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So is the 50% more XP or Double XP better in the shop

flipside

By flipside,
Posted on: 2012-05-02 23:42 in Player Questions

 

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Cause I'm absolutely terrible with math.

 

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I was starting to think that, but like I said, I am absolutely terrible with math.

Thanks.

 

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Isn't the double XP booster already gone? I thought it was only around for a week.

 

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Does that pic (for 50% token) mean that it's team xp or what?

 

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The 50% booster gives you a temporary power that lets you give the same 50% boost to another character.

 

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Wow pretty cool thanks.

 

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Originally Posted by Hopeling View Post
The 50% booster gives you a temporary power that lets you give the same 50% boost to another character.
But it doesn't give the 50% boost the character you claimed it on?

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Originally Posted by flipside View Post
But it doesn't give the 50% boost the character you claimed it on?
The part you missed:
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Originally Posted by Hopeling View Post
The 50% booster gives you a temporary power that lets you give the same 50% boost to another character.

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Honestly, while I'm all for more options, this kinda thing is VERY slippery slope.

1: What if the other person has XP earnings turned off (or is L50)?
2: What if the person is leveling at a pace THEY feel is appropriate, and doesn't wish to have their XP earnings boosted?

The first comes dangerously close to selling snake oil.
The second comes dangerously close to usurpation of another player's prerogatives for control of their character.


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Originally Posted by flipside View Post
But it doesn't give the 50% boost the character you claimed it on?
You both get the boost. Hence the "shared XP" icon.
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike View Post
1: What if the other person has XP earnings turned off (or is L50)?
2: What if the person is leveling at a pace THEY feel is appropriate, and doesn't wish to have their XP earnings boosted?
I think there's an "accept/refuse" window. Not sure, though. If you use your single-use power that cost points on another player without figuring out if they can use it first... well, that would be stupid, but I'm not sure it's really Paragon's problem. I could log in right now, claim and activate a Windfall or Prestige Booster or XP booster, and sit in my base for an hour, gaining no benefit, but it takes some mental gymnastics to construe that as a flaw in the mechanics rather than my behavior while knowing how the powers work.

 

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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa View Post
The part you missed:
Why yes I did miss that part. Thank you!

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Any chance someone here could answer my questions about the shared booster thingajig?

You get +50% xp gain and a temp power to give someone else +50% xp gain, that I get now.

Lets say you buy the hour one. Do you only have the temp power that granst XP for an hour and must give it to someone in that time?

Does it activate immediately to that person? Do they get a temp power icon or notifcation?

Does the temp power run out after an hour from them getting it, or at same time the original person's XP boost runs out?

I'd think it would have to each on thier own timer as its ingame time but ...

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