Weekly Weekend Content Bonus

I'd like to see x2 or x3 bonuses added for content participation for the duration of the weekend. PVP for one weekend, Gold Saucer for one weekend, Alex runs one weekend, Hunts one weekend, etc. As the game revolves around repeating a lot of similar tasks, this would help to push people toward a little variety.

I'd enjoy that

FFXI's been doing something like this off and on for the last few years in the form of Double XP weekends and things of that sort, and they also have similar rotating events now that last for a couple weeks a time.

I could see the developers doing something similar here eventually and would support it.

This is a good idea. Would also increase queue times. I feel a lot of people either get everything done in the first two days after weekly reset or Monday night before reset so queues in between are slower.

This could also backfire and cause people to only ever do certain content when under bonus.

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Originally Posted by Jynx

This could also backfire and cause people to only ever do certain content when under bonus.

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A great point.

It's also worth pointing out that they have had specific campaigns such as the recent make it rain campaign with enhanced rewards. In addition, Free Company actions can increase the rewards and or XP. So to some extent the game already supports this kind of thing, but it can be controlled at the FC level.

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Originally Posted by Jynx

This could also backfire and cause people to only ever do certain content when under bonus.

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If we worry about things like this then we will never move forward and have interesting events that aren't major seasonal ones. The MGP event was great example of a smaller bonus event that worked pretty well. Other games do things like exp weekends and they go pretty well also.

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Originally Posted by Jynx

This could also backfire and cause people to only ever do certain content when under bonus.

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Understandable point, but with there being so many different areas of the game you could put under this bonus, I doubt we'd truly have to worry about that. As long as it's not in a predictable pattern, it could easily be 2 - 3 months before you ever see that same bonus on the same content. With that type of infrequency, we should be fine.

I don't think Hunt xp bonus would turn out well.

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Originally Posted by Jynx

This could also backfire and cause people to only ever do certain content when under bonus.

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Maybe not if they're made rare enough.

I like the idea of bonus events like with The Gold Saucer thing a little while ago, but you're right. If we create a timely expectation, it could hamper the use of duties not involved.

While I like the idea of a bonus...
My work is typically the busiest during the weekend.

Perhaps a weeklong event would be better?
Since, it's not all the content at the same time.

Different bonuses could rotate between weekends and weekdays, that way you're not alienating part of a player base that can only game during the week, etc. This might also encourage 'weekend only' players to try and hop on when they can during the week and vice versa! ;)

Warcraft tried this to get people out of their garrisons.... it didn't really work all that well. Granted it only benefited level capped players and picked bad things to offer bonuses for.