Triple XP Weekend

Sergeant of Marines

Sergeant of Marines

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

Japan

[트두므s], Guild Leader

Mo/

Just FYI...

Triple Experience Weekend
Rack up levels and skill points beginning at Noon Pacific time (-7 GMT) on Friday, September 7, when you will receive triple experience for completing missions throughout Tyria, Cantha, and Elona, and completing repeatable primary quests in the Eye of the North expansion. This added boost will last until 11:59 PM (-7GMT) on Sunday, September 9.

Lex

Lex

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Will it work in presearing?

makosi

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rafal
Will it work in presearing?
Unlikely since there are no missions in pre.

Star Gazer

Star Gazer

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Zerohour Enterprises [ZHE]

W/

omg im SO excited!! this is almost as good as double xp skill cap weekend!!!

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

Pretty good. I was gonna try to make my new warr a survivor

Smile Like Umean It

Smile Like Umean It

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

E/Rt

Guess I'll be waiting til this weekend to do missions with my new necro.

Leonhart

Leonhart

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2006

Ascalon City

W/

If this was triple rewards from quest i.e. gold or such, maybe it would be better. But for non prophecies or survivor people, this is just zzzzz

Witchblade

Witchblade

Polar Bear Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

pfff only missions that suxx

liner

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

R/Mo

Ive just finished the game and most of the quests >:|
Bit too early to replay the repeatable quests isnt it? They wernt that good to begin with.

Stolen Souls

Stolen Souls

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Meh. I'd rather triple green drops. Or double xp for skill caps. But I guess this isn't TOO bad. I was considering starting a new character, so maybe this'll help a bit.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

This is nice.

When I read the title I thought it'd be triple xp for EVERYTHING (which would be REALLY cool, farm stuff for ~800 exp a kill). But oh well, still a deccent weekend.

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

Time for another Survivor assassin. Only, you know, this time three times easier. HA!

Croco Clouds

Croco Clouds

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Montreal, QC, Canada

Divine Illumination [LaZy]

E/A

I thought this is Triple boost for Norn/dwarve/asuran EoTN Title

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

Too bad I already have 17 million experience!

Ravi

Ravi

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

Average Joes [none]

Mo/W

wow this is great, im sooooo playing this weekend...

/end sarcasm

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ravi
wow this is great, im sooooo playing this weekend...

/end sarcasm
I don't know what was more rewarding. The fact that you had to emphasise that it was sarcasm or the fact that they've decided to give us triple exp and you can't figure out why they emphasised skill points.

Vermilion

Vermilion

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

NY

Quote:
Originally Posted by Avarre
Too bad I already have 17 million experience!
I thought you had 24+K. -.-

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

Quote:
Originally Posted by Vermilion
I thought you had 24+K. -.-
I stopped PvEing seriously about 6 months ago.

And this thread derailed about 6 posts ago. Back to event discussion!

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Nice Avarre. Beats my 3.5 mil pretty hard. Of course I don't farm much anymore and spread out over multiple characters (at least 5 with 1 million +).

Oh the irony of this is that when GW2 comes out with its infinite levels this would be the greatest weekend ever.

MirageMaster

MirageMaster

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2007

EU

tell me again why i need useless xp? triple boost to faction titles would be far more usefull.something is really gone wrong with anets so called designer vision.

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

I don't think people actually know that there are traders that take skill points from you too. Some pretty handy items to have too.

Griff Mon

Griff Mon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

In the Elfen Forests of Washington State

Damage Radius

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkobra
I don't think people actually know that there are traders that take skill points from you too. Some pretty handy items to have too.
For those of you that have a big pile of skill points you can't use the "consumable" merchant sells stuff that you need skill points for. Of course, I have yet to figure out the one that you give up 250G and materials and a skill point to buy a thing to give you.....a skill point.

Some of it looks pretty good, if you are having a hard time with aspects of PVE, these items will give you a very overpowering boost so you can get through.

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

I've figured out the transferring skill points one. But it's very, very conditional. You transfer one skill point to another. Now that would work nicely on a low level character who's stocking up on skills to level with. But even then, it seems a bit costly when it's far easier to just level.

maraxusofk

maraxusofk

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

San Francisco, UC Berkeley

International District [id多], In Soviet Russia Altar Caps You [CCCP], LOL at [eF]

W/

Iono i was so excited wheni saw the little even menu. too bad it was trple experience for an event not even in pre searing sigh. they coulda made this double or triple reputation pts for the new eotn titles as a nice follow-up to eotn sorta like the double rep pts for ss and lb after hard mode. oh well. gg try again anet.

manitoba1073

manitoba1073

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

ManitobaShipyards Refit and Repair Station

(SFC)Star Fleet Command,(TDE)The Daggerfall elite,(SOoM)Secret order of Magi

Quote:
Originally Posted by Avarre
I stopped PvEing seriously about 6 months ago.

And this thread derailed about 6 posts ago. Back to event discussion!
But I want to hear how much combined exp you have. Im sitting around 45-50 mill exp combined on my 19 chars. So yea this event isnt nothing lol.

Yawgmoth

Yawgmoth

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

Great event, I'm so excited! Must hit 10mln asap! Then start complaining on forums why there's no title to show that off ;p
This thing is as cool as a double balthazar faction, I always loved those too, make so easy to farmzor stacks of torunament tokens

btw, what's a sarcasm?

SotiCoto

SotiCoto

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

Drazach Thicket

Temple of Zhen Xianren [Sifu]

...... I actually perked up when I noticed this during log-in yesterday, but was going too fast to stop and actually read it...

And there I was wondering, as I set up my Pre-Sear warrior for Death-Levelling in the Northlands: "Will it be Triple Experience on Kills... or Triple Experience on Quests.... or Both?"

... But I checked this morning and sure enough it is neither...
Not only is the weekend "event" title TOTALLY MISLEADING.... but it is also TOTALLY WORTHLESS.


BAD A-NET! NO COOKIE!

xcenic

xcenic

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by MirageMaster
tell me again why i need useless xp? triple boost to faction titles would be far more usefull.something is really gone wrong with anets so called designer vision.
indee, maybe some triple faction point, or triple Drops in everything...well i realy think what Anet need a Triple creativity deparment !! Cmon Gwen out..Who The Hell need Xp. skill point dont give money!

Etta

Etta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mancland, British Empire

You know what we need? An npc that convert xp into gold or something.

Ferret

Ferret

Elite Guru

Join Date: Jul 2005

England

Ferrets Unity of Rogues (FUR)

R/Mo

What a waste, now triple rep points (Norn/Asura, etc), now THAT would have been a great weekend idea...especially given all the flak of late.

haggus71

haggus71

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

FotS

triple...Triple....TRIPLE XP WEEKEND!!!

Yeah, unless you have a new char running through Prophecies, this is tits-on-a-bull useless. They're pretty much tossing it after EotN. Gonna be a loooooonng wait for fanbois to GW2.

artay

artay

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Australia

The Agony Scene

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
Nice Avarre. Beats my 3.5 mil pretty hard. Of course I don't farm much anymore and spread out over multiple characters (at least 5 with 1 million +).

Oh the irony of this is that when GW2 comes out with its infinite levels this would be the greatest weekend ever.
Beats my .5 mil on the majority of my pves.


I'm so unpr0.

Perhaps I could level my angry level 19 necromancer thats been gathering dust after I created him when Nightfall came out.

SotiCoto

SotiCoto

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

Drazach Thicket

Temple of Zhen Xianren [Sifu]

Seriously though...

A triple XP weekend could have been good if it was from all sources or even just from quests alone... It would have been useful if it was something that low-level characters (who actually NEED XP) could make use of....
But as it stands, the only places where it will be of ANY use at all are Prophecies Missions, Shing Jea Missions and Istan Missions.
Like OH NOEZ! Can't level up my character without getting triple XP from Minister Cho's Estate!

¬_¬

Lonesamurai

Lonesamurai

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cheltenham, Glos, UK

Wolf Pack Samurai [WPS]

R/A

Well i for one will be making that new PvE monk I've been umming and arring over the last few months... especially through factions, he'll be lvl 20 before he leaves the starter island

EDIT: Just thought about that and being just missions, that wouldn't work... oh well, going for protector on my four characters this weekend then

Dorling

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Funny thing is my mate has just got the the game so once he hears about this he'll be wooting all weekend!

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Surprised that they'd have another special weekend right after GW:EN comes out. Well, at least this will allow my newly created character (for GW:EN) to get up to level 20 to move over...

dragonofinfinity

dragonofinfinity

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2007

pretentious latin title[PTA]

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by makosi
Unlikely since there are no missions in pre.
DOH! that would have spead up the long hall to LDoA a little (45 hrs and not even lvl 10).

Aethon

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2007

Repeatable EotN quests give experience on subsequent runs? Wow, I never actually knew that. So now they give, what, like 6k XP instead of 2k? I don't think that it would be any faster than just doing some FFF. So, yeah, useless unless you're already farming them, and then it's just a mediocre bonus.

Now, if it were triple quest rewards, it would be amazingly easy to get a Legendary Survivor. Actually, thinking about Survivor titles, I wonder if the 50k from prophecies ascension is tripled on this weekend.

noocoo

noocoo

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Give me triple reputation gain weekend plz

Toutatis

Toutatis

Walking Wiki

Join Date: Nov 2006

Isle of Medication

Visitors from Aranna [VFA]

Me/E

...I just happen to have a new Ranger who's going to love the triple XP weekend. Thanks ANet - you've just made levelling him one hell of a lot easier for me