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[phatkat1972]

Vanguard News Update - Monday

Double Adventuring Kill Experience Weekend
It is hard to believe it has already been one month since Vanguard was released! We know it is not always easy to be the first to explore new lands, so as a big thank you to all those adventurers out there who did just that – this weekend will be a server-wide double adventuring kill experience event.

Event start and end times will correspond with the daily server restarts.
STARTS: Saturday, March 3rd, 5:00am PST (Friday, March 2nd, 8:00pm PST for Europeans)
ENDS: Monday, March 5th, 5:00am PST (Sunday, March 4th, 8:00pm PST for Europeans)

Happy hunting!

Adventuring Kill Experience Increase
As we continue to gain more and more valuable data about player progression, we will also continue to tweak the experience curve as needed. In the next patch, we will be increasing the overall rate at which adventuring kill experience is gained by a small but noticeable amount to more properly align with our originally planned leveling times. This is separate from the double adventuring kill experience weekend.

Diplomacy Experience Increase
With the next patch, we will be increasing the rate at which diplomats gain experience by a small but noticeable margin. Please be sure to give any feedback on the affiliate fan sites.

Rollback Fix
A bug that may have been causing a very small amount of players to experience “rollbacks”, causing them to lose some experience has been fixed. Please report any instances of this still happening on the support or affiliate forums. Thank you!

COMING SOON
Adventuring Quest Experience
While we feel the overall rate at which adventuring quests give experience is now very close to where we want it to be, some additional minor (nothing drastic) tweaks may be required. We will be sure to keep everyone updated.

Expanded Deconstruction System
In the near future, we will begin to expand the deconstruction system to provide not only components for other craftable items, but for a great many other very worthwhile things as well. More on this later!

Four Dot Mobs
Players will soon find that fighting four dot mobs will yield much better experience rewards. Right now, they are not granting the experience that they should be. That issue will be fixed.

Flying Mount Quests Coming
Several quests that will enable players to ‘test drive’ flying mounts that they will one day acquire will be implemented on each continent soon. They will be in the mid teen level range.

Maybe I missed it, but I don't see anything about those of us whom are full time crafters. Were we just completly overlooked or do they think we gain lvl fast enough and dont need a double xp weekend too? I for one would love to see a double xp weekend too.

[tehgeek]

I noticed this as well, but maybe they feel this might effect the market, with all the crafters that would be able to power level and thus increase (with a flood) the amount of stuff on the broker? Just a thought.

[Nil]

Also, there's nothing to say that the crafting exp boost won't be next week, or next month. Who's to say?

Personally, I'd rather they not do this at all. It feels so gimmicky.

[Sigurd]

I agree.

What is the point of skewing leveling speed more? Especially when newly released MMOs are notorious for not having upper levels balanced or even filled in completely.

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[phatkat1972]

I just think that if they are going to increase 2 spheres, they should do so for all. And as for the xp mega increase and flood. Crafting xp comes so slow now at high 20's I dont think that if they do this anyone is going ot gain more than a couple of lvl's in a weekend anyway. This is more for the lower lvl people trying to get to lvl 20, not those that are in mid 20's and higher.

[Nosyd-V]

Maybe they should gave given us the choice? It would have been nice to have been able to select which sphere you wanted the double xp weekend for. I would have gone for crafting myself and got my crafter up a few levels over the weekend. Not that I play much at weekends though, also a choice of weekend or weekday would have been nice.

Anyway, nice of the devs to do this for us. What ever they do, there will be those of us that welcome it and those that don't.

[sorkvir]

I don't think they should do it for any of the spheres. I would rather see server events more so than 'double xp' marathons.



Double xp is for the weak. Its for people who can't deal with the carpal tunnel syndrome. j/k

[Shinto]

Originally Posted by sorkvir

I don't think they should do it for any of the spheres. I would rather see server events more so than 'double xp' marathons.

I'm with you here. Double exp may be popular, but it isn't fun to me. I'm sure this is true for many who are less concerned about the endgame than average.

[Moonchyld]

Someone said in another thread that this weekend coincides with renewing subs one month after release. That would make sense to me.

[TheKnight]

That reminds me with my collecters edition did I get 3 months or one month free for Vanguard only? I can't remember...