Shutting off Patrol XP

Originally Posted by PhantomRanger

This is very simple. Don't want Patrol xp log off a day job. Wentworth, city hall, base, etc...

Originally Posted by NewScrapper

Good freakin' heavens, you people are obtuse. The reason I want a "shut off Patrol XP" switch is because, yes, I do want to level at a "normal" rate instead of being "rewarded" for not playing the game by leveling up so fast I bypass content. Which is not at all the same as saying, "I want to level up not at all" (i.e., "no XP" option).

It utterly amazes me how people will rain all over a request for an OPTION. As in, "Here's something that you don't have to use and won't get in your way at all, but it will make some other people happy." As if whatever doesn't benefit you personally somehow weakens the game.

Prior to Issue 11, I never cared one bit about being able to go back and do earlier content that I'd leveled past, and I always thought that people who asked for the ability to do such a thing were whining about nothing. But I never said anything about it on the forum because, hey, who am I to say this ability shouldn't exist? And then the devs created Issue 11 and Flashback, and I thought, "Isn't that fantastic? The devs were actually listening to all the people out there, and they created this whole new system to satisfy them! That's amazing! You go, devs! I'll probably never use the system myself (and I haven't, to this day), but I just love the fact that you've made people happy with this new thing that I myself could have cared less about!"

Same thing for weapon customization.*

Same thing for color customization.

Same thing for switching moralities.

Every single time, I said, "How nice that the devs were really listening to people's wants and needs out there! Even though this doesn't benefit me in the slightest, I'm so glad the devs were listening and responded!"

And now all I'm asking for is a freakin' "shut off or clear out something that was forced on me" option, and I get reamed by a bunch of trolls who are probably scared that the devs will pull time away from the next $10 "party emote pack" to actually help me out. Nice, people. Real nice.

Here's my point. Let's say that in Issue 20, the devs add the option to shut off or clear Patrol XP. HOW DOES THAT HURT YOU? You might never use it, the same way I haven't ever used flashback or color customization, but it would be there for anyone who did want to use it, and it would make at least some people happy.

* - Actually, I have used and enjoyed weapon customization, but I never clamored for it.

Originally Posted by PhantomRanger

This is very simple. Don't want Patrol xp log off a day job. Wentworth, city hall, base, etc...

Originally Posted by NewScrapper

Good freakin' heavens, you people are obtuse. The reason I want a "shut off Patrol XP" switch is because, yes, I do want to level at a "normal" rate instead of being "rewarded" for not playing the game by leveling up so fast I bypass content. Which is not at all the same as saying, "I want to level up not at all" (i.e., "no XP" option).

Originally Posted by UberGuy

This isn't the suggestions forum. You should post your suggestions in that forum. This is the questions forum. To the question of "how do I shut off Patrol XP?" the only answer is "you can't, but you can turn of XP, period".

Originally Posted by SwellGuy

It's not that we're obtuse it's that you are creating your own problem because you refuse to use the option they gave us wtih patrol XP: to turn off xp. It's a toggle. You turn it off. You turn it on.

Originally Posted by NewScrapper

I work in IT Support. A workaround is not a solution. A workaround is what you give people until there is a solution. It should not be the player's burden to keep track of how much XP he's getting, or to use a "2-missions on, 1-mission off" style of play to regulate his "earn rate." I don't want Patrol XP. I don't even recall anyone ever asking for Patrol XP. So why has Patrol XP been forced on me?

Originally Posted by NewScrapper

I want "no patrol XP" because (1) I don't want the hassle of having to regulate my rate of earning XP by doing some sort of "2-mission on, 1-mission off" nonsense; and (2) I want to actually earn my levels rather than being given them as a reward for prior inactivity -- Patrol XP as it stands is basically the MMORPG equivalent of welfare, and I prefer to work for my money.

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

If you turn off your XP you shouldn't accrue any patrol XP while your character is logged off.

Originally Posted by NewScrapper

Is this true?

Originally Posted by Madadh

I'm fairly sure it's not true, but I can test it very easily.

Originally Posted by Titaniuma

This discussion is silly. Avoid Patrol XP by never logging off!

Originally Posted by NewScrapper

Is this true? Because if this is true, then I would consider this good enough. But I've heard a few people say this isn't true -- they activate the "no XP" option, but they still find their characters have racked up Patrol XP while offline.

Originally Posted by UberGuy

It is not true. I have characters who I have logged out with XP turned off, and they have new patrol XP (blue "bubs") on their XP progress circle when I log them back in.

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

Well I have to admit then that I feel that when you turn off XP it should include turning off Patrol XP. To me it doesn't make sense that we still earn patrol xp when we are set our toggles to block off all XP gain.

Originally Posted by Shadowe

Okay, but if XP is turned off, that patrol XP you've racked up doesn't do anything, does it? A 50% increase to nothing is still nothing.

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

Well I have to admit then that I feel that when you turn off XP it should include turning off Patrol XP. To me it doesn't make sense that we still earn patrol xp when we are set our toggles to block off all XP gain.