Discussion: Summer Double XP Weekend Incoming! July 28-31
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Posted on: 2011-07-15 14:36 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
Seems like I picked a good time to return. 
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Originally Posted by Freitag
Hello everyone!
I'm afraid Double-XP Weekend does not apply to Incarnate Experience. Sorry! ~Freitag |
Great there'll be a lot more focus on Lowbies
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Originally Posted by Negative10
Seems like I picked a good time to return.
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Wishing I21 was already active. Want the VIP Priority Queue for stuff like this.
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I note that the Weekly Strike Target for that week is Tin Mage Mk II, so I can't imagine there'd be too many sub-50s running it, but would the XP bonus for finishing the WST also be doubled?
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I can't imagine there'd be many sub-50s running the Tin Mage TF, because every member of that task force has to be level 50. Thus, there cannot be any XP bonus in the first place.
Just for clarification, will this be the LAST double XP weekend, since any further ones would be after Freedom goes live, or will there be post-Freedom double XP events?
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I'd have to say if there is any question, it'd be if they would try to limit it to VIPS but I doubt that. I do see them continuing them.
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Originally Posted by CrashTofu
Just for clarification, will this be the LAST double XP weekend, since any further ones would be after Freedom goes live, or will there be post-Freedom double XP events?
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I don't recall it applying to non-critter kill XP.
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Originally Posted by MonsoonMike
I note that the Weekly Strike Target for that week is Tin Mage Mk II, so I can't imagine there'd be too many sub-50s running it, but would the XP bonus for finishing the WST also be doubled?
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The XP bonus for the WST *ONLY* applies to the end of mission bonus. It doesn't apply to critter XP at all.
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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
I don't recall it applying to non-critter kill XP.
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To clarify : I do not recall DXP doubling non-critter (such as mission/arc/TF) XP. I know the WST bonus is end of TF XP only.
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
The XP bonus for the WST *ONLY* applies to the end of mission bonus. It doesn't apply to critter XP at all.
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?, what about reward merits. Will they be doubled too?
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Merits are not Experience... so, nope. Although, Influence and Prestige isn't XP, either, but they're doubled...|
Originally Posted by midgard2
?, what about reward merits. Will they be doubled too?
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So, just XP, INF, and Prestige. This includes such type rewards from badges, and mission and arc completions. It also works on Leveling Pacts.
But not iXP, AE XP.
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Nooooo!!! I'm in Vegas for that weekend. Damned its!
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Debt is still xp
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Originally Posted by Assisace
I can't imagine there'd be many sub-50s running the Tin Mage TF, because every member of that task force has to be level 50. Thus, there cannot be any XP bonus in the first place.
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Is drops doubled, like recipes/shards/threads? Last double xp weekend they were. I solo'd a mission for couple hours and got 4 or 5 purple recipes, 50 shards on my empath defender. Or am I just lucky?
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Originally Posted by TheTwoFourThree
Nooooo!!! I'm in Vegas for that weekend. Damned its!
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On one of mine, of course, since I don't have your account info.
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You were just lucky. Drops are not doubled.
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Originally Posted by Its_Me_Matt
Is drops doubled, like recipes/shards/threads? Last double xp weekend they were. I solo'd a mission for couple hours and got 4 or 5 purple recipes, 50 shards on my empath defender. Or am I just lucky?
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To me this Double Xp sounds like damage control on the part of NCsoft. When they annouced Freedom, I'm only assuming they saw a large amount of subscriptions (including my 2 subs) get cancelled. With my main account's sub lapsing in a couple days, it looks to me like they're trying to keep as many active subs as possible until the F2P launch. To what end? I'm not sure. I'll be back when it's free. Cheers
I for one am not excited. You guys are so inconsiderate with announcing these things. Anyone who works most any kind of retail job requires 2 weeks notice to request time off. My schedule is already set in stone and includes two severely late shifts, one of which is followed by a morning shift, meaning the afternoon of that day will be spent sleeping. Would it really kill you to give us enough time to request off? Thanks, but once again it does me no good because you didn't take typical work scheduling logic into account.
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Or, it could just be that they do Double XP twice a year on average as a regular practice to keep retention and get lapsed to resub?|
Originally Posted by FlipS0ckeT
To me this Double Xp sounds like damage control on the part of NCsoft. When they annouced Freedom, I'm only assuming they saw a large amount of subscriptions (including my 2 subs) get cancelled. With my main account's sub lapsing in a couple days, it looks to me like they're trying to keep as many active subs as possible until the F2P launch. To what end? I'm not sure. I'll be back when it's free. Cheers
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And I highly, highly doubt there's been a significant amount of unsubbing since the FREEDOM announcement as you suggest. Why would anyone unsub now and be totally locked out when they can wait for FREEDOM and unsub then and enjoy Premium access?
If anything, the boards are full of "hey, I'm back!" threads.
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Hrm. I'll probably dust off my toons and level a bit for a few days.
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If that was the case, why wouldn't they simply be waiting until a month or less before Freedom launches before they talked about it?|
Originally Posted by FlipS0ckeT
To me this Double Xp sounds like damage control on the part of NCsoft. When they announced Freedom, I'm only assuming they saw a large amount of subscriptions (including my 2 subs) get cancelled. With my main account's sub lapsing in a couple days, it looks to me like they're trying to keep as many active subs as possible until the F2P launch. To what end? I'm not sure. I'll be back when it's free. Cheers
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And if they were doing that, the only result would be more cancellations right as Freedom launches, which would constantly be pointed to as "proof" free to pay was a mistake by the detractors. (And do you think keeping active subscriptions after Freedom is suddenly going to be less of a priority?)
This- and the "why didn't you tell us even sooner?"- seems to happen every time Double EXP is announced. "They're obviously trying to cover up / make up for a decision I didn't personally care for, rather than simply reversing the decision." Implying that they're only doing Double exp an an "apology" to the player and those who agree with his specific complaints.
This time, it's the announcement of Freedom, but I've seen it blamed on PVP revamps and "Going Rogue supposedly not going over" before, as well.
I'm guessing the next Double EXP, people will claim the "real reason" they're doing it is to "apologize" for not putting enough time into a new Halloween event.
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Also, Patrol XP and DXP don't stack - Your Patrol XP will accumulate as normal, but will only get used up to pay debt. If you don't die, it will sit there unused.
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