Feldon A few players have reported issues with not earning the +50% bonus on Guild XP. I can confirm that it’s working on adventure writs in Kylong Plains, but other players have posted results indicating that doing Tradeskill Rush Orders in instances (Guild Halls, instance ‘tradeskill cellars’, etc.) may not receive this bonus.
We strongly suggest checking to make sure that you are receiving a message like this before spending hours doing writs:
Your guild has received 1961 status which includes a 50% server bonus!
UPDATE: Since the publication of this article, we have learned that several Heritage Quests, writs, etc. are not providing the +50% Bonus Guild XP. As this was the first bonus Guild XP weekend, no doubt notes are being taken to fix some of these issues for the future.
This is sadly another case of SOE doing something that becomes a dissatisfier because they do not take the time to test and make sure it works right. I try and generally have a good attitude about things like this, but SOE really needs to pull there head out and figure out how to run there business.
Rothgar posted this late last night:
It didn’t work any differently after Rothgar’s running of the command.
By the way, I checked 3 raid zones and 5 end of zone heroic bosses that normally give guild status, and none gave bonus guild xp. The tests covered raids and instances in SF, TSO, and Kunark zones.
Either SOE deliberately misled us about guild xp bonus (no mention of Bosses not granting bonus xp), or Rothgar’s command was only applied to selected instances.
That or they really have no clue how there status stuff works. 🙂
That or they just expected you to run 154 writs. *twitch* like some of us. However I did notice that the HQs I did weren’t giving bonus even after the “fix”
That’s one reason we went straight to writs. Faster and easier than HQs (and for the time (generally) pay better status). Also, they are repeatable. So if you spend all the time to do an HQ and then turn it in to find it wasn’t giving the bonus you cannot really go back and redo it. Writs on the other hand….
Tested on Valor.
T8 City tasks Jarasath waste -> No Bonus
T9 City tasks lev 85 -> Nobonus
T6 Raids with T7 Chars -> no bonus
T9 Raids with T9 Chars -> no bonus
and i looked on the numbers not only on the messeages.
I talked to others on the german server, none of them have seen a bonus.
I would say try again SOE…
Friday night I did city writs in LP, JW, KJ, Stonebrunt and maybe 1-2 other zones. Got bonuses for all. I logged out. I also logged into 2 of my 80’s who hadn’t done the In search of Lucan sig line – first 2 quests in that series are soloable and give status, both toons got bonus for those quests.
Saturday I did maybe another round of city writs and got the bonus. I switched toons and completed a level 45 HQ that I was on last step and got the bonus. Saw another 45 HQ that was almost done, completed it and got no bonus. Switched toons again and did a crafting writ. No bonus. Stopped playing.
Sunday I wasn’t sure how it was working so didn’t play till late in the day. Server chat and EQ2 forums were still saying hit or miss. Did a crafting writ and got bonus. Switched toons and did a Sig quest that gave status. Was very apprehensive turning it in but wow, got 10k guild status with bonus. Went on raid and everyone claimed they were getting the 50% message on every named kill in 3 different raid zones. Our guild was already level 90 so the bonus meant nothing for us but message still showed up. Logged back to my alt guild after raid, and did crafting writs on 3 different T9 crafters and each one got the bonus.
So yah, it worked intermittently. If it worked consistently all weekend, I’d have played more to get my alt guild closer to the last round of amenities I want to have and probably would have hit it. As it is, ended up 2 levels away when I went to bed Sunday.