bonus xp

[lollipop]

<p>How much bonus xp will be for this weekend. The ad did not say</p>

[Sleap]

<p>i can only imagine.... x2 the normal xp?</p>

[Vladimorte]

<p>wonder if that is just combat xp or tradeskill xp as well... crafters need love too!</p>

[urgthock]

<p>IMO it should be all 3. Combat exp, tradeskill exp and AA exp.</p>

[Cynith]

<p><cite>lollipop wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>How much bonus xp will be for this weekend. The ad did not say</p></blockquote><p>The add never says - though a couple of the last few times I paid attention, I've seen it at 30% and at 40%</p><p>Since it specifically lists AA and adventure experience and the announcement ends with "Happy adventuring!" - my guess would be just those two. unless it's an oversight.</p><p><a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/news/read/current/3527">http://eq2players.station.sony.com/...ad/current/3527</a></p>

[Dulissa]

<p>Though with the way most people suffer lag, expect to get maybe 2 kills in</p>

[Alenna]

<p>I do hope it is an oversite as as my baby wizard is trying to get her sage skills and levels up as well as my Coercer and his alchemy. Please, Please add tradeskill to this bonus weekend.</p>

[DobyMT]

This is an appreciated weekend...grinding AAs at level cap gets to feeling a little tedious after a while...

[lollipop]

<p>I cant wait me and my signifficant other are making alts on AB. Perfect time for a server restart. I hope it double. They have not done a double xp in around 8-10 months. Norm 20-40%</p>

[mykei]

<p>no way it will be double. with lag, BGs down, and lack of content, this game is stuck in a rut.</p>

[woolf2k]

<p>it's usually like 20%, If I remember right. In any case they haven't had actual double xp in like maybe 2 years...</p><p>also sometimes it only applies to AA. other times to both... was the ad clear on this? I haven't seen it.</p>

[Alenna]

<p><cite>Jaine@Nagafen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>it's usually like 20%, If I remember right. In any case they haven't had actual double xp in like maybe 2 years...</p><p>also sometimes it only applies to AA. other times to both... was the ad clear on this? I haven't seen it.</p></blockquote><p>AA and Adventure, but did not mention Tradeskill <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Bonsuth]

<p>"Greetings Norrathians! Sharpen your swords and repair that armor. There will be bonus AA, tradeskill and adventure experience this weekend starting at 3:00pm PDT on Friday, April 23rd until 11:59pm Sunday, April 25th. Happy adventuring"</p><p>But doesn't say how much.</p>

[Forsaken1]

<p>[Removed for Content] do they have these every time I'm gonna be out of town all weekend???????</p>

[Reapicheap]

<p><cite>Forsaken1 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>[Removed for Content] do they have these every time I'm gonna be out of town all weekend???????</p></blockquote><p>Stop posting your itinerary in Outlook so that they can hack your computer and schedule these things around your inability to play.  Just a thought.</p>

[agnott]

<p>Hello??  ...Red name??   ...can you swing on by here and lets us know what the bonus is.</p><p>I got the wife to agree to let me blow off weekend chores if the bonus is 30% or above.</p>

[msheaf]

<p><cite>agnott wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hello?? ...Red name?? ...can you swing on by here and lets us know what the bonus is.</p><p>I got the wife to agree to let me blow off weekend chores if the bonus is 30% or above.</p></blockquote><p>Hate to break it to you but I heard it was only going to be 29.999999999999999999999%. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p>

[lollipop]

<p>would love to know =(. I really hope its double. With all the lag issues and issues over the last 2 months, double xp would be so nice! lol if it was double I know i would prolly buy 3 vitality potions as well for each toon leveling!</p>

[Cynith]

<p><cite>lollipop wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>would love to know =(. I really hope its double. With all the lag issues and issues over the last 2 months, double xp would be so nice!</p></blockquote><p>If it was double - they would have said double. Since they only said bonus, I would imagine that it will be less than double - though they didn't initially list TS exp either so anything is possible. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> double would be very nice!!</p><p>Guess we'll know for sure in just a little over 4 hours **watches clock**</p><p>OH and LOL @ Ekum - that made me laugh.</p>

[CoLD MeTaL]

<p>rothgar posted somewhere tradeskill xp is included.</p>

[Cynith]

<p><cite>CoLD MeTaL wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>rothgar posted somewhere tradeskill xp is included.</p></blockquote><p>aye - I said they did not initially list TS exp.  they added it after people started to ask questions.</p>

[agnott]

<p><cite>Ekum@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>agnott wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hello?? ...Red name?? ...can you swing on by here and lets us know what the bonus is.</p><p>I got the wife to agree to let me blow off weekend chores if the bonus is 30% or above.</p></blockquote><p>Hate to break it to you but I heard it was only going to be 29.999999999999999999999%. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>I'll have to read the agreement to see if I can round up <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Kiara]

<p>Yes, they've altered it to include tradeskill exp.</p><p>So it will be tradeskill, AA, and adventure.</p><p>And to the best of my knowledge it is not double.  It is bonus.  We've only done double exp once.</p>

[Rocc]

<p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Yes, they've altered it to include tradeskill exp.</p><p>So it will be tradeskill, AA, and adventure.</p><p>And to the best of my knowledge it is not double.  It is bonus.  We've only done double exp once.</p></blockquote><p>Yay! Thanks Kiara!</p>

[agnott]

<p>Ok ..first NASA puts a rocket in orbit ..thinking nobody would notice. And now the bonus exp amount has now become just a mysterious.</p><p>.....and I just realized it's 2:59   ..gotta go.</p>

[Rick777]

<p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Yes, they've altered it to include tradeskill exp.</p><p>So it will be tradeskill, AA, and adventure.</p><p>And to the best of my knowledge it is not double.  It is bonus.  We've only done double exp once.</p></blockquote><p>Soooo.... what is the % bonus?</p>

[Ahlana]

<p><cite>Rick777 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Yes, they've altered it to include tradeskill exp.</p><p>So it will be tradeskill, AA, and adventure.</p><p>And to the best of my knowledge it is not double.  It is bonus.  We've only done double exp once.</p></blockquote><p>Soooo.... what is the % bonus?</p></blockquote><p>Can't you just hover over your xp bar and it will say "Server is awarding" such and such %?</p>

[Kiara]

<p><cite>Rick777 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Soooo.... what is the % bonus?</p></blockquote><p>I don't know.</p><p>But everyone will know at 3pm PDT <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Jesdyr]

<p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I don't know.</p><p>But everyone will know at 3pm PDT <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Way to be ontop of these things !! It should be something like 38.7% to go with everything else in SF...</p><p> <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Kiara]

<p><cite>Jesdyr@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Way to be ontop of these things !! It should be something like 38.7% to go with everything else in SF...</p><p> <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Well you know how mean I am <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>I'd have made it like... 9.999999%!</p>

[Jesdyr]

<p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Jesdyr@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Way to be ontop of these things !! It should be something like 38.7% to go with everything else in SF...</p><p> <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Well you know how mean I am <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p><p>I'd have made it like... 9.999999%!</p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Sentinel's Fate </strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Revenge of the fractions!</span></p>

[Rijacki]

<p><cite>Jesdyr@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Jesdyr@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Way to be ontop of these things !! It should be something like 38.7% to go with everything else in SF...</p><p> <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Well you know how mean I am <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p><p>I'd have made it like... 9.999999%!</p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Sentinel's Fate </strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Revenge of the fractions!</span></p></blockquote><p>Your teachers DID say that learning them would be useful one day... if only they knew -how- you were using them..</p>

[Cyliena]

<p>Not shabby, it's 40%. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Jesdyr]

<p>wow I was close ...</p>

[Reapicheap]

<p><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Jesdyr@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Jesdyr@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Way to be ontop of these things !! It should be something like 38.7% to go with everything else in SF...</p><p> <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Well you know how mean I am <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p><p>I'd have made it like... 9.999999%!</p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Sentinel's Fate </strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Revenge of the fractions!</span></p></blockquote><p>Your teachers DID say that learning them would be useful one day... if only they knew -how- you were using them..</p></blockquote><p>This is it, gentlemen.  The day we all feared would come.  The day our grade-school math teachers would be right and Algebra would save our lives.</p>

[Turb]

<p>I'm little miffed I missed the bonus XP announcement so didn't take advantage of it.   </p><p>Could we get such useful announcements sent to us in game mail where they are more obvious, just like the brewday and similar event mails are sent that way?</p><p>Thanks.</p><p>(In general a full game event calendar like That Other Game would be awesome... but that's a bigger request <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />)</p>

[Cynith]

<p>You can set your account up to recieve important messages from SOE - I had my announcement in my email before I saw it posted on the boards here.</p>

[Kiara]

<p>It was on the welcome screen, sent via email, posted on the forums, on the players page, and on the MOTD...</p>

[Carthr]

<p>Whats even more awesome is when people get warnings for finding a particularly nice place to grind AA, to take advantage of the bonus... Keep in mind this nice place has been in the game for...oh... since LAUNCH</p>

[Mikai]

<p>Carthrax, your post makes me so curious, I can't even describe it.  (As a Kerra, it will probably kill me)</p>

[Reapicheap]

<p><cite>Kaidia@Nagafen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Carthrax, your post makes me so curious, I can't even describe it.  (As a Kerra, it will probably kill me)</p></blockquote><p>Carthrax's account was flagged a few weeks ago as a potential warp botter.  Since then he's been flagged to have an eye kept on him, and anything he does is potentially suspicious.  He really should be playing more conservatively, but he's a balls out sorta guy with his playstyle, so he keeps getting nailed.  It's like your lead-foot friend who keeps getting speeding tickets and complains that the cops are out to get him.  Well, duh.  You're a sure thing.  A sucker bet. </p><p>Learn not to be so obvious that you're gaming the system as hard as you can, and maybe you'll get out from under those flags, Carth.</p>

[Carthr]

<p><cite>Reapicheap@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Kaidia@Nagafen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Carthrax, your post makes me so curious, I can't even describe it.  (As a Kerra, it will probably kill me)</p></blockquote><p>Carthrax's account was flagged a few weeks ago as a potential warp botter.  Since then he's been flagged to have an eye kept on him, and anything he does is potentially suspicious.  He really should be playing more conservatively, but he's a balls out sorta guy with his playstyle, so he keeps getting nailed.  It's like your lead-foot friend who keeps getting speeding tickets and complains that the cops are out to get him.  Well, duh.  You're a sure thing.  A sucker bet. </p><p>Learn not to be so obvious that you're gaming the system as hard as you can, and maybe you'll get out from under those flags, Carth.</p></blockquote><p>Oh?  I was never flagged for "warping", and I wasn't warned here either. </p><p>Basically there was an old raid zone that had re-popping mobs.. Has been that way for eons.. People just mentored down and stayed in the zone and killed stuff..  Simple as that.. With the bonuses that were given, it was producing some great AA, to the point that quite a few people got 30-40-50AA this weekend..  They weren't cheating, they just found a nice little hot spot, and put the work in to grind the place..  But I guess it's an exploit to run a zone that is 4-5 years old now...</p>

[Reapicheap]

<p><cite>Carthrax wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Reapicheap@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Kaidia@Nagafen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Carthrax, your post makes me so curious, I can't even describe it.  (As a Kerra, it will probably kill me)</p></blockquote><p>Carthrax's account was flagged a few weeks ago as a potential warp botter.  Since then he's been flagged to have an eye kept on him, and anything he does is potentially suspicious.  He really should be playing more conservatively, but he's a balls out sorta guy with his playstyle, so he keeps getting nailed.  It's like your lead-foot friend who keeps getting speeding tickets and complains that the cops are out to get him.  Well, duh.  You're a sure thing.  A sucker bet. </p><p>Learn not to be so obvious that you're gaming the system as hard as you can, and maybe you'll get out from under those flags, Carth.</p></blockquote><p>Oh?  I was never flagged for "warping", and I wasn't warned here either. </p><p>Basically there was an old raid zone that had re-popping mobs.. Has been that way for eons.. People just mentored down and stayed in the zone and killed stuff..  Simple as that.. With the bonuses that were given, it was producing some great AA, to the point that quite a few people got 30-40-50AA this weekend..  They weren't cheating, they just found a nice little hot spot, and put the work in to grind the place..  But I guess it's an exploit to run a zone that is 4-5 years old now...</p></blockquote><p>I was refering to your thread about the bot sniffer program.  At least I think it was yours.  Anyway, it wasn't a slam on you in any way, shape or form.  Just a logical conclusion that after you get popped for something, your fault or not, they tend to keep an eye on you, just in case you were lying.  Anyway, if I'm confused, ignore me.</p>

[Turb]

<p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It was on the welcome screen, sent via email, posted on the forums, on the players page, and on the MOTD...</p></blockquote><p>Hmm, I didn't get any email about it.   </p><p>All I'm suggesting is an in-game email, just like many other world events.   I'm immune to the game MOTD because it's usually about some server downtime that happened a week ago, and immune to the welcome screen as it seems to only be there to blast us with LoN and BG stuff.    I'm not even sure what the 'players page' is.   But in-game email is the one place I pick up useful stuff on a daily basis <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />    </p>

[Shareana]

<p><cite>Ratius@Splitpaw wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It was on the welcome screen, sent via email, posted on the forums, on the players page, and on the MOTD...</p></blockquote><p>Hmm, I didn't get any email about it.   </p><p>All I'm suggesting is an in-game email, just like many other world events.   I'm immune to the game MOTD because it's usually about some server downtime that happened a week ago, and immune to the welcome screen as it seems to only be there to blast us with LoN and BG stuff.    I'm not even sure what the 'players page' is.   But in-game email is the one place I pick up useful stuff on a daily basis <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />    </p></blockquote><p>Be sure that you have the correct email address listed on your account please <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Nolrog]

<p><cite>Shareana wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Ratius@Splitpaw wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It was on the welcome screen, sent via email, posted on the forums, on the players page, and on the MOTD...</p></blockquote><p>Hmm, I didn't get any email about it.   </p><p>All I'm suggesting is an in-game email, just like many other world events.   I'm immune to the game MOTD because it's usually about some server downtime that happened a week ago, and immune to the welcome screen as it seems to only be there to blast us with LoN and BG stuff.    I'm not even sure what the 'players page' is.   But in-game email is the one place I pick up useful stuff on a daily basis <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />    </p></blockquote><p>Be sure that you have the correct email address listed on your account please <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Check your spam filter as well.  SOE e-mails (especially bulk ones) sometimes get misidentified as spam.  You also need to Opt In to receive SOE e-mails.  If you don't, they will not send you anything.</p>

[MrWolfie]

<p><cite>Ratius@Splitpaw wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It was on the welcome screen, sent via email, posted on the forums, on the players page, and on the MOTD...</p></blockquote><p>Hmm, I didn't get any email about it.</p><p>All I'm suggesting is an in-game email, just like many other world events.   I'm immune to the game MOTD because it's usually about some server downtime that happened a week ago, and immune to the welcome screen as it seems to only be there to blast us with LoN and BG stuff.    I'm not even sure what the 'players page' is.   But in-game email is the one place I pick up useful stuff on a daily basis <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />  </p></blockquote><p>In game email is the last place I want SOE to contact me. Why? Because I can read a MOTD message, I can read forums, I can check my normal email, but in game I only want to hear from other players who specifically need my help. I don't want more spam on ALL of my characters. When I take a character to the mailbox in Norrath, I want there to be something interesting in there, not some piece of trash I already read a bazillion times!</p><p>In any case, extra XP is NOT a world event.</p>