Hey all, I am looking at researcher and this bonus is supposed to be active, but it is still only offering the normal discount. Sadly you have to buy an upgrade to test it.
If you look in the research window you can see that the base price is set at 39DBC a day instead of the normal 49DBC a day, the membership discount is a separate thing. Unfortunately with how research works we don't currently have a more explicit display of the discount, but it is active.
BTW: https://www.everquest2.com/news/eq2-surprise-spell-research-sale I can find it on the website but not as forum message, so a lot of players will miss this info. I would expect this info here: https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq2/index.php?forums/news-and-announcements.2/ To avoid this confusion next time (as far as i remember this happend last time too) the text could be better and/or add a message of the day too.