Johannas Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Please not this has not been confirmed by Jagex yet.(...but previous weekends have been announced 2 - 3 weeks in advance)EDIT: Confirmed!! 11 - 13th March Following suit of the last 2 Bonus Exp Weekends is it a fair assumption we should expect to see another one in March?The first one was held on the 12th March 2010, and the next one six months later. It's the 12th February as i type, so technically this could happen within the next month. Having somehow managed to buy supplies too late before previous events i thought I would make this thread to give tipiters a 'heads up' I have already banked all of my supplies i plan to sell before the event before they explode in price :thumbup: Do you think Jagex will release another Bonus XP Weekend? Have you started planning yet? What will you train? Will the update of free trade effect things? Discuss/Speculate. (Thought this event warranted it's own thread, I am aware of the future updates thread) Thank you to tripsis for an awesome sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gago Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'm probably going to train RC or thieving.No plans on buying anything, because i always fail with speculating and end up losing moneys. "Happines only real when shared." [hide=Stats]----------------------------------------------------------------------------[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodAngel Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'd think it more likely Jagex will do more Hati Wolf style events than do more Bonus Xp weekends given the feedback they've received from the previous 2 weekends. It would make it fairer for everyone if that were the case. That being said, I've got several months of herbs from MTK in my bank just in case they do throw another one our way :P "Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a fairy tale." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serens_Hero Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I already bought the supplies for 5k Prayer Potions. :thumbup: Click here to see my bank, skills and qp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Gabe Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Pretty sure Hati was the bonus xp weekend. Three months banishment to 9gag is something i would never wish upon anybody, not even my worst enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serens_Hero Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Pretty sure Hati was the bonus xp weekend.In my opinion that would not be completely fair for people who do not like training combat if that's the case. Click here to see my bank, skills and qp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodAngel Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Pretty sure Hati was the bonus xp weekend.In my opinion that would not be completely fair for people who do not like training combat if that's the case. Well if it turns out to be correct then it is likely that they will do a similar event for skillers later in the year. "Unfortunately, the real world isn't the same as a fairy tale." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHasChicken Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Pretty sure Hati was the bonus xp weekend.In my opinion that would not be completely fair for people who do not like training combat if that's the case. Well if it turns out to be correct then it is likely that they will do a similar event for skillers later in the year. There will be Sköll, Hati's brother who is trying to eat the sun (Hati is trying to eat the moon,) and he will probably drop skiller gloves. JOIN CHICKENSWEEPERS TODAY! FUN, FREE, AND IT WON'T MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE JUST BEEN ATTACKED BY A PACK OF WILD DOGS, OR YOUR MONEY BACK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
999134 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Ill rage if summoning is EVER allowed to be more than x1.1 ever again Check it out, huge amount of effort has gone into this massive mod![hide=old sig][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBK Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Yeah I thought hati was made to replace xp weekends because of all the negative feedback about buyables. If we do get another one I'l just do agility or something else non buyable, ended up hardly saving anything on herby last time anyway because of everything being bought out. I thought hati was better anyway cos it didn't encourage you to no life, you got your set amount of xp and that was it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I think its bad to create hype like this. There is no reason to believe there will be another one; the two that did happen had randomly picked dates that had nothing to do with timing to one and other and we haven't even had confirmation that there will be another let alone if being anytime soon. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphanos Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I think there will probably be another bonus xp weekend. It's true that Jagex has already released Hati, but last year's weekend was held during March break to encourage large numbers of North American kids in school to renew their membership while they had time off. Given the recurrence just as school started back up in September, Jagex was clearly pleased with the results on their membership figures. If any already-released update diverts a bonus xp weekend in March, it will be the wilderness, not Hati. However, since it would be hard to predict the number of players who will re-join for a bonus xp weekend yet not for P2P wilderness combat, they'll likely hold another weekend as a test to find out, if nothing else. Edit:[...] the two that did happen had randomly picked dates that had nothing to do with timing to one and other [...]Definitely not true. The dates were very clearly selected to align with North American school schedules. Alphanos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 [...] the two that did happen had randomly picked dates that had nothing to do with timing to one and other [...]Definitely not true. The dates were very clearly selected to align with North American school schedules. Erm sure cause its not like any kid at a normal school anywhere is able to play on any weekend. Plus they ran march and sept. Sure march sometimes is easter, but usually not early march.And last i checked even in american school starts at the start of sept, so its not in the holidays as such. Plus the obvious factor of not every single school runs the exact same dates for holidays and the fact jagex english so wouldn't have an extremely clear reference of when american school holidays are falling. And the last time they gave us statistics it was clear the majority of the member base was atleast 16+ which makes targetting school age kids a bit of an odd move etc. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphanos Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 [...] the two that did happen had randomly picked dates that had nothing to do with timing to one and other [...]Definitely not true. The dates were very clearly selected to align with North American school schedules. Erm sure cause its not like any kid at a normal school anywhere is able to play on any weekend. Plus they ran march and sept. Sure march sometimes is easter, but usually not early march.And last i checked even in american school starts at the start of sept, so its not in the holidays as such. Plus the obvious factor of not every single school runs the exact same dates for holidays and the fact jagex english so wouldn't have an extremely clear reference of when american school holidays are falling. And the last time they gave us statistics it was clear the majority of the member base was atleast 16+ which makes targetting school age kids a bit of an odd move etc. I said North American school schedules because those coincided with the actual bonus XP weekend. The weekend was not positioned, for example, to line up with British Easter holidays. Although the North American market is the largest segment of their player base to target relating to these dates, there are probably other places in the world holding March break at the same time, I just don't know which places. In the age of the internet it's not hard for a company in England to find out when North American schools are holding March break; it's fairly coordinated. If I recall correctly they chose the weekend that fell at the end of some schools' breaks and the beginning of others; they caught the majority of schools anyway. As for the September date, I was surprised at first as well, since I has expected it to be held earlier in the summer. Only in hindsight did I realize that they were avoiding holding the weekend when some of those targeted kids might be away from home on various trips, etc. They instead held it early in the new school term to catch them early and (hopefully) keep them hooked on Runescape as a habit for the new school term. As for why they're targeting like this I can't say for sure. These schedules don't mean the same thing for me as their target market. I would guess that they chose the dates this way because it's one of the only large segments of their player base which has similar signicant dates in their schedules. I.E. what other spring date would be better for a larger number of players? If there's no clearly superior alternative, then March break seems to be a choice that works fairly well. The September date also works for university/college students, but I don't think there's any similarly good date in the spring. Alphanos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyze Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'd like to think we will be expecting another, as they are very useful! However I find it very unlikely. Hati was supposed to be something of a replacement, despite many players not benefiting from it in the slightest. Your best bet is to check the RSOF :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miracleman58 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I dont believe another will be coming till the end of the year, but we shall see. Im only gonna do Con and fm anyway and that should be too hard to buy supps for(maybe con). 1593th to 99 Farming - July 08. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foursideking Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 If the bonus xp weekend does happen, then I more or less have 99attack/85slayer locked up, and maybe 85def should I bother training that too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezkaton Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'm not too sure... I sometimes look at my skills and think - damn I need to raise you. But my plans would probably be get mining to 75, then herblore after that to 96, then just slay and make sure I have a bloodveld task first. Reacting impulsively and saying what's on your mind feels oh so good.. for a little, until you realize you just started WWIII.2672nd person to reach 2496 total.Thanks to Wicked for the awesome siggy :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraku893 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Oh god I hope they don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blyaunte Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Yeah I thought hati was made to replace xp weekends because of all the negative feedback about buyables. ^This^. The last time they did a bonus XP weekend, I was shocked at the amount of negative feedback in the RSO forums. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dargonhuman Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 If they do, and I for one hope they do, I'll probably be smart this time and focus on the skills I find most annoying, such as Slayer, Agility and such. The first weekend I was dumb and did the skills I liked, which put me behind in the skills I can't stand, and the second one I did the "hard" skills which was also dumb because I kind of enjoy the harder to train skills for some reason. Part of the Star Traks network. (^^Clicky!) Irony: An amnesiac rediscovering they have an eidetic memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wessan Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 <------ Thinks another Bonus XP weekend will come within the next 3 months. Will also keep a note on this thread to bring it back when it is announced. Those are my secret thoughts, oops. Anyway, I enjoy Bonus XP weekends because I do not always have time to train certain skills that I want to, and the weekends (of which I actually have time to play RS) offer a time to "catch up" on training. Also, when it happens, lvl 80 Agility, here I come. I am too poor to afford anything else anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star_Fox Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Pretty sure Hati was the bonus xp weekend.In my opinion that would not be completely fair for people who do not like training combat if that's the case. This would also not be fair to maxed cbs like me. :thumbdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraku893 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 all bonus xp weekend does is [cabbage] up the economy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stev Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 all bonus xp weekend does is [cabbage] up the economyTrue, but I rather enjoyed going from 96 - 99 Herblore in 45 minutes. ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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