Fourscore and seven levels ago: SOE celebrates President's Day with special in-game bonuses

President's Day may not be the most exciting holiday in the States (or even relevant to those outside of it), but SOE has decided to do it justice with a President's Day Event that's sweeping across many of its titles. As John F. Kennedy once said, "Ask not what you can do for your MMO, but what your MMO can do for you!"

EverQuest and EverQuest II players will both enjoy a double XP weekend starting today, February 18th, which will give a huge boost to levels gained during that period. EQ's boost will last through the 21st but is sadly not applicable to the new progression servers. In EQII, this XP bonus affects adventure, trade, and AA, and it will last through the 22nd.

Star Wars Galaxies is running its Bonus Everything Weekend from the 17th through the 22nd. This will greatly increase XP, tokens, Pet XP, Chronicles XP, Restuss Commendations, and fish caught, to name just a few of the bonuses. Vanguard's also joining the party, as crafting, adventuring and diplomacy XP will all get a shot in the arm over the weekend.

SOE's also running a sale on existing and new items in several of its games, including Free Realms and Clone Wars Adventures. This may just be the weekend to splurge on that vanity item you've been eyeing!

[Thanks Karen!]

Reader Comments (11)

People still play Star Wars Galaxies?

@Integral Why do you persist on posting this comment on every SWG article?
ARGHHH

@PaperSpeaks

haha because the reactions are funny. If people stopped reacting I'd stop posting. Obviously people still play the game lol. I'm not that narrow minded. It's just funny to see people get angry over one sentence. I realize this is incredibly immature.... but it's amusing.

@Integral

That's called "trolling," and it is usually against the rules on game forums (or any forum for that matter), and likely against the rules here. I'm not sure, though. If it's not, it should be.

@stealthrider

Haha whatever man. Honestly, this would be called a "joke" on any other game site except you're too stuck up. (originally I meant it to be a harmless joke comment until people freaked out) I didn't insult your manliness, or jump into a long rant detailing exactly why the game "sucks" using "facts" or exaggerating the "flaws" (with a few F-bombs and "teh gay" thrown in for good measure). The only reason I posted this same question again was because people got so overly offended last time I did, I wanted to see if those same people would also get offended this time as well. =) The last time people got offended, I had actually forgotten I'd already made that comment lol.
If you look at my comment history it's full of legitimate posts (except for on the Joystiq main site where the lines between trolling and commenting are blurred, but that's most gaming sites for you)

@Integral

"In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, [b]with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response.[/b]" (From Wikipedia)

Sound familiar?

@stealthrider

haha! am I being trolled? trolls trolling trolls trolling trolls.

@Integral

you are obviusly trolling yourself, which, I recommend you do it somewhere private

@kgptzac

lol I don't think either my lighthearted responses to either paperspeaks or stealthrider constitutes trolling. It was in good humour that I responded to both of them. But if people insist on fueling this fire, so be it! It's certainly adding a lot of laughs and amusement to my day. Keep it coming, mates! =D

@kgptzac

also, I'm rating your comment up. It was funny. ;)

I'm not currently playing any SoE games (they're way to good at getting money from me.)

The idea of a "Bonus Everything Weekend" cracks me up though, whoever came up with that one deserves a bonus.

Fourscore and seven levels ago: SOE celebrates President's Day with special in-game bonuses

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