Double XP This Weekend & Patch

[Hamma]

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/276453501910011904

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/276453598542581760

https://twitter.com/mhigby/status/276455790733312000

[Tooterfish]

Good news indeed.

[ringring]

Weekend to weekend as? I'm not what the 'as' means but it sounds like a full week of double xp.

[AstroCat]

How's this work with your currently enabled XP buffs?

[Tooterfish]

Weekend to weekend as? I'm not what the 'as' means but it sounds like a full week of double xp.

Weekend to weekend as a way of saying thanks.

How's this work with your currently enabled XP buffs?

I would imagine, as with the alpha squad boost in addition to a membership, that they will compound.

[Hamma]

And yes it stacks:

https://twitter.com/mhigby/status/276455790733312000

[waldizzo]

Very nice! Looking forward to getting a bunch of my stuff ranked up.

[Bags]

Ahh Yeah.

[ringring]

So from Higby it's this weekend only 9am pdt Friday to 9am pdt Monday .... I understand now. :)

Nice!

[SixShooter]

Base caps are gonna be sweet. :).
:cheers:

[SsapS]

*phones boss to request week of work off*

[Juryrig]

So...it's 'weekend to weekend' ie all next week? Check Food Lovers Specials (https://www.especials.co.za/food-lovers/) and Game Specials (https://www.especials.co.za/game/). Not just this coming weekend?

Because I'm spending this weekend at my GFs parents :(

[Oryon22]

Looking forward to more certs, but when is the next station cash sale going to happen?

[Bags]

So...it's 'weekend to weekend' ie all next week? Not just this coming weekend?

Because I'm spending this weekend at my GFs parents :(

Fuck I'll be out of town from the 12th to the 17th!!

[Ailos]

Sweet. 200% xp, here I come.

[Rago]

:p I dont care XD

[Ritual]

It seems the harder I try to earn XP the slower it goes.

So I will just pretend I didn't hear this and I should get like 5000 certs this weekend.

That's my plan and i'm sticking to it.

[CronN]

Great.. I'm not at home this weekend, why are those events always in weekends with every game :<

[Simboubou]

Fuck Yea ! (Well, I'm busy on saturday, but I'll try to be back in the evening).

[Suitepee]

Sounds good to me, now if only I didn't have to attend a poker tournament on Sunday.

[EVILPIG]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess it won't be X4 XP with 6 month sub and +50% Booster. I hope so, but I bet you get the +100% XP + 50% + 50% = 300%.

The hope would be X 2 + 50% + 50% = 400%. We'll see.

[Jaybonaut]

Yeah there seems to be confusion here. Is it for a full week?

[ShadoViper]

Looks like it's time to disappear for a weekend!

[Infernalis]

Yeah I also believe it will 300% and not 400% at max.

Do someone know if you can remove your alpha boost for another (7 days at +50%), then take back your alpha boost? Or is it forever lost when you change?

[EVILPIG]

Yeah I also believe it will 300% and not 400% at max.

Do someone know if you can remove your alpha boost for another (7 days at +50%), then take back your alpha boost? Or is it forever lost when you change?

No one dares find out!

[Palerion]

I'm playin hard and addictively this weekend...

[SKYeXile]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess it won't be X4 XP with 6 month sub and +50% Booster. I hope so, but I bet you get the +100% XP + 50% + 50% = 300%.

The hope would be X 2 + 50% + 50% = 400%. We'll see.

i think it will be 400

“John Smedley ‏@j_smedley
@Baronfuming double XP means double xp. Boosts are on top of that.


so double then +100%!

Can I do 3m XP on the weekend? hrm Id like to hit 76 so i can have a funky bird icon.

[Infernalis]

http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/14cjk2/double_xp_weekend/

You'll be able to get up to 400% XP if you are an Alpha Squad and Premium member if my math is right.
But it seems he's not really sure about that.

As for the Alpha squad boost :
Boosts are designed presently to be overridden if you choose to use another one. We will not grant you another one if you do that and you will have lost your Alpha Boost for good should you choose to do so.
Basically the alpha squad boost is meh for now, should have been a permanent +10% (or just a 6months but without the need to equip the boost).

[Sturmhardt]

Yup, they fucked over all alpha squad buyers with that one.

[Rat]

how much does the 7 day 50% boost cost?

[james]

how much does the 7 day 50% boost cost?

500 sc


Trying to figure out how they come up with the 400% number. If my math is right, they are counting base xp as 100%, double xp would then be 2 x 100% so 300%, then boosts would be another 100%. So a 1k base should be getting like 4k for a cap. Can anyone confirm this

[typhaon]

^I can confirm you are doing math correctly.


Confusing X times something with an incorrect X00% is a pretty common mistake you'll see people make time and time again. There is no mystery boost you are missing out on :)

It's for 4 times the normal XP... or 300%.

[MasterskunkPS]

By the time EU servers are up, double xp weekend is probably over :D jk

[EVILPIG]

Depending on how they do it, it will be 300 or 400%.

If they double the base value of a kill to 200, it will then add 100 for +50% Boost and +100 for +50% subscription. That's 400 XP without any other bonuses. You may see 2 cert kills.

If they simply add +100%, it will likely be 100 +100% +50% +50%, all +%'s being of the base 100. That's 300 XP a kill without any other bonuses.


Anyone in game yet to confirm?

[Dragonskin]

Okay so let me get this right.

Double XP weekend.
It stacks with Membership + Alpha Squad / other game boosts.

So you're telling me if I get a headshot with a sniper rifle I will get 100x2 for the kill, and 10x2 for the headshot plus the other misc stuff x 2?

That's LITERALLY one certifcation point per kill.......

My God, it would be worth just running around and repairing EVERY single turret.. Those things give 1 1/2 cert points if fully destroyed so you would get 3 cert points per turret repaired.

This is going to be insane..

Yea.. if you think engineer makes crazy certs think about a medic in large scale battles... OMG.. they will be making 4-5 certs a minute haha... actually in a full minute they could be make way more... depending on how many people are wounded or dead around them.

[james]

All i can say if you have play the living shit out of this game this weekend.

As it sits
Kills equals= 200 points
With premium=300 points
With 50 percent boost with premium= not sure but should be 400 points per kill.

If i'm correct premium cert rate is cut by 50 percent to 250 points per cert, so for premium you get a cert for every kill, and then some.

5 mins of play got me like 20 certs

The only other note to add, it seems like its going to get very vehicle spammy

[EVILPIG]

what time does this start?

-4 hours.

[DidymusGnosis]

Good to know!