This be THE weekend to grind!

Ncatyl · Post by **Ncatyl** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:20 am

FYI:

XP awards for all creature kills will be DOUBLED from Friday through Sunday.

Oof · Post by **Oof** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:14 am

Woo hoo! Rabbits watch out!! Oof will try to be on the hunt!

Trekman · Post by **Trekman** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:03 am

Little detail : XP Double Bonus is only for ToD subscribers....

http://forums.ac.turbinegames.com/showt ... hp?t=24647

Starting at 6PM PDT / 9PM EDT on this coming Friday evening, August 5, all experience from creatures killed by Throne of Destiny subscribers will be doubled!

This is for all creature kills -- not quest rewards or experience earned in any other way. The doubled experience will be shared normally to any members of the character's fellowship and passed up to the character's patron. Only Throne of Destiny subscribers are eligible for this bonus.

The bonus experience weekend will end at 9AM PDT / 12PM EDT on Monday, August 8th.

Not a Throne of Destiny subscriber yet? Don't worry, we'll be running additional bonus experience weekends -- and other special events -- in the future! Be sure to buy your copy of Throne of Destiny now to avoid missing out on future events! You can buy the game at many retail and online game outlets or order it direct from the Turbine Store.

Ncatyl · Post by **Ncatyl** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 10:22 am

Thx Trek! I just came in to take care of that.

Guy Jean · Post by **Guy Jean** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:48 pm

Holy Rusted Metal Batman!

This is awesome! I am SO going to have to level up Verjigorm with this.

Nash the slash · Post by **Nash the slash** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:29 pm

woo hoo, i presume Acaddict will be grinding so i'll try to get on too!

Ashida Kim · Post by **Ashida Kim** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:05 pm

Excellent! Going to try and crank out about 300 mill with divinatrix so I can use my scroll of dark rain and my tessies. After that, I will pull out The Sullen Soldier and see if I cannot get you some Uber passup Ncatyl

No promises since I have to work sunday, but will try and work some magic

Ncatyl · Post by **Ncatyl** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:45 am

Ashida, my observation of you so far is that your failures FAR exceed the best attempts of many others!

acaddict · Post by **acaddict** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:37 am

Hmmm, I might actually level and if I do, surely Panz will as well

Portrait · Post by **Portrait** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:39 pm

LAME SERVER EVENT!!!!!!!!!!!!! What happened to mass mobs and meeting lore peeps?

Trekman · Post by **Trekman** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:14 pm

Portrait wrote:LAME SERVER EVENT!!!!!!!!!!!!! What happened to mass mobs and meeting lore peeps?

This is not a "server event" or "live event" or whatever.

If you read the (end of the) announcement you recognize that it is a "marketing gag" to promote ToD.

Portrait · Post by **Portrait** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:15 pm

Not a Throne of Destiny subscriber yet? Don't worry, we'll be running additional bonus experience weekends -- and other special events -- in the future! Be sure to buy your copy of Throne of Destiny now to avoid missing out on future events! You can buy the game at many retail and online game outlets or order it direct from the Turbine Store.

Thats the part that made me see this as an event.

Ill just correct myself and say that I just hope they dont start running live events or server events in this fashion.

Oof · Post by **Oof** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:07 pm

Me too. While the free double xp is cute, it's not a long-term draw for the game. I'm hoping (and believe) it is what Trekman suggests, a marketing ploy, simply an attempt to try more people to try the game. The sad thing is though, that I think it's a HORRIBLE marketing gimmick.

If they want more people to try the game they should give it away free like the original AC did, or at least something similar. I bought the original AC because 1) Panzer made me

, and 2) with a $20 price tag an $20 rebate it was free so it was a no risk proposition. And I've given them YEARS of multiple accounts of subscription fees ever since.

I wouldn't have picked the game up off the shelf, or downloaded it, on the tease of double xp for a game that I was already getting zero xp from anyway. Is their double xp weekend indicating that the majority of AC'ers haven't upgraded to ToD yet I wonder?

Ncatyl · Post by **Ncatyl** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:24 pm

Well, I can tell you that the XP is just SICK!

In a buff and a quarter I went from the threshold of 127 to 128 with a bit to grow on. Dumped about 240 mil into my UA and prerequisites.

More XP in 75 minutes than I usually make in a 3 months. Which is why it took me almost 5 yrs to hit 126.

Really, it is SICK!

Oof · Post by **Oof** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:50 pm

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This be THE weekend to grind!

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