am i the only one who thinks the double xp weekend was a bad idea?

When the solution to balancing the game's level progression is to not play large chunks of the game, there is a problem with the game.

Reading comprehension, brosephina. You even quoted it.

Yes, ya crazy little masochist, yes you are.

terrible idea, no point in rushing because the storyline is the best thing this game has to offer.

It's a linear game. When the level path can't be balanced for an arrow-straight linear game, there is a problem somewhere. Any subscriber who does the majority of planet and class quests will outlevel the game by Nar Shadaa, and that's not counting double xps.

I can never figure out the apologists who will one day write off all complaints about the game because "Story is what it's about" and then the next day say the solution to what ails the game is to "skip the story!".

I swear I cant say this enough...

Without Double XP players are already

1. Over leveling the content to a point where they are doing gray quests.
Or
2. Skipping content.

All these people that are crying that double XP ruined their game because now they had to skip quests because they were gray baffle me because if doing every single thing in the game. (class story, planetary story, side quests, heroics, bonus series, flashpoints, space) Even once a piece, on every planet as you level, you will be just as over leveled as you are during double XP doing the same thing. (since grey quests/mobs give nil XP)

The only difference is with double XP you get to that point faster.

The game was designed so you don't have to do everything to get to cap. double XP didn't change that at all. For those that want to experience all the content you still can while still being over leveled and for those that want to skip you could skip at a sooner point. That was the whole purpose.

Without double xp, it's actually pretty well balanced unless you literally do everything and then go off the beaten path killing extra things for more exp. As a sub I did the majority of every planets' quests my first time through (I did not do most heroic 2/4s and only did BT like once & that was my only FP all the way up), & I never outlevelled the game. As a newb, you're not going to overlevel the entire game, probably won't even with 2xp. As a veteran, if you really need to 'experience' Dromund Kaas every single time, hey go for it, but let's not pretend you're missing out if things go gray because you know the game now & it's a double exp weekend.

Doesn't matter though. With or without 2xp, once again you are not forced to skip a thing unless you just get bored and move on. If you automatically feel that gray = go away, that's on you.

I can never understand the whiners that only find reasons to complain. Show me an MMO similar to TOR (be it WoW, Rift, whatever) where each and every zone is perfectly balanced so that you will be exactly level x by the time you leave, without exception? (Hint: there isn't one worthy of mention, because if there is it's most likely incredibly boring).

Also, the class quests are the story, and nobody suggested skipping those - quite the opposite, skip the sidequests, and again only do that if you're that sensitive about doing a green/gray quest.

Do you not read posts before responding.... or think before opening mouth

No one thinks 2x xp is a bad idea for the simple fact that you get people who are leveling way too fast and DO NOT learn the mechanics of their class roles?! I don't know about the rest of you, but I hated logging in during these weekends because warzones and flashpoints were mostly filled with leechers. These are usually the idiots who queue for flashpoints as an important role like tank or heals and just end up getting the group killed over and over again because they are too busy dpsing or standing around not knowing what to do. Not to mention that most NEED on everything regardless if they can use it or not. And as for warzones, some of these guys just stand around not contributing to the objectives or knowing what to do. "I'm just here for xp so win the wz for me! I'm going to stand over here and reverse eng stuff..." This to me is not fun.

Hate to sound bitter but there's a lot of newbish folks out there power leveling and have no clue what they are doing. But they are the first people to complain they aren't getting everything handed to them when they actually have to play harder for it. Just sayin.

I don't feel that it was necessarily a bad idea. I would have preferred a toggle or a choice.

For me grayed out quests are useless. Just like the game ends at 50 (yes, for me the game ends at 50)

Exactly

Bonus grinding is necessary with regular XP, because if you don't do them you will come up short on levels - they're such a big part of the XP you earn, both from the quest rewards and XP for killing stuff. But with double XP you can skip right past them and get to the fun stuff. I found that just by skipping those I stayed more or less on track with XP, never getting overlevelled for a planet.