Dev Post EricMusco Posted March 17, 2014 Dev Post Share Posted March 17, 2014 Hey everyone, I know that there was definitely some unhappiness that came out of this past double XP weekend and I wanted to address a little bit about what happened, and we are doing about it. There are two main issues which plagued the weekend: In certain group compositions, no experience is granted during a Flashpoint.The Kuat Drive Yards Flashpoint was awarding only normal experience for NPC kills, it was not being doubled. Understandably, many players look to Flashpoints to level during our double XP weekends and so there is quite a bit of frustration that these bugs were present. Let's take them one at a time. The first bug, where no XP is being granted at all is something that we are aware of, and it will actually be fixed tomorrow in Game Update 2.6.2. The KDY issue, unfortunately, was only discovered after double XP went live and as such, there wasn't much that can be done. Why not just cancel double XP until the issues are resolved? I understand that if you intended to level through Flashpoints, this past weekend may not have been the best. However, there are many folks who were looking forward to the double XP weekend who level outside of Flashpoints and it would have been unfair to them to move the weekend out. Why not just bring the servers down and fix these issues on Friday? We would only do this in situations where there is a very critical issue present, such as a major exploit or an issue preventing players from playing at all. What now? I have spoken to the dev team and we are both in agreement that we should do another double XP weekend. Again, to readdress the issues from above, after tomorrow non-KDY Flashpoints should no longer have the issue where no experience will be awarded. As a note, I am still trying to get a timeline on when we would be able to address the KDY issue. Although it will be our goal to have both of these issues addressed before we have our next double XP, it is possible that KDY may not be addressed by then. However you will definitely be able to get double XP out of our other Flashpoints. I know the big question right now is "when is the next double XP then?" I do not have that answer at this exact moment, but I am going to try to get that answer to you as soon as possible! I apologize to those of you who were looking to "Flashpoint your face off" this weekend. We are going to work on getting you back into those Flashpoints with some double XP at your back soon™. -eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never_Hesitate Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) Thanks for letting us know I will be prepared and my fun this weekend wasn't cut short because of this bug. I didn't level as much, as I could have, but the many queue pops were enough of a compensation to keep my leveling flow rolling. Edited March 17, 2014 by Never_Hesitate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymonguk Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thanks for the response Eric. I would guess many of us would prefer you to fix KDY and then do the double XP, rather than rush to provide a double XP weekend again without KDY. Certainly that would seem to be the feedback from this weekend anyway. Thanks for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienEyeTX Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thank you for explaining. Also, thank you for letting us know that y'all are doing something to make it up to those who were affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelersWay Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thanks for the information Eric, and for letting the players know what the situation was. That being said, has there been any discussion with the dev team about allowing the players to have the option to turn off the XP gains for those who do not want to level so fast? It's disappointing to only have a limited time to play the game, and the time that one has then has to be spent not playing any way because one does not want to outlevel the content they are playing so quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celwinn Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 For selfish reasons, I am glad KDY was bugged (real life dragged me away from TOR) But in all honesty, sucks that it was bugged, but glad you guys are telling us what happened, and what will happen next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thank you Eric for taking time today to address this for those players who feel less fortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thanks Eric! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joesixxpack Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Hey everyone, -eric Good on ya. And since I spent my game time on another's beta I'm glad there'll be another double. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Alright people he said they are planning another Double XP Weekend but have no idea when yet. Please do not twist and demand this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthTHC Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thank you for the clear, direct, and timely communication and the willingness to make it right. Well played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cernow Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thanks for the update. A new Double XP weekend sometime soon sounds like the best way forward. But I think it's important to get the KDY fix in place first or else there'll be further disappointment (even if players are forewarned). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CmdrShpd Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thanks for the followup, Eric. While I wasn't planning on running KDY this past weekend, I am encouraged the fact that your trying to make it up to those who were. That said, count me in among those who think it would be good to fix KDY before doing the next double XP event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluengreen Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) There was, most likely, a critical issue not allowing groups to proceed past the invincible 2nd boss of NiM DF on the PTS: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=729075 It's been around since Thursday, and I feel that the servers definitely should've come down. There's also a possibility that groups were missing mechanics, however BW did not respond. Edited March 17, 2014 by bluengreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkdust Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thanks for stepping up with a solid reply. I know you probably don't have an answer to this yet, but I'd hope that the KDY lag problems are also fixed before then so that it's not quite so painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikinai Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Might I suggest the weekend of April the 4th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankiel Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyreece Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thanks, Eric! I had a couple guildies who were completely oblivious to the KDY issue until I brought it up. I'll take another double XP weekend, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeRepublic Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thank you for the update, Eric, and for all your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickious Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) Oh yay more double XP... Edited March 17, 2014 by Nickious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImmortalLowlife Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Good lookin out EM....I'm glad to know that we'll have another 2XP weekend scheduled soon. Although my wife just told me she officially doesn't like you because during 2XP events I'm unavailable for ALL "honey do" list & request! ROFLMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darththirdeye Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Yeah It was a small let down but we did with it. Thanks for doing double XP wekends. Mostly my friends and I run thru a load of FPs and PvP during double XP weekends. We were still able to get some leveling done. Eric Musco - We did notice on some FPs that it was trying to group players that were too high for the FP, causing no XP for the group. btw we need cross server pvp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twithep Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thank you very much, this more than makes up for the bugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoth_Nomad Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thanks for the response Eric. And thanks for discussing the situation with the devs and hopefully getting another 2xp weekend for folks. Hopefully KDY will be fixed by then, but if not, let us know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eillack Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Wow, dodged a bullet here when I decided to take part In ESO's last beta weekend...how many times does SWTOR need to fall apart? I feel sorry for those who prepped for an actual double xp weekend and got whatever this was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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