Some weekends, Battlefield 3 has "double XP". I would expect it to either double your base-XP or your total XP, but that appears to not be the case.
For instance, in the last game I played, I got 4005 base XP, and 8000-some total XP. My "double XP bonus" was 900.
How is the double XP bonus calculated?
Best Answer
Just played a game with double exp activated.
At the end of the game I got:
So I'd say that double experience gives you experience for medals and ribbons only.
Here is the Battlelog report. As you see, my Award Score is twice of what I should have had.
Hope it helps.