Quote Hey folks!



You may remember back when we ran our last double XP weekend that there were a lot of forum reports around that Kuat Drive Yards was not issuing double XP. Once we realized that, as a “make good” to the issue, we would do another double XP weekend so you can all reap that sweet, sweet double XP in KDY. Well I am here to give you some good news, our “make good” double XP weekend will be next weekend, from April 11th – April 13th.



Now, let’s talk a little bit about KDY. After the bug was reported we sent our QA folks deep into the double XP – KDY world to find the issue so that we could get it repaired and back to you. They ran into a strange issue, they couldn’t find a problem. In every piece of testing they did, they were always being awarded double XP in KDY. Now at this point there are two possible scenarios:

KDY is actually awarding double XP and there is some confusion around how much XP players should be receiving. KDY is experiencing issues when awarding double XP, but for some unknown reason it is only manifesting on the live servers (outside our testing areas).

Let’s talk about number one. First off, there are two issues which did impact experience completely that were fixed after the last double XP weekend in 2.6.2. Both of these issues would cause a player to receive no experience at all and have since been fixed:

Resolved an issue that prevented Flashpoint group members from getting experience if grouped with someone outside of the listed level range of the Flashpoint. Now, defeating level-appropriate enemies will grant experience regardless of group.

Resolved an issue where enemy levels were being incorrectly colored as green instead of grey, to indicate that no XP would be gained from killing them.

Next, I thought it would be good to explain a bit about experience gains during double XP. If a player is playing a flashpoint when they have rested experience, they will be earning double experience from all mob kills. Meaning if you play mainly within rested XP, a double XP weekend may not appear to have any affect at all. Here are some examples of experience gains at levels 15, 30, and 50 in KDY.



It is a little long so hit the spoiler tag to see the full math. This list assumes you are not in a guild:



Spoiler Level 15



Normal(No Boost)

Standard – 103

Strong – 315

Elite – 787

Boss - 3151



Normal(w/Boost)

Standard - 124

Strong - 378

Elite - 945

Boss - 3781



Rested/Double XP(No Boost)

Standard – 207

Strong – 630

Elite – 1573

Boss - 6300



Rested/Double XP(w/Boost)

Standard – 249

Strong – 756

Elite – 1888

Boss - 7560



Level 30



Normal(No Boost)

Standard – 178

Strong – 540

Elite – 1350

Boss - 5406



Normal(w/Boost)

Standard - 214

Strong - 648

Elite - 1620

Boss - 6484



Rested/Double XP(No Boost)

Standard – 357

Strong – 1078

Elite – 2700

Boss - 10798



Rested/Double XP(w/Boost)

Standard – 429

Strong – 1296

Elite – 3238

Boss - 12958



Level 50



Normal(No Boost)

Standard – 278

Strong – 840

Elite – 2100

Boss - 8427



Normal(w/Boost)

Standard - 334

Strong - 1008

Elite - 2523

Boss - 10084



Rested/Double XP(No Boost)

Standard – 557

Strong – 1680

Elite – 4198

Boss - 16800



Rested/Double XP(w/Boost)

Standard – 669

Strong – 2016

Elite – 5038

Boss - 20160



That should give you a pretty good idea of what experience numbers will look like when you are playing next weekend! Now, onto number two. Every now and again we can see issues manifest in very strange ways. It is possible that double XP is in fact completely borked in KDY, but only on our live servers when we run the event.



So, no matter if it is 1, or 2, there is only one solution… more double XP! Please jump on next weekend, and let us know your results, we will be looking at it as well. If it seems that KDY is functioning correctly, then may many experience points rain down upon thee. If it ends up that there is an issue and things are not working, we will hit that drawing board again and get to the bottom of it.



Thank you all for your patience, I am looking forward to seeing you all in game. Let’s get some levels, friends.



-eric Eric Musco | Community Manager

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