How about giving us bonus xp when we are not logged on

[cdreamworld]

but how is surplus any different from rested xp?

[Acerimmer]

Can't we just get exp boost rings and all that again.

[BloodLotus]

I love how the doomsayers blow it all out of proportion.

Rested XP isn't going to make anyone play less just to get a small xp bonus. You would still get more sp from playing than not.

[_C-a-e-r-i-t-h_]

There are two kinds of people who play FFXIV:

• Those who play 24/7.
• Those who aren't logged in 24/7.

The people who are logged in 24/7 at the cost of friends, family, and regular exercise are really mad that the people who see the sun at least once a week will get experience a little faster to make up for the 8 hours of sleep and 40 hours of having a job and however many hours of having a social life that they're out of the game.

But don't worry, 24/7 crowd! You'll still get more overall experience! Rested experience might narrow the gap ever-so-slightly, but it'll never let people who do things other than play FFXIV 24/7 catch up to you!

[Physic]

There are two kinds of people who play FFXIV:

• Those who play 24/7.
• Those who aren't logged in 24/7.

The people who are logged in 24/7 at the cost of friends, family, and regular exercise are really mad that the people who see the sun at least once a week will get experience a little faster to make up for the 8 hours of sleep and 40 hours of having a job and however many hours of having a social life that they're out of the game.

But don't worry, 24/7 crowd! You'll still get more overall experience! Rested experience might narrow the gap ever-so-slightly, but it'll never let people who do things other than play FFXIV 24/7 catch up to you!

never really saw the point of rested exp, hey you get exp for nothing! but whatever, exp isnt the be all and end all. maybe it will make people want to log back on. But the principle sounds kind of foolish to me.

[Cairdeas]

We asked Yoshida if there would ever be a system implemented that gives bonus EXP when not logged into the game. He let us know that the release period has not been decided yet but we are going to do it!

So they are going to Rename Fatigue to Rested XP. Good Game. :P

but how is surplus any different from rested xp?

Protip: Its not. Its the same system, just worded wrong and with bad PR.

[_C-a-e-r-i-t-h_]

never really saw the point of rested exp, hey you get exp for nothing! but whatever, exp isnt the be all and end all. maybe it will make people want to log back on. But the principle sounds kind of foolish to me.

But you don't get exp for nothing.

You get a slightly higher exp rate for a short amount of time.

If you log out at 10k tnl, you log back in at 10k tnl. All rested exp means is that if you log out for like 72 hours, you get an empress band effect (where you gain +10% experience for your first 5k experience or so).

[Cairdeas]

But you don't get exp for nothing.

You get a slightly higher exp rate for a short amount of time.

If you log out at 10k tnl, you log back in at 10k tnl. All rested exp means is that if you log out for like 72 hours, you get an empress band effect (where you gain +10% experience for your first 5k experience or so).

You get a slightly lower exp rate for playing a amount of time.

If you log out at 10k tnl, you log back in at 10k tnl. All surplus exp means is that if you log out for like 72 hours, your fatigue resets (where you gain +10% experience for your first 5k experience or so).

[_C-a-e-r-i-t-h_]

So they are going to Rename Fatigue to Rested XP. Good Game. :P

Protip: Its not. Its the same system, just worded wrong and with bad PR.

It's not exactly the same. Surplus exp starts off at 100% and wears down to 0%. Rested exp starts off at 100+X% and wears down to 100%. The big difference is it doesn't end at 0%.

[Cairdeas]

It's not exactly the same. Surplus exp starts off at 100% and wears down to 0%. Rested exp starts off at 100+X% and wears down to 100%. The big difference is it doesn't end at 0%.

While surplus does go to extremes if you do as a player go to extremes. It is the same system. Rested XP is a Negative Status that is given as a way to encourage people to stop playing for a while to spread out their game play over an amount of time. They both do the same thing, Surplus was just Advertised wrong.

It doesn't matter if you get

2 XP Normal + 1 XP Rested.

Or 4 XP Normal - 1 XP Fatigued,

The end result is you still get 3 XP.