Now that it's live I suspect we've all seen, but you don't have to be Patroller to get the blue xp bonus bar. You just get a bit more benefit if you also have the badge. (I believe.) And yes, debt (which is half earnings) cancels out blue logout credit (which is double earnings). So you don't techincally have any visible debt after death, at least until your logout time gets used up. (I by the way have so many characters that if I played constantly, switching characters every time the bonus ran out to the one who'd be logged off the longest, I'd never have to play without the bonus again. )
Viva le alt-aholics!!
As for the Patrol XP, it's so confusing isn't it?
I believe you are incorrect about not needing the Patroller Badge, but there are so many variables, I think I must research this issue before I try to confuse myself --- err, explain --- further. I feel another article coming on.
I experienced the Patroller XP/Debt thing this weekend. Dual-built a lvl 32 rad/rad def and died 3 times before giving up. I had more important things to do than get frustrated at my lack of solo-ability. Despite my multiple deaths, I never actually accrued any debt. The light blue bar kept shrinking though, and if I'd died one more time, it probably would have gone away and given me debt. That's one of the reasons I stopped when I did.
------------- The less you expect, the more you'll be surprised. Hopefully, pleasantly so.
Still researching this, folks, but one major source of the confusion is clear. There is Rest XP, achieved by time logged out, and there is time accrued toward the Day Job badges, also accrued by time logged out. Both were introduced in Issue 13. I for one and likely a lot players are confusing the parameters associated with each and mixing them up. Amrasir is actually correct (and I apologise for saying otherwise) in that the use of bonus XP does not require the Patroller Badge.
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Viva le alt-aholics!!
As for the Patrol XP, it's so confusing isn't it?
I believe you are incorrect about not needing the Patroller Badge, but there are so many variables, I think I must research this issue before I try to confuse myself --- err, explain --- further.
I feel another article coming on.
I experienced the Patroller XP/Debt thing this weekend. Dual-built a lvl 32 rad/rad def and died 3 times before giving up. I had more important things to do than get frustrated at my lack of solo-ability. Despite my multiple deaths, I never actually accrued any debt. The light blue bar kept shrinking though, and if I'd died one more time, it probably would have gone away and given me debt. That's one of the reasons I stopped when I did.
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The less you expect, the more you'll be surprised. Hopefully, pleasantly so.
Still researching this, folks, but one major source of the confusion is clear. There is Rest XP, achieved by time logged out, and there is time accrued toward the Day Job badges, also accrued by time logged out. Both were introduced in Issue 13. I for one and likely a lot players are confusing the parameters associated with each and mixing them up. Amrasir is actually correct (and I apologise for saying otherwise) in that the use of bonus XP does not require the Patroller Badge.