So, what are your plans for the upcoming double XP Weekend?Follow

I you don't mind a suggestion... I would recommend NOT farming AA during the double XP weekend, but rather going for regular XP (100%).

During my 2011 return (I've retired about 7 times, LOL), I was actually meticulously tracking my AAs on my mains, and discovered at the end of a double XP weekend that I had made FAR less than double (maybe about 50% more). What I was able to piece together, along with some testing the next double XP weekend, is that the bonus XP you get for having a low AA total does not get doubled. And that low AA bonus is even bigger now than it was then. So I would recommend that you put it all towards regular XP for the bonus weekend, and then do your AAs once it's over. You will be AMAZED how quickly the AAs fly by when you are just starting them. The current system gives a 1000% AA XP bonus when you have 0 AAs, and it linearly declines to no bonus at 4000 AA.

My mains are currently racking up AAs in the mid 80s, but next weekend, I'll switch them all over to regular XP. Then back to AAs when it's done.

Tat

PS - obviously, it goes without saying, if you're over or near the 4000 AA cutoff, then it doesn't matter.

Firstly, I appreciate ALL the suggestions you can make!! I didn't know about the difference in XP and how it is applied. It just seemed that the last double XP weekend, the weekend close to when I returned to the game, that I was seeing a lot of extra AA's on that weekend. My 65 Necro just dinged 340 AA's this morning. My 55 Wizard is in the 120 range and the gimp, now 67 Pally, has less than 100. My War has 16, lol, at 61. With his rather poor weapons, those kicking snakes are chasing him to the zone line.

I'm afraid if I level these chars more, then they will be at an even higher disadvantage vs their level of mobs. Hmmmm, what to do, lolol.

I have relatives coming in from overseas and some of them are staying JUST for the four days around the weekend. This seems to be the bane of my EQ existence. I estimate that about 80% of the time whenever Sony offered a bonus XP weekend I either had out-of-town relatives visiting with us who it would be rude of me to ignore while playing computer games ("No way you're leaving your cousins, who don't even speak English, with me for hours while you play 'that game'!", quoting wifey here since I'd do it if it was just me!), or work demands had me going in extra or dealing with vital work at home, or I myself was on vacation out of the area and having no easy access to a game-capable computer. When I was a heavy raider it would make my eyes bleed to hear from guildies how much XP and AAs they had earned while I was "away from game" for the duration of double-XP time.

The one time I was home sick during a double XP weekend I did drag myself out of bed prop myself up by the computer with a 2-day supply of drinks, food, tissues and meds and played as much as my achey fevery brain would permit. Got probably a good solid two hours in before wife found me passed out drooling on the keyboard with one of my toons having lost 10 levels in a death-loop. Kindly, she put me to bed and then moved my toon to a safe spot.

However she left him in-game and the rez timers all expired... /sigh


Edited, Mar 10th 2013 8:12am by Sippin

Diet Coke in the morning, man.... that's so not right. ;)

Haha,

Murphy's Law strikes again !

I'm not quite 80% unlucky but I seem to have unexpected visitors and phone calls more often, with people in the mood to chat when I want to be short and concise... during double xp weekends.

Next Weekend I am hoping to level my 88 Mage to 90 and gain a few levels on a couple lower alts..Then get a couple LOD sessions over the coarse of the weekend on my main crew for some AA's.

I plan to save up max tasks this week and pop them for the extra NORMAL EXP they give. P.S. make sure you have bag space for the rewards.
i plan to farm some PP - because levels will cost PP.
I plan to only work on NORMAL EXP during the double EXP weekend.
i plan to clear out my bags to hold my new levels of spells so when I grind non-stop during the DOUBLE EXP i am not having to stop the fun and run to get new spells.


•From March 8, 2013 to March 17, 2013 Rare Mobs and Faction Gains/Losses will be dramatically increased. Grind faction and get loot!
This week I plan to work on DON progression due the the faction stuff - my sk I still cant get it to change to good side progrss yet still need faction. bummer.

My crew is maxed level for the expansions I own (90), so aa will be the way...

I just came back from a 8 year break myself last Tuesday.
The timing could of been worst ;)
I managed to farm solo by three boxing about 100aa per char and a couple of levels (69->71, 66,67->69)
What killed me though was the price of buying all the spells. Before leaving I had about 40k (which was not bad but not insanely much either) and now I'm down to less than 5k. So leveling wont do much for me until I get more plats. I need to look into the hot zone quest from what I read.

Any other suggestions?

Also, are there some anniversary things I can participate at those levels?

Thanks,

Mkai

Welcome Back,

Yes, Buying spells for three characters simultaneously could draw down 40Kpp very quickly.. I rather the hunting route for earning platinum, so I'll give my two cents for what it is worth..

For characters in the mid to high 60's till the low 70's, Dragonscale Hills has the best of both worlds... Decent XP as well as very good loot (mainly for 65 -75 characters) and also good vendor fodder. A lot of the drops from the named in this zone (and there are a lot of named in DSH) still sell in the 5KPP+ range in the Bazaar, so its a decent way to make some plat while levelling or earning AA's in the 65-75 range..after DSH goes light blue.... Loping Plains will get you to the low 80's and many AA's can be farmed there also..

Other than that, the hotzones "Sunderrock" and "The Steepes" have good xp at your level range and decent vendor fodder but the drops from the named is not near as good as DSH...so less plat per hour but better xp than DSH as they are hotzones..

But of course there are many old world favorites also ,such as Acrylia Caverns (xp poor at 67-70 though) for very good vendor fodder and the Hole (usually camped on my server) etc.

Good luck and enjoy..



Edited, Mar 18th 2013 1:37pm by hexeez