Announcing the Double EXP Campaign! (01/30/2013)Follow

Would page burns fall under "certain content? If so.....bah

Edited, Jan 30th 2013 10:15pm by Niknar

The announcement blurb also seem to imply that there will be more than one Double EXP campaign.

I wonder if dynamis exp will doubled as well.

Edited, Jan 31st 2013 12:00am by Szabo

Or it really was a bug and they oh this would make great event.

So, does the EXP bonus in FOV/GOV double or not?

It's not strictly EXP gained from killing mobs, it's a bonus for killing so many, but it's not a Dedication AFAIK nor gained by items. Thus I don't see any indication if this doubles or not.

Which kinda sucks, because the majority of exp we gain at the moment for leveling comes from page completions and/or abyssea, thus kinda defeating the purpose of this campaign.

Edited, Jan 31st 2013 2:22am by Niknar

Like I said, this only looks to have a purpose for Dynamis trials and for leveling like 1-10 solo (which is already **** easy nowadays)

They outright said it's not going to apply for Abyssea, so yeah

What they really need to do is have a triple skill up rate weekend.

Although it's easier now, you still need a party to clear the final limit break, and there aren't a lot of shouts (because most people are done) if you don't have enough friends high enough in level to help you out.

Limit break: I still see shouts for limit break fairly frequently, and if you farm yourself a tail people will help you break it (I know I've joined folks trying to help them break)

Double exp: I think the benefit here is making it more viable to play around outside the normal burn areas. I know I have gotten fairly sick of them, and besides every time I think "hey, might be fun to level..." I check the areas and they are packed to the brim with 2, 3 people waiting in line.

I wouldn't mind, say, grabbing a friend and duoing in ToAU areas, for example, get some IS, etc. Even with double exp it will be less efficient than books but the change of scenery alone would be nice.

Would be nice if they'd given us a choice in this. They could've done a poll on the forums to see what we'd want for a "Double xxx Campaign". Two that come to mind that I would've valued more than exp are drop rates and skill ups. Hell, I would've probably enjoyed double walking speed more than double exp. I do a lot of walking now that I'm actually finishing missions... don't do too much exping.

Edit to the above post: I personally do think it's SEs fault. They should know by now that their MMO is very old, and that a limit break is a much, much more finite thing than gear drops/upgrade items. They should have made the final limit break a solo affair from the get go to avoid exactly this situation. If I were to pick up the game 10 months from now and got to level 95, you'd say it was my fault for not buying the game sooner? That's ridiculous.

I don't think it even fits in with the rest of the LBs in a story sense, either. Why, all of a sudden, are other people included in the expansion of MY limits? Then again, SE is a Japanese company, and no offence to the Japanese but they're very rigid when it comes to any kind of change of ideas. They still like to think this game runs on normal exp parties if this double XP campaign is any indicator.

Edited, Jan 31st 2013 12:31pm by Diamondis

Must play during those times! :O