Rest State

[Thawwing Light]

I've been wondering some about rest state. I seem to recall (though from where, I have no idea) that rest state starts out building slowly, and gets a little quicker towards the max if you've not logged into that C for some time.

So I'm wondering what triggers rest on and off, and it's accrual speed. If I just leave the C alone for 4-5 days, will I acquire more rest bonus than if I log onto the C once a day to check mail, thus breaking uninterrupted rest? To break rest state, what do I need to do? Fight  (in any of the three possible modes)? Move? Commit some action, such as checking mail or the AH? Interact with a PC or an NPC?

Or does it make a difference? If I log in, check the wowmail, run around IF, and then log off, am I still considered 'resting'. If I leave the rest area (A capital city or an Inn) does that reset rest? Or is rest just a set bonus, so that if I'm logged off for an hour or 10 days, I accrue it at the same rate?

Lots of questions, I know.
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Rest is a set number of rested experience that you gain while you're in a rested area, as near as I can tell. I got a mod as a part of the Insomniax package that shows the amount of exp I have rested, and it does wonders for my understanding of the beast. Some key facts:

-Rest is gained while you're in an area that has the little 'zzz' over where your character icon portrait. Rest is still gained while you're logged in in one of these areas, though I'm not sure if it's at the 100% rate.

-Any inn or capitol city will trigger rest gain. I don't think Inns in capitol cities have a bizarre double gain effect, but scientific testing may be in order here.

-Rest state gain speed is dependant on level, as it seems that you gain a certain percentage of the distance to the next level in a period of time. Higher levels gain more rested experience in a given time.

-Rest state seems to be capped at 2 levels worth, roughly. So, higher levels can store more rested experience.

-Rested experience is burned fighting monsters that give you experience. That's the whole '+196 rested bonus' thing, when that shows up it means you just got 196 of your rested experience as real experience.

-Quest experience doesn't burn rest state. Neither does exploring.

That's all the observations I can think of. As the sort of person that occasionally takes a week off and who took the whole of march off, half of my levels since 32 are due to rest state!