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Three Week Bonus XP

captaincelestialcaptaincelestial Member Posts: 1,926 Arc User
edited September 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I'm happy this'll be available for the Spring Winter Special.

While I'm making room for possible future character options, I won't be making new characters (no recruitment drives), I definitely could use it to help go through my T6s to get their Ship Traits.
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  • foppotee#4552 foppotee
    foppotee#4552
         Member Posts: 1,704 Arc User
    Yeah it is disappointing that Cryptic has & is putting off another recruitment drive, but with these current times Cryptic gets a mulligan. Also, it was nice of Kael to ask: "is everyone holding up ok?" I only hope all of the Cryptic peeps are holding up ok too. EVERYONE try to be safe as possible. Yahoo on the 3 weeks of 2x exp!
  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    Yeah, after this I could sure use a 2x or even 3x Endeavor XP three week Bonus Event. Anything to get it closer to the end already. :)
    'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
    Judge Dan Haywood
    'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
    l don't know.
    l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
    That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
    Lt. Philip J. Minns
  • saedeithsaedeith Member Posts: 628 Arc User
    Anyone know if the xp event stacks with xp boosters? I got quite a few boosters from the first contact event.
    Don't really want to waste them if they don't stack.
  • tagentagen Member Posts: 557 Arc User
    edited April 2020
    saedeith wrote: »
    Anyone know if the xp event stacks with xp boosters? I got quite a few boosters from the first contact event.
    Don't really want to waste them if they don't stack.

    My understanding of boosters is that they just give you a bonus pool of xp to draw from until it is gone, not that they give a flat increase to the xp you gain. If so, I don't see any reason they would not "stack" with the xp event. You might just use up the pool faster.
  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    edited April 2020
    They give you 20% of the XP garnered. So 20% of the doubled XP.

    Come to think of it, the XP Boosts we can get from the First Contact Selection Box is the Large XP Boost from the C-Store that sell for 600 Zen. They probably realized that they may have really shot themselves in the foot with that giveaway. Best way to suck most of them out of the game quickly is have them burned up with the Double XP three week Event. Just some speculation.

    Note that any Spec Point or 1/4 Spec Point items you may have will NOT be doubled if you use them during this Event.
    'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
    Judge Dan Haywood
    'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
    l don't know.
    l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
    That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
    Lt. Philip J. Minns
  • kierans1337kierans1337 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    tagen wrote: »
    My understanding of boosters is that they just give you a bonus pool of xp to draw from until it is gone, not that they give a flat increase to the xp you gain. If so, I don't see any reason they would not "stack" with the xp event. You might just use up the pool faster.
    I'm a returning player after a looooong hiatus so might as well be new again so I could be wrong, but this is my understanding of the pools too.

    Say I have a XP bonus pool of 1000 that gives me 50% extra XP (up to the pool limit of 1000). So if I complete a task and get 100XP, with the pool I get 150XP and my pool "loses" 50XP (which is how the game UI shows it). So with the the double XP event, I now get 200XP for the same task, and my pool "loses" 100XP. So I still get the 1000XP out of the pool, I'll just consume the pool at a 200% rate with the double XP event.

    Or I could be wrong. :D
  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    You are correct.
    'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
    Judge Dan Haywood
    'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
    l don't know.
    l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
    That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
    Lt. Philip J. Minns
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