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Why are the EXP Bonus equipment Bands not stackable?

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  • #16
    Re: Why are the EXP Bonus equipment Bands not stackable?

    If not, then it would be possible for a player to use either Empress or Chariot band, toss the ring, purchase the other kind, and attempt to use the charge from it. And should that be the case, I stand by my question: why not just use the two charges separately?
    Because if I remember right each ring is worth 750 CP.

    Use on charge, and toss an almost full ring? Not really a good idea IMO.


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    • #17
      Re: Why are the EXP Bonus equipment Bands not stackable?

      Well, you do have a point in that there's no difference between using the charges separately and using them together. But still, tossing one ring to go back to town, purchase the other, and return to your EXP party would be a huge waste of time, CP/gil, and EXP. And even if you didn't do it mid-party (e.g. switched them in between different parties the same day) it's not worth blowing through 1500 CP just to use both rings once while a single Empress Band use costs 100 CP.

      Edit: Vyuru beat me to it (although the rings are worth 500 and 1000 respectively, not 750 CP each.)
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      • #18
        Re: Why are the EXP Bonus equipment Bands not stackable?

        Personally I don't care about the cost of the rings, I just don't feel like swapping out rings a bunch of times. Mostly I'm lazy and forget to get a ring when I get signet. I'm sitting on like 300k conquest points that are serving me no purpose.

        Perhaps I'll use them when I level a craft that can level off HQing some Conquest point items.

        You could use the Chariot ring in town, toss it, and get an empress, but using them together or seperate would, like stated, result in the same over all bonus. The only situation where having them stack would be usefull is if you only intend to party for like 3000 base exp that day which is typically less than an hour.

        If they were to alter the rings I'd rather them shorten the reuse time on it if anything. Since my LS is fairly active, I can't always get the full use of possible charges in a ring in a week due to a 16 hour cool down. If I could use 3 charges a day though, I'd find that much more useful. Even still though, 1000 exp bonus is hardly worth a fuss. It's only saving you 5-10 fights.
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        • #19
          Re: Why are the EXP Bonus equipment Bands not stackable?

          If you've just used the last charge on your ring, you're not losing anything by tossing away your ring. Well, except that it's cheaper to recharge the ring than it is to buy a brand new one.

          I'm not advocating tossing out mostly charged exp rings just to try and get two exp bonus buffs at the same time. The OP is the one who suggested it. I'm just suggesting ways that the OP might have accomplished it.
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          • #20
            Re: Why are the EXP Bonus equipment Bands not stackable?

            Well if I'm on my last charge (and this is kind of a gamble with pick up groups) I'll use the charge while still in town and then recharge it with the Signet guys so I can have a back-to-back xp bonus. However, you run the risk of getting screwed if your party lasts for only 3 fights.
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            • #21
              Re: Why are the EXP Bonus equipment Bands not stackable?

              Originally posted by Aksannyi View Post
              Well if I'm on my last charge (and this is kind of a gamble with pick up groups) I'll use the charge while still in town and then recharge it with the Signet guys so I can have a back-to-back xp bonus. However, you run the risk of getting screwed if your party lasts for only 3 fights.
              I often do this before I log at night as well. I'll use a charge and log out. The nice thing is that it counts down the reuse timer, but not the length of the effect timer. So when I log in, I have 3 hours to get a party and use the charge from the night before. And my ring is ready to use again!

              It helps though that if I don't get a party withing an hour or so, I just hope on BLM and burn the ring charge if I think it might get wasted.
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              • #22
                Re: Why are the EXP Bonus equipment Bands not stackable?

                Originally posted by Malacite View Post
                Go play BRD some time :3
                That's completely different! It's... like... a thing! >:(
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                • #23
                  Re: Why are the EXP Bonus equipment Bands not stackable?

                  You do know about the double-dip right?
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                  • #24
                    Re: Why are the EXP Bonus equipment Bands not stackable?

                    You can actually use the xp bands 3 times in row... Pop it (with 2 left) before you log the night before. After that one is done (you'll need to return to town though...) pop the last. Trade to NPC and get it back with a full charge. You can pop it again once your last xp + has gone... Really nice for Qufim and Crawler's Nest.
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                    • #25
                      Re: Why are the EXP Bonus equipment Bands not stackable?

                      I don't know how we did it but my leveling partner accidentally doubled up on the effect from her own ring. We started with roughly the same xp (within 100) and after the rings were done she was 2000 ahead of me. We haven't tried reproducing the bug but if the stacking were linear she would have only been 1000 ahead of me. They may not let the xp mod effects stack stack because there's some weird math issue with how the xp bonus is calculated.
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