Bonus XP Weekend April 18th through April 21st!

Gnobrin · 04-18-2008, 02:21 PM

Yep, you heard right! This weekend is a Bonus XP Weekend in EverQuest II! The fun starts on Friday at approximately 4:00pm PDT and lasts until 10am PDT on Monday April 21st, and this bonus XP is for adventure as well as tradeskill!

Have a great weekend!

ReficulFonwaps · 04-18-2008, 03:50 PM

Yay!! Too bad it's also Conan pvp weekend...

Geothe · 04-18-2008, 03:56 PM

coincidence?I think not SMILEY

PeterJohn · 04-18-2008, 03:57 PM

Great, I guess since I'm trying to level lock, that I have to be extra careful not to do ANY quests this weekend. What was the point of this extra XP again? Oh yeah, leveling up is sooooo hard, that's right.

Acute · 04-18-2008, 04:12 PM

/incoming Low level Love........

Won't be many 80's on this weekened i'm betting.

Littlelove · 04-18-2008, 04:24 PM

PeterJohn wrote:

Great, I guess since I'm trying to level lock, that I have to be extra careful not to do ANY quests this weekend. What was the point of this extra XP again? Oh yeah, leveling up is sooooo hard, that's right.

Good god man. Get something for free and people will still complain about it.

Zeldane · 04-18-2008, 04:47 PM

Thanks Gnobrin! YOU ROCK!

gdawg311 · 04-18-2008, 04:48 PM

does this bonus xp stack with the rest vitality xp?

Spyderbite · 04-18-2008, 06:13 PM

ReficulFonwaps wrote:

Yay!! Too bad it's also Conan pvp weekend...

Don't think that's going to be an issue.. In my opinion I think we'll see a lot of disappointed hopefuls returning instead after a week or two. Can't disclose details due to NDA.. but been there.. done the beta.

dancemice · 04-18-2008, 07:17 PM

Is this a 50% or 100% bonus weekend? Just curious so i can stick the right amount in my blog..

Oh, Btw, While i'm here,

I'm under the understanding that vetran rewards are now per character for most rewards instead of 3 characters per account. Is this correct?

Thanks

-B-

Come see my blog at www.gamersinfo.net - under blogs SMILEY

Tamalain · 04-18-2008, 08:05 PM

I am wondering, does this bomus also include guild exp gains from Tradeskill writs?

Calthine · 04-18-2008, 08:11 PM

Tamalain wrote:

I am wondering, does this bomus also include guild exp gains from Tradeskill writs?

Don't think they ever have.

Powers · 04-18-2008, 08:34 PM

PeterJohn wrote:

Great, I guess since I'm trying to level lock, that I have to be extra careful not to do ANY quests this weekend. What was the point of this extra XP again? Oh yeah, leveling up is sooooo hard, that's right.

/toggle_bonus_exp will turn off the bonus XP for you.Powers &8^]

Tolil · 04-18-2008, 10:32 PM

Spyderbite@Venekor wrote:

ReficulFonwaps wrote:
Yay!! Too bad it's also Conan pvp weekend...
Don't think that's going to be an issue.. In my opinion I think we'll see a lot of disappointed hopefuls returning instead after a week or two. Can't disclose details due to NDA.. but been there.. done the beta.

/agree

Harvash · 04-18-2008, 11:21 PM

PeterJohn wrote:

Great, I guess since I'm trying to level lock, that I have to be extra careful not to do ANY quests this weekend. What was the point of this extra XP again? Oh yeah, leveling up is sooooo hard, that's right.

Whats the point of a game with levels, oh yeah to play through them for complete game experience. Whats the point of this PVP thing again?

Exclusion: If you don't play PVP, then what the heck would you level lock for except to complete full quest lines? (for those that like that whole immersion thing...masochists...J/k - lol )

sliderhouserules · 04-19-2008, 12:04 AM

Powers wrote:

PeterJohn wrote:
Great, I guess since I'm trying to level lock, that I have to be extra careful not to do ANY quests this weekend. What was the point of this extra XP again? Oh yeah, leveling up is sooooo hard, that's right.
/toggle_bonus_exp will turn off the bonus XP for you.Powers &8^]

Not to mention that bonus XP doesn't affect quest xp, AFAIK.

Jaargen · 04-19-2008, 02:18 AM

One of the previous xp weekends, I measured the tradeskill XP and it was giving me a 20% bonus.

TheFitz · 04-19-2008, 02:51 AM

Thanks for giving us this promotion. I am assuming, however, that this doesnt include AA XP. Could we have a weekend that gives us bonus AA XP? I'm sure that this would make many of us, especially those of us on the PVP servers, quite happy. Thanks again!

Spyderbite · 04-19-2008, 09:28 AM

Jaargen wrote:

One of the previous xp weekends, I measured the tradeskill XP and it was giving me a 20% bonus.

Hmmmm.. I'm sure Domino can confirm, but I believe I was getting much better than 20% myself off of basic recipes. Didn't watch writ exp advancement though.

Powers · 04-19-2008, 10:38 AM

Genryl@Permafrost wrote:

Exclusion: If you don't play PVP, then what the heck would you level lock for except to complete full quest lines? (for those that like that whole immersion thing...masochists...J/k - lol )

Isn't that reason enough? If I don't level lock, all my quests go gray. =(Powers &8^]

Grimfang · 04-20-2008, 06:43 AM

why didnt Runnyeye (EU server) get this bonus?

Clandor · 04-20-2008, 04:42 PM

Don't worry Grimfang.. nobody else got it either. There is no bonus exp on the Crushbone server. Maybe somebody forgot to throw the switch!!

Braqua · 04-20-2008, 06:38 PM

A guide told me online today that the bonus was double base xp, didn't stack with vitality-bonus. In other words, when you run out of vita-bonus, you don't notice a difference.Well, I did a test:My weaponsmith leveled to 45, got 3 new recipes (+ imbued of all three) and I had a bit of vit-bonus left, the following happened:1st item, fully covered by vita, gave 9% xp2nd item, partly covered, gave 7%3rd item, out of vita-bonus, gave 5%.I'm telling you, the cake is a lie.

StormQueen · 04-20-2008, 07:32 PM

I found where the bonus EXP is coming from, too: treasure chests are being instaconverted into the extra EXP!!!

Seems that way, anyhow. Leveled a new illusionist from 1 to 10 this morning and not one chest drop from all the mobs I killed in Timorous Deep.

Asked in channels and others on my server were seeing the same thing.

Swarsh · 04-21-2008, 10:13 AM

I have had my combat xp off since level 12 also. I just wanted to do quests so who cares if its bonus xp if you can disable it. I never really understood the bonus xp as there is always bonus xp with vitallity. I am just glad and honestly a bit amazed to hear other people also disable xp or I guess its called level lock. To each his own I think its great to have these options to play the game however you see fit to progress a certain character. Over the years this game has become easier and easier but with the plethora of options you can still keep it as challenging as you want. I have done the grind back when it was actually a grind SMILEY

. I don't ever want to do that again but if someone does more power to em.

SisterTheresa · 04-21-2008, 10:34 AM

The weekend I didn't have my computer. Oh well.

Zivatar · 04-21-2008, 11:06 AM

Actaully im low lvl but i didnt felt the difference... Maybe cos my combat xp was disabled SMILEY

Iamken · 04-21-2008, 11:53 AM

Thank you for the Bonus XP Weekend. They really help. I hope to see more of these soon. =)

ke'la · 04-21-2008, 01:12 PM

Zivatar wrote:

Actaully im low lvl but i didnt felt the difference... Maybe cos my combat xp was disabled " width="15" height="15" /> " width="15" height="15" />

That is why you did not see a differance, The XP bonus only effects Combate XP, not your over all Adventure XP, wich is the total of the 3 adventure XP types, Discovery XP, Quest XP, and Combate XP. This is also true for Vitality, and the XP potions. So if you are level locking to beable to do the maximum number of quests per level, then doing quests won't get you any more XP then it would have otherwise.

Ciara52 · 04-21-2008, 03:15 PM

I had a great time! SMILEY<img src= " width="15" height="15" />

My conjuror is lvl 65 now even if sig doesn't say it yet /very happy

Looks like I might yet see Kylong plains before I retire SMILEY

Darn altaholic problem lol

I sure appreciate these weekends because working full time it can

be a slow climb SMILEY<img src= " width="15" height="15" />

Thank you!

04-18-2008, 03:56 PM	#3
Geothe Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,098	coincidence?I think not __________________ Smed: We aren't going to be allowing RMT in any way, shape or form on the non-exchange enabled EQ II servers. Period. End of statement. Smed: 5) This [LoN] is not some slippery slope towards selling items directly in EQ & EQ II. Lie #3: Station Cash. Enough Said.

04-18-2008, 04:24 PM	#6
Littlelove Server: Crushbone Guild: Witness Protection Program Rank: Leader Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 110	PeterJohn wrote: Great, I guess since I'm trying to level lock, that I have to be extra careful not to do ANY quests this weekend. What was the point of this extra XP again? Oh yeah, leveling up is sooooo hard, that's right. Good god man. Get something for free and people will still complain about it.

04-18-2008, 04:47 PM	#7
Zeldane Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 115	Thanks Gnobrin! YOU ROCK! __________________ Vote for Berserker The long plea for help

04-18-2008, 06:13 PM	#9
Spyderbite Server: Venekor Guild: Dark Vengeance Rank: Member Loremaster Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 4,262	ReficulFonwaps wrote: Yay!! Too bad it's also Conan pvp weekend... Don't think that's going to be an issue.. In my opinion I think we'll see a lot of disappointed hopefuls returning instead after a week or two. Can't disclose details due to NDA.. but been there.. done the beta.

04-18-2008, 07:17 PM	#10
dancemice Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 201	Is this a 50% or 100% bonus weekend? Just curious so i can stick the right amount in my blog.. Oh, Btw, While i'm here, I'm under the understanding that vetran rewards are now per character for most rewards instead of 3 characters per account. Is this correct? Thanks -B- Come see my blog at www.gamersinfo.net - under blogs __________________ Dogs have Owners - Cats have Staff.

04-18-2008, 02:21 PM	#1
Gnobrin Steam-monkey Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ak'Anon Posts: 1,007	Yep, you heard right! This weekend is a Bonus XP Weekend in EverQuest II! The fun starts on Friday at approximately 4:00pm PDT and lasts until 10am PDT on Monday April 21st, and this bonus XP is for adventure as well as tradeskill! Have a great weekend!

04-18-2008, 03:50 PM	#2
ReficulFonwaps Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 161	Yay!! Too bad it's also Conan pvp weekend...

04-18-2008, 03:57 PM	#4
PeterJohn Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 525	Great, I guess since I'm trying to level lock, that I have to be extra careful not to do ANY quests this weekend. What was the point of this extra XP again? Oh yeah, leveling up is sooooo hard, that's right.

04-18-2008, 04:12 PM	#5
Acute Server: Everfrost Guild: Faith and Justice Rank: Servant Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 74	/incoming Low level Love........ Won't be many 80's on this weekened i'm betting.

04-18-2008, 04:48 PM	#8
gdawg311 Loremaster Join Date: May 2007 Location: Long Island NY! Posts: 218	does this bonus xp stack with the rest vitality xp?

04-18-2008, 08:05 PM	#11
Tamalain Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 74	I am wondering, does this bomus also include guild exp gains from Tradeskill writs?

04-18-2008, 08:11 PM	#12
Calthine ZAM EQII Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,439	Tamalain wrote: I am wondering, does this bomus also include guild exp gains from Tradeskill writs? Don't think they ever have. __________________ Please visit my non-gaming Blog! or follow me on Twitter!

04-18-2008, 08:34 PM	#13
Powers Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 664	PeterJohn wrote: Great, I guess since I'm trying to level lock, that I have to be extra careful not to do ANY quests this weekend. What was the point of this extra XP again? Oh yeah, leveling up is sooooo hard, that's right. /toggle_bonus_exp will turn off the bonus XP for you.Powers &8^]

04-18-2008, 10:32 PM	#14
Tolil Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 89	Spyderbite@Venekor wrote: ReficulFonwaps wrote: Yay!! Too bad it's also Conan pvp weekend... Don't think that's going to be an issue.. In my opinion I think we'll see a lot of disappointed hopefuls returning instead after a week or two. Can't disclose details due to NDA.. but been there.. done the beta. /agree __________________

04-18-2008, 11:21 PM	#15
Harvash Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 247	PeterJohn wrote: Great, I guess since I'm trying to level lock, that I have to be extra careful not to do ANY quests this weekend. What was the point of this extra XP again? Oh yeah, leveling up is sooooo hard, that's right. Whats the point of a game with levels, oh yeah to play through them for complete game experience. Whats the point of this PVP thing again? Exclusion: If you don't play PVP, then what the heck would you level lock for except to complete full quest lines? (for those that like that whole immersion thing...masochists...J/k - lol )

04-19-2008, 12:04 AM	#16
sliderhouserules Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Rocky Mountains, USA Posts: 519	Powers wrote: PeterJohn wrote: Great, I guess since I'm trying to level lock, that I have to be extra careful not to do ANY quests this weekend. What was the point of this extra XP again? Oh yeah, leveling up is sooooo hard, that's right. /toggle_bonus_exp will turn off the bonus XP for you.Powers &8^] Not to mention that bonus XP doesn't affect quest xp, AFAIK.

04-19-2008, 02:18 AM	#17
Jaargen Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 64	One of the previous xp weekends, I measured the tradeskill XP and it was giving me a 20% bonus.

04-19-2008, 02:51 AM	#18
TheFitz Champion Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 91	Thanks for giving us this promotion. I am assuming, however, that this doesnt include AA XP. Could we have a weekend that gives us bonus AA XP? I'm sure that this would make many of us, especially those of us on the PVP servers, quite happy. Thanks again! __________________ Veni. Vidi. Vici.

04-19-2008, 09:28 AM	#19
Spyderbite Server: Venekor Guild: Dark Vengeance Rank: Member Loremaster Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 4,262	Jaargen wrote: One of the previous xp weekends, I measured the tradeskill XP and it was giving me a 20% bonus. Hmmmm.. I'm sure Domino can confirm, but I believe I was getting much better than 20% myself off of basic recipes. Didn't watch writ exp advancement though.

04-19-2008, 10:38 AM	#20
Powers Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 664	Genryl@Permafrost wrote: Exclusion: If you don't play PVP, then what the heck would you level lock for except to complete full quest lines? (for those that like that whole immersion thing...masochists...J/k - lol ) Isn't that reason enough? If I don't level lock, all my quests go gray. =(Powers &8^]

04-20-2008, 06:43 AM	#21
Grimfang Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 148	why didnt Runnyeye (EU server) get this bonus? __________________

04-20-2008, 04:42 PM	#22
Clandor Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 21	Don't worry Grimfang.. nobody else got it either. There is no bonus exp on the Crushbone server. Maybe somebody forgot to throw the switch!! __________________ ================================================== ============= It's just me, so open the door.

04-20-2008, 06:38 PM	#23
Braqua Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3	A guide told me online today that the bonus was double base xp, didn't stack with vitality-bonus. In other words, when you run out of vita-bonus, you don't notice a difference.Well, I did a test:My weaponsmith leveled to 45, got 3 new recipes (+ imbued of all three) and I had a bit of vit-bonus left, the following happened:1st item, fully covered by vita, gave 9% xp2nd item, partly covered, gave 7%3rd item, out of vita-bonus, gave 5%.I'm telling you, the cake is a lie.

04-20-2008, 07:32 PM	#24
StormQueen Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 818	I found where the bonus EXP is coming from, too: treasure chests are being instaconverted into the extra EXP!!! Seems that way, anyhow. Leveled a new illusionist from 1 to 10 this morning and not one chest drop from all the mobs I killed in Timorous Deep. Asked in channels and others on my server were seeing the same thing. __________________

04-21-2008, 10:13 AM	#25
Swarsh Server: Nektulos Guild: Original Sinners Rank: Officer Loremaster Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1	I have had my combat xp off since level 12 also. I just wanted to do quests so who cares if its bonus xp if you can disable it. I never really understood the bonus xp as there is always bonus xp with vitallity. I am just glad and honestly a bit amazed to hear other people also disable xp or I guess its called level lock. To each his own I think its great to have these options to play the game however you see fit to progress a certain character. Over the years this game has become easier and easier but with the plethora of options you can still keep it as challenging as you want. I have done the grind back when it was actually a grind . I don't ever want to do that again but if someone does more power to em.

04-21-2008, 10:34 AM	#26
SisterTheresa The Vigilant Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,250	The weekend I didn't have my computer. Oh well. __________________

04-21-2008, 11:06 AM	#27
Zivatar Journeyman Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5	Actaully im low lvl but i didnt felt the difference... Maybe cos my combat xp was disabled __________________ http://eq2players.station.sony.com/s.../730806108.png

04-21-2008, 11:53 AM	#28
Iamken Tester Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 254	Thank you for the Bonus XP Weekend. They really help. I hope to see more of these soon. =) __________________ Fyfe - 92 Troubador - Unrest Quinleigh - 90 Fury - Unrest Rylaar - 90 Ranger - Unrest Fife - 60 Troubador - Test

04-21-2008, 01:12 PM	#29
ke'la Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,445	Zivatar wrote: Actaully im low lvl but i didnt felt the difference... Maybe cos my combat xp was disabled " width="15" height="15" /> " width="15" height="15" /> That is why you did not see a differance, The XP bonus only effects Combate XP, not your over all Adventure XP, wich is the total of the 3 adventure XP types, Discovery XP, Quest XP, and Combate XP. This is also true for Vitality, and the XP potions. So if you are level locking to beable to do the maximum number of quests per level, then doing quests won't get you any more XP then it would have otherwise. __________________

04-21-2008, 03:15 PM	#30
Ciara52 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California Posts: 504	I had a great time! " width="15" height="15" /> My conjuror is lvl 65 now even if sig doesn't say it yet /very happy Looks like I might yet see Kylong plains before I retire Darn altaholic problem lol I sure appreciate these weekends because working full time it can be a slow climb " width="15" height="15" /> Thank you!