XP and rewards not doubled in M.A.
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Blpup,
Posted on: 2009-10-08 08:32 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
They've never double-rewarded the AE content. Similarly, rested XP does not work in there either.
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wait wait wait double exp is already happening?
remember. AE wasn't supposed to have double rewards on the last week-end either. The AE levelers got lucky in that there wasn't a roll-back on all levels gained through AE content.
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It was enabled last time.
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Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
They've never double-rewarded the AE content.
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Yes. Did you miss the memo? |
Originally Posted by Lucky666
wait wait wait double exp is already happening?
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^^^ This... I thought not until Friday?|
Originally Posted by Lucky666
wait wait wait double exp is already happening?
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Did I miss something?
[Edit] I certainly did ... http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=193393
Clearly says Thursday ... <looks at calendar> Yup. It's Thursday, all right.
Oops.
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yep, I didn't see a red name saying it shouldn't be either... nor this time... unless someone can point me to it... It certainly doesn't have exclusions in the event note... "unless in game" means Not the game within the game?
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Originally Posted by FitzSimmons
It was enabled last time.
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Perhaps Dev Choice/Hall of Fame missions have DXP?
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Originally Posted by Chowder
yep, I didn't see a red name saying it shouldn't be either... nor this time... unless someone can point me to it... It certainly doesn't have exclusions in the event note... "unless in game" means Not the game within the game?
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It was doubled last time (which is the only other time there's been a double XP weekend after the release of MA). I did see the response to this thread where the poster stated that is was never supposed to be doubled last time, but was, but I have to regard that as speculation unless they can point out where a dev or NC Soft rep said that ... it's entirely possible that that is true, but I haven't seen proof. The fact that patrol experience doesn't apply in MA doesn't also argue that double XP shouldn't work either.|
Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
They've never double-rewarded the AE content. Similarly, rested XP does not work in there either.
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I am wondering if a dev would be willing to post saying specifically that XP is not supposed to be doubled in MA - at least that way we'd know for sure that's the way it's supposed to be working.
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Intended for high level play: The Primus Trilogy (Arc #s 10931, 283821, 283825), "Freakshow U" (Arc #189073), Purification (Arc #352381, Dev's Choice!
)Intended for low level play: "Learning the Ropes" (Arc #100304), "Cracking Skulls" (Arc #115935), "The Lazarus Project" (Arc #124906)
Sounds like it's time to flash the Arbiter Kim symbol!
What!? People are still doing AE missions!? Shocking!
The benefit to running AE farms instead of PI or GV farms is that you can run them in RWZ.
However I did confirm that AE farms are not giving double XP.
It's back to PI and GV for you all!
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It appears to, at least when you accept regular rewards instead of tickets. I did the convention arc by Dr. Aeon starting at level 48 and and made 49 after the first mission. I ended up 6 bubbles into 50 on x5/+1. It looks like more than 7 million XP according to the log, with 550,000 xp for the arc bonus alone. I also got 20 recipes and 5 rare salvage for about 700 mobs. Looking at the XP table on ParagonWiki it looks like I got almost two levels in about two hours.|
Originally Posted by Nericus
Perhaps Dev Choice/Hall of Fame missions have DXP?
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I'd forgotten that Double XP was on already and was shocked to see how much XP I got for that arc. I was about ready to bug it when I remembered DXP was starting a day early.
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Sorry Dumple, but you're incorrect |
Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
They've never double-rewarded the AE content. Similarly, rested XP does not work in there either.
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They did in fact award double XP in the MA last time around. As I sign on early this morning, there is a message in the game's MoTD from Positron that explains there is an issue and it should be awarding double XP. Unfortunately, he also informs us that they won't be able to fix it before the weekend is up.
We'll see....
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Indeed. Strangely enough, it popped up on my screen at 3am Eastern. Why so early?|
Originally Posted by Flameshot
As I sign on early this morning, there is a message in the game's MoTD from Positron that explains there is an issue and it should be awarding double XP. Unfortunately, he also informs us that they won't be able to fix it before the weekend is up.
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Well.. here it is: (or you can type "/gmotd" while in-game.)
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Message from Positron We have recently uncovered what looks like a bug with Double XP not being awarded in Mission Architect missions. We are investigating the cause of this, but there will most likely not be a fix for it over the course of the weekend. Double XP outside of Mission Architect missions is unaffected. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. -Positron |
i bet that bug is a lie xD just a excuse for no exp in AE
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They did double XP despite all the anti AE sentiment last time. And a GMOTD from Posi seems a lot more transparent. It also puts to rest whether or not 2xp was intended for AE or not, this time or last.|
Originally Posted by Blpup
i bet that bug is a lie xD just a excuse for no exp in AE
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I was planning a mixture of TF, outside story arcs and a few AE runs which wont happen... I'm still willing to give them the benefit of the doubt... (grateful that they recognized and fixed the drop rates, which for me have been borked since I13 and other QoGL issues).
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Originally Posted by Flameshot
Unfortunately, he also informs us that they won't be able to fix it before the weekend is up.
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why am I soooo not surprised?!
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Double XP definitely worked in AE last time. There was resounding shock by pretty much all involved wherever they stood on the matter of whether it was a good thing or not.
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Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
They've never double-rewarded the AE content. Similarly, rested XP does not work in there either.
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This problem is typical when there isn't sufficient Test Server testing. After all, there wasn't a test for 2xp where this would have been flagged.
Same thing happened to the Wedding Pack and other Booster Packs that got a too-short test period (or none at all). Same thing happened with last year's Halloween event -- the two-hour play test periods weren't enough to show that the Spirits weren't spawning correctly, and then once that event goes Live, there's no time to correct it.
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I'm about 99.99999999999991% positive that they never will say. That way they can keep their butts covered and not have to deal with Nerd Rage on either side of the fence. Yanno, just something else they don't have to be accountable for.|
Originally Posted by UberGuy
Double XP definitely worked in AE last time. There was resounding shock by pretty much all involved wherever they stood on the matter of whether it was a good thing or not.
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P.S. If anyone has seen a post from a redname that has said differently, please send me the link.
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lol what he said!!!
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
Yes. Did you miss the memo?
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um, positive that they won't say what? Whether double XP is supposed to apply in AE? If you log in, the global message of the day in-game has a message from Positron that says yes, double XP *IS* supposed to apply in AE. It's a bug that it does not (his words, not mine).|
Originally Posted by Mermoine
I'm about 99.99999999999991% positive that they never will say. That way they can keep their butts covered and not have to deal with Nerd Rage on either side of the fence. Yanno, just something else they don't have to be accountable for.
P.S. If anyone has seen a post from a redname that has said differently, please send me the link. |
His exact words:
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Message from Positron We have recently uncovered what looks like a bug with Double XP not being awarded in Mission Architect missions. We are investigating the cause of this, but there most likely will not be a fix for it over the course of the weekend. Double XP outside of Mission Architect missions is unaffected. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. - Positron |
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I've tested this both inside (of MA) and out.
At the moment, double rewards are without a doubt turned on for "official" content.
They are not on for anything in Mission Architect. (I've tested to see if it was unique to custom mobs, but it isn't. Even developer mobs do not have doubled rewards if you are doing a MA mission.)
I know the 'official' start time for double XP weekend is 10:59 am Central Time, but unless it somehow gets turned on incrementally, I'd say there will be no double rewards in M.A.
M.A. Arcs
Intended for high level play: The Primus Trilogy (Arc #s 10931, 283821, 283825), "Freakshow U" (Arc #189073), Purification (Arc #352381, Dev's Choice!
Intended for low level play: "Learning the Ropes" (Arc #100304), "Cracking Skulls" (Arc #115935), "The Lazarus Project" (Arc #124906)