T do this for AE. I was hoping that this would be a weekend where people came out of that building and actually did real content for a change. Seeing that DXP was in AE was a serious letdown. I saw few taskforces forming, fewer teams. Add that to the instability on Champion, made for a not so interesting weekend. I remember when we had these and people would use the task forces to level their toons, and not just running AE missions all weekend long.
Otherwise I am very glad to see another coming, lets hope that the instabilities have been addressed.
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Well, it's after I16 goes live, and there might be a few more AE tweaks in it that discourage farming there.|
Originally Posted by Purple_Lynx
It would be nice if they DON'T do this for AE. I was hoping that this would be a weekend where people came out of that building and actually did real content for a change. Seeing that DXP was in AE was a serious letdown. I saw few taskforces forming, fewer teams. Add that to the instability on Champion, made for a not so interesting weekend. I remember when we had these and people would use the task forces to level their toons, and not just running AE missions all weekend long.
Otherwise I am very glad to see another coming, lets hope that the instabilities have been addressed. |
Although, it will also be after the new system of spawning mobs for a full 8 even when you're solo comes out, so it might not make much difference
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Very classy move by management. Acknowledging there truly was a problem and giving a gift to the playerbase as an apology. Good!
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Originally Posted by Niviene
Greetings Players,
Due to the stability issues that occurred with the North American servers this past Double XP Weekend, we plan to offer another Double XP Weekend in North America after Issue 16 launches. We would like to take this opportunity to apologize to those of you who were unable to enjoy the event as a result of this, and would like to thank you for your patience as we work to resolve these types of issues in the future. We appreciate your continued support. The City of Heroes Team |
Whoop!!!! This sounds simply wonderful !!!!!!
That said, I hope I will be able to play as I suspect the timing will put the new Double XP weekend smack dab into work's hectic, crazy, busy period...but we shall see
Hugs and warm fuzzies to those who made this happen.
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As far as I'm aware there is no difference between AE and normal missions when it comes to the XP system. That system cannot differentiate between AE or normal NPC's objects etc.. and so rewards XP accordingly. Thus enabling double xp will enable it in any way you can get it including AE.|
Originally Posted by Purple_Lynx
It would be nice if they DON'T do this for AE. I was hoping that this would be a weekend where people came out of that building and actually did real content for a change. Seeing that DXP was in AE was a serious letdown. I saw few taskforces forming, fewer teams. Add that to the instability on Champion, made for a not so interesting weekend. I remember when we had these and people would use the task forces to level their toons, and not just running AE missions all weekend long.
Otherwise I am very glad to see another coming, lets hope that the instabilities have been addressed. |
I assume that recoding the XP system to be able to differentiate between them would take a helluva lot of effort and could throw up some serious bugs.
Seriously enjoyed the 2xp weekend. I was shocked that the most highly populated servers never 'went red or grey'. Thank you devs for your effoerts to make it worthwhile and an "OMG FREEDOM'S DOWN AGAIN!"-free weekend. :P u guys rock!
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Other than patrol xp (the only other meaningful xp multiplier I'm aware of) not working in AE, of course.|
Originally Posted by Croesis
As far as I'm aware there is no difference between AE and normal missions when it comes to the XP system.
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| I assume that recoding the XP system to be able to differentiate between them would take a helluva lot of effort and could throw up some serious bugs. |
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You make a good point, but perhaps patrol xp is simply an XP multiplication code, which is applied to a character up to a certain amount, and can determine between AE rewarded XP and other rewarded XP?
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Originally Posted by EarthWyrm
Other than patrol xp (the only other meaningful xp multiplier I'm aware of) not working in AE, of course.
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Thanks for stepping up to the plate there guys. While I had a lot of fun over the weekend with DXP, by Sunday I and many others on Protector were wanting a "LCMS" badge lol
Good to hear another DXP weekend is around the corner
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Oh my stars...another weekend full of skipping chores...thanks Devs
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Since I work overnight weekends, I only get a few hours on friday night/saturday morning to play. This is awesome news because it means I'll have more of a "weekend" worth of gaming by the time we're done.
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Originally Posted by Golden_Girl_EU
So next time it'll be 2XP in the AE, but with the ability to spawn mobs for a full 8 even if you're a duo/solo too? Could be epic
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And there's no mission complete bonus in AE, which is a pretty big difference.
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Originally Posted by EarthWyrm
Other than patrol xp (the only other meaningful xp multiplier I'm aware of) not working in AE, of course.
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Originally Posted by eltonio
This is over the top mental slavery.
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Am i the only person who read this as the EU servers wont be getting double xp after I16?
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Originally Posted by Niviene
Due to the stability issues that occurred with the North American servers this past Double XP Weekend, we plan to offer another Double XP Weekend in North America after Issue 16 launches.
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Probably not because our servers were not affected and we all could play - some lucky sob's could start as early as friday morning; while the majority of us played early evenings ... ymmv.
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Originally Posted by DancingBeaver
Am i the only person who read this as the EU servers wont be getting double xp after I16?
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This is great! Here the whole time I thought I was the one having the problem.
Thank you. Protector server has been a Wreck for a few days. Hopefully, this positive Mojo will wipe out "The double XP weekend curse" once and for all.
That's cool. I guessed I missed out on most of the server issues by being stuck for most of the weekend in the (so-called) Real World. Maybe I'll actually be able to play next time =)
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How about disabling AE for DXP events? Its only a few days every once of a while people can cope without the AE farms that long.
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Originally Posted by Croesis
As far as I'm aware there is no difference between AE and normal missions when it comes to the XP system. That system cannot differentiate between AE or normal NPC's objects etc.. and so rewards XP accordingly. Thus enabling double xp will enable it in any way you can get it including AE.
I assume that recoding the XP system to be able to differentiate between them would take a helluva lot of effort and could throw up some serious bugs. |
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This at the same time would promote or encourage a virtual life outside the AE |
Originally Posted by Cyberberus
How about disabling AE for DXP events? Its only a few days every once of a while people can cope without the AE farms that long.
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However, if the devs think it's working as intended then there's little we can do about it.
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Soo. When's I16 launching, anyway? |
Originally Posted by Niviene
Greetings Players,
Due to the stability issues that occurred with the North American servers this past Double XP Weekend, we plan to offer another Double XP Weekend in North America after Issue 16 launches. We would like to take this opportunity to apologize to those of you who were unable to enjoy the event as a result of this, and would like to thank you for your patience as we work to resolve these types of issues in the future. We appreciate your continued support. The City of Heroes Team |
Umm so far this week every time I try to play coh it its down or I am being kicked off in 5 minutes or I have to download another upgrade. My best friend reinstated her account and after we were told 5 minutes all servers will be down. This is not good practice to keep customers that have been playing 3+ years.
My other complaint is forum posts that we are not allowed to respond too.
Champions is here soon. I dont wanna give up my time here but there seems to be nobody here that cares. 14.99 a month plus taxes for 33 months is alot of money and I cannot play again.
Oh btw I got to pay 199.00 for liftime on Champions. That is almost the exact same price for paying 14.99 a month on COH/COV in a year.
Nice! Thanks bunches NCSoft!