I haven't seen any official announcement of one but it has been quite a while since the last one. If the Devs were smart they'd give us one for the Thanksgiving weekend to make up for the bad news that I19 is getting delayed until after Thanksgiving. *hint, hint*
Loth 50 Fire/Rad Controller [1392 Badges] [300 non-AE Souvenirs]
Ryver 50 Ele� Blaster [1392 Badges]
Silandra 50 Peacebringer [1138 Badges] [No Redside Badges]
--{=====> Virtue ♀
They were releasing schedules ahead of time, and making them fairly easy to find. I don't think they still are, but... If they are, it's no longer obvious to me where such a schedule might be.
I'd love for someone to tell me I'm wrong on this, point out my weak search-fu skills, and post a link to a schedule to rub my nose in it, but I'm not optimistic that will happen.
Quote:
There have been a few times where they've announced a Double XP weekend a few months before it happened. But there have been other instances where they've literally "sprung" them on us with only a few days notice.|
Originally Posted by Madadh
They were releasing schedules ahead of time, and making them fairly easy to find. I don't think they still are, but... If they are, it's no longer obvious to me where such a schedule might be.
I'd love for someone to tell me I'm wrong on this, point out my weak search-fu skills, and post a link to a schedule to rub my nose in it, but I'm not optimistic that will happen. |
Basically the Devs have never been totally consistent with the way they've handled them.
Loth 50 Fire/Rad Controller [1392 Badges] [300 non-AE Souvenirs]
Ryver 50 Ele� Blaster [1392 Badges]
Silandra 50 Peacebringer [1138 Badges] [No Redside Badges]
--{=====> Virtue ♀
Would anyone even make use of it, without a fix put into place?
BrandX Future Staff Fighter
The BrandX Collection
Quote:
A fix for what? O_o|
Originally Posted by BrandX
Would anyone even make use of it, without a fix put into place?
|
I'd use it to grind more inf on my Stalker so I can get closer to the Leader badge... <3
Main Hero: Chad Gulzow-Man (Victory) 50, 1396 Badges
Main Villain: Evil Gulzow-Man (Victory) 50, 1193 Badges
Mission Architect arcs: Doctor Brainstorm's An Experiment Gone Awry, Arc ID 2093
-----
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Nethergoat
it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!
|
Quote:
A fix for how the Double XP thing works or for I19? I could see people wanting a Double XP weekend before I19 goes live just to get more characters up to level 50 to enjoy all the Incarnate stuff. |
Originally Posted by BrandX
Would anyone even make use of it, without a fix put into place?
|
Loth 50 Fire/Rad Controller [1392 Badges] [300 non-AE Souvenirs]
Ryver 50 Ele� Blaster [1392 Badges]
Silandra 50 Peacebringer [1138 Badges] [No Redside Badges]
--{=====> Virtue ♀
She means a fix for the "double experience" AE problem that exists currently. >.>
my lil RWZ Challenge vid
Quote:
You mean with people exploiting this somehow with non-stop 2X AE farming or was there an actual bug? I honestly haven't done much with AE lately and I didn't really try to use it the last time the 2X happened so I plead ignorance on this one. *shrugs*
|
Originally Posted by Organica
She means a fix for the "double experience" AE problem that exists currently. >.>
|
Loth 50 Fire/Rad Controller [1392 Badges] [300 non-AE Souvenirs]
Ryver 50 Ele� Blaster [1392 Badges]
Silandra 50 Peacebringer [1138 Badges] [No Redside Badges]
--{=====> Virtue ♀
Can't really answer that since even discussing the existence of an exploit is not allowed.
my lil RWZ Challenge vid
Quote:
The Ocho mentioned in a fairly recent thread that they enjoyed double xp as much as the players do, so Id expect one on the horizon, but probably a month or 2 after I19 hits. However, as mentioned.. No "official" announcement given. This is why you should check the NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS section of the forums more often. When they (devs) have a date, they will most likely announce it there first.
|
Originally Posted by MLEdelen
Can someone tell me if they plan on having a double XP weekend before the end of the year, the last 2 years they had it in feb and nov. I know last year they threw an extra in, but I was just wondering what the schedule is?
|
Virtue Server Forever !
Pure White Lightning - Level 50 Electric Brute
Purple Drop - work in progress Axe/Shield brute
Blue Icefall - Level 50 Ice Tank
@Blue Lava
I'm guessing after the first of the year. The week of the 30th is the current most likely timeframe for I19, and after that we get into holiday event.
On Justice
Global @Desi Nova Twitter: @desi_nova Steam: Desi_nova. I don't do Xbox or PS3
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Desi_Nova
I'm guessing after the first of the year. The week of the 30th is the current most likely timeframe for I19, and after that we get into holiday event.
|
Actually, in the announcement, it will be between the 26th and the 28th. Two days is VERY narrowed down for them to not release i19 in that time frame. They didn't say, "sometime after Thanksgiving", or "around the end of the month"...they gave a 2 day time frame instead of a general round-a-bout timeframe.
No, the HOLIDAY WEEKEND is the 26th to the 28th. Issue will be released AFTER that.
Quote:
I agree that it's a little unclear, but a simple glance at a calendar shows that the quoted dates are a Friday to a Monday, and comprise the holiday weekend. It also clearly states that I19 is after the holiday, "as soon as possible", not in a specific range of dates. It's entirely possible that we won't see I19 at all this month.
| Our goal is to release Issue 19: Alpha Strike! as soon as we can after the Thanksgiving Holidays (November 25th through November 28th). |
@Roderick
I highly doubt that we will see a x2 XP weekend within four-six months. The game is doing too good now, so they don't have much need for one. Maybe in the spring.
Quote:
Well since I was ultimately asking whether this was a "bug" that broke the Double XP weekend code or an unrelated "exploit" we were talking about I'll infer from your fairly obvious answer that we're talking about an exploit. Thanks for almost answering my question. |
Originally Posted by Organica
Can't really answer that since even discussing the existence of an exploit is not allowed.
|
I wasn't fishing for specific details about an exploit, I was just curious as to what would prevent a Double XP weekend from happening now versus when they were working in the past. While it's true any XP exploits that exist now would be "doubled" during an Double XP that in and of itself doesn't seem like a good enough reason to prevent a Double XP from happening. As a worst case scenario any effort a person could make in a 2 day weekend could be duplicated in a normal 4 day period. Basically any exploit that exists now is not really going to be any more "worse" during a Double XP weekend than it is already.
Loth 50 Fire/Rad Controller [1392 Badges] [300 non-AE Souvenirs]
Ryver 50 Ele� Blaster [1392 Badges]
Silandra 50 Peacebringer [1138 Badges] [No Redside Badges]
--{=====> Virtue ♀
Quote:
I don't think the 2x XP weekend concept was invented just as a means to "save" the game when it wasn't doing well. The Devs have given us at least half-a-dozen 2x XP weekends and they have happened at various times before or after various Issue updates.|
Originally Posted by Drugfree Boy
I highly doubt that we will see a x2 XP weekend within four-six months. The game is doing too good now, so they don't have much need for one. Maybe in the spring.
|
You might be right that we won't get one until the Spring, but that'll likely only be because the Devs are too busy with other things like I19, I20, the Winter Event and so on not because we don't "need" one.
Loth 50 Fire/Rad Controller [1392 Badges] [300 non-AE Souvenirs]
Ryver 50 Ele� Blaster [1392 Badges]
Silandra 50 Peacebringer [1138 Badges] [No Redside Badges]
--{=====> Virtue ♀
Quote:
I like the way you think. |
Originally Posted by Lothic
I haven't seen any official announcement of one but it has been quite a while since the last one. If the Devs were smart they'd give us one for the Thanksgiving weekend to make up for the bad news that I19 is getting delayed until after Thanksgiving. *hint, hint*
|
Double XP weekends are a ton of fun. And not just because of the speedy leveling. People come crawling out of the woodworks to join teams. It's awesome.
Quote:
I'm in agreement. That would give us an incentive for birthing new toons or leveling the ones we already have.
|
Originally Posted by Lothic
I haven't seen any official announcement of one but it has been quite a while since the last one. If the Devs were smart they'd give us one for the Thanksgiving weekend to make up for the bad news that I19 is getting delayed until after Thanksgiving. *hint, hint*
|
Correct me if I'm wrong, but on the last dXP weekend I remember that it specifically did NOT apply to AE. If that's the case then any AE exploit would be fairly meaningless in context of double XP.
I'm still somewhat amazed that they released AE allowing it to give XP in the first place; I'm not at all surprised that players find exploits as fast as the Dev's fix them, I expected that from day one.
COH has just been murdered by NCSoft. http://www.change.org/petitions/ncso...city-of-heroes
Can someone tell me if they plan on having a double XP weekend before the end of the year, the last 2 years they had it in feb and nov. I know last year they threw an extra in, but I was just wondering what the schedule is?