Opt-out of DOUBLE XP

Obviously I didn't want to complicate things too much to get my point accross, but I agree your line of thinking is probably correct. From a programming practice point of view it's not great foresight, but I imagine when they coded the original XP gain system they weren't even considering 2x XP being a possibility. While it is possible they could go back retrospectively and make it an on character basis, it'd be a resource hog and knowing this engine would create a small performance hit for the extra calculations.

It would hurt PvP'ers

What problem are you suggesting that I have?

BioWare put a feature into the game. People complained about that feature and asked for silly stuff... when they could solve the problem easily and for themselves.

Perhaps the problem that I have is my complete lack of empathy for people who want others to solve their problems instead of taking the simplest action to solve them for themselves?

/Two-thumbs-up

It's a common theme, and not just in this gaming forum.. but all gaming forums.

The amount of silly threads that boil down to lazy people who want someone else (usually the devs) to design and maintain the game to their personal needs is mind boggling sometimes.

Personally, I accept that every MMO has it's own set of constraint variables in game play, and that as a player.... constraint mechanics are there to stimulate the player out of mindlessness. In almost all cases, they are easily managed by the player if the player is capable of putting two brain cells together to form a coherent assessment of how to get their needs met (other then pooping their pants and crying up the forum about needing their pants changed for them ).

Opting out of double XP is not a game breaking challenge here. And it's actually only a challenge for a non-capped character. Here.. let me demonstrate:

1) double XP goes live for the weekend
2) I have a particular character that, for personal choices, I wish to avoid double XP earns. So much so that I also never park the character anywhere to earn rested XP after log out.
3) I don't want the double XP on that character.... so...... wait for it... wait for it.... I play a different character(s) during double XP...... like any of my capped characters, or characters I actually want to level as fast as possible.

Rocket Science this is not. Any player with any common sense can work out how to mitigate the double XP for a weekend every once in a while... so yeah.. no empathy from me either.

can we go with society in general? Forums just happen to be a sample of society and often a reflection of current culture.

I hope swtor won't even consider letting someone level at the 100% xp rate while the rest of us enjoy double xp. I think that if a few people want to opt out of double xp during double xp events it just ruins the game for everyone else and then where would we be? The idea that someone would not want to participate in double xp while the rest of us are enjoying it is just disturbing.

If someone wants to earn xp at a slower pace while we are earning xp at twice the normal pace (dare I hope for 3xp or even 4xp in the future?) he is hurting himself and everyone else and therefore should not be allowed to opt out.

I agree with this assessment.

God, I really hope they were being cynical.

I'm all for this. Going to Taris at lvl 22 takes all the fun out of the game. Then I have to skip planetary quests and it's just like why bother?

Yes, I was being cynical. I'm trying a new approach. Seriously, players with the ability to opt out of double xp are seen as the enemy of swtor and attacked vehemently.

You have to skip planetary quests. Forced to. The game gives you no other option.

Really? When did they put that feature into the game?

Or is it that you choose to skip planetary quests?

Since I already know the answer to that question, I'll ask the logical follow-up. Why do you choose to skip planetary quests?