*Feeds you with silence*
My bad, I didn't realize that this freekend isn't 2xp.
Nothing has been announced lately. Below is the Double XP Weekend history (from http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Double_XP_Weekends):
1.July 21, 2006 (ended 07/23/2006)
2.January 26, 2007 (ended 01/28/2007)
3.June 15, 2007 (ended 06/17/2007)
4.February 08, 2008 (ended 02/10/2008)
5.July 18, 2008 (ended 07/20/2008)
6.January 23, 2009 (ended 01/25/2009)
7.July 31, 2009 (ended 08/02/2009)
8.October 8, 2009 (ended 10/12/2009)
9.March 4, 2010 (ended 3/7/2010)
*edited to add my [un]educated guess*
They have typically been about every 6 months, with an extra last year because of lag issues. Anything players suggest is purely speculation. I would guess late November if we get one this year (after Halloween Event, before Holiday/Winter Event, before i19?). Later than 6 months from the last one because of the Going Rogue launch, Double XP seems to be offered to keep players interested while waiting for new shinies.
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I'm guessing we'll get one to coincide with I19 and/or whatever else the Devs are planning to do to "respond" to DCUO's launch in November. 
Remember the Devs have a history of throwing out Issues to match up with other MMO launches: Issue 12 launched the same day Age of Conan did and Issue 16 launched about a week after Champions Online. Since DCUO is launching November 2nd I'd expect to see I19 and/or 2xp weekend to happen within a week or so of that date.
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What is DCUO?
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It's an MMO based on the DC universe.
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What is DCUO?
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And not to advertise too much for it, but it will be available for both PC and PS3 platforms. I playtested it at San Diego Comicon and was not impressed. It felt like a single-player console game and was more comfortable for me on PS3 than on a PC with keyboard/mouse.|
Originally Posted by Bossa_Nova
It's an MMO based on the DC universe.
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My biggest disappointment was the development team's lack of "oomph" when asked during a panel, "What makes your game better than City of Heroes?" and their only response was [paraphrasing here] "They don't let you play in Metropolis or team up with Batman." So I'm not expecting anything too groundbreaking out of their gameplay -- and if I want to play a Batman game, I'll play Arkham Asylum when I can be the Dark Knight the whole way through, not just in PvP (which was another confusing part of gameplay, most of the time you play as your own creation but then it looked like there were options in PvP and maybe some PvE to play as flagship characters? I dunno).
Oh, and DCUO won't have crafting (per the devs at the same panel). Not a super idea for a modern MMO as far as I'm concerned, but they have access to the Batcave, so I guess they're hoping that longtime fans of the DC Universe will want to pay a monthly fee to play in their historic playground.
I don't think it will offer a better MMO experience than CoH.
To backtrack to the thread topic, Lothic brought up a good point. I agree it would be reasonable to expect some "response" from NC Soft to coincide with DCUO's release. Might be towards the end of the Halloween event, we'll have to be patient and find out!
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@Mr.Catastrophe
Well to be perfectly clear I'm not all that impressed with what I've seen of DCUO either.
But since it is a brand new superhero MMO based on a major comic book label it does represent new source of competition for this game and I would expect our Devs to treat it with the respect that deserves. I don't seriously expect it to harm the playerbase of this game in the long run, but I'd rather our Devs treat it like it has the potential to do that and make sure they do everything in their power to confront any threat this new MMO might represent.
This is why I would expect to hear about 2xp weekends, account reactivation events and/or I19 launching all around November 2nd. 
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Originally Posted by Lothic
I'm guessing we'll get one to coincide with I19 and/or whatever else the Devs are planning to do to "respond" to DCUO's launch in November.
Remember the Devs have a history of throwing out Issues to match up with other MMO launches: Issue 12 launched the same day Age of Conan did and Issue 16 launched about a week after Champions Online. Since DCUO is launching November 2nd I'd expect to see I19 and/or 2xp weekend to happen within a week or so of that date. |
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Yeah I lol'd when I read that one. Maybe they're realizing their game isn't yet the Catwoman's meow that they'd hoped it was.
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Well that date isn't likely anymore.
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And made by SOE. So....yeeeeah....|
Originally Posted by Bossa_Nova
It's an MMO based on the DC universe.
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Anyway, on double-xp: I've found it best to never assume there's going to be one. For folks like me, it's wishful thinking.
For folks that actually like the server-breaking swarms and farm team spam-fests, it's a nice surprise when they do happen.
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And made by SOE. So....yeeeeah....
Anyway, on double-xp: I've found it best to never assume there's going to be one. For folks like me, it's wishful thinking. For folks that actually like the server-breaking swarms and farm team spam-fests, it's a nice surprise when they do happen. |
When is the next double xp weekend?