Level 38, just starting to Dungeon

Graelock

So, up until now, I've primarily just been doing quests/ zone quests and campaign. I'm just wrapping up the"Liberate Southern Bangkorai" chain of quests and then I'm off to dungeon. Where do I start to begin increasing my VR? I'd like to be able to get into Craglorn. I noticed there are Standard and Veteran Rank modes I can select from, do I start from standard and work my way up to veteran? Or can I just dive into any Vetaran mode dungeon? Or is there a specific Veteran level dungeon I should start with? e.g. I tried to get into one of the VR dungeons, in Glenmora, when I was 24 and it told me my VR was too low. Was that because I was only level 24? Or should I have started with a specific dungeon?

It's so much more straightforward in games like GW or SWTOR. SWTOR has a group finder search and you can choose your difficulty lol

Dayv

Wait until you've completed the main quest and are on VR content. Ie level 50 onwards

Graelock

Okay...so, in other words, you cannot partake in veteran content, prior to campaign? I was actually thinking of dungeoning for the sake of consistently leveling to get through the campaign bits faster, since, you need to be 5 levels higher than you were for each story leg...and at the same time, be increasing my VR rank so I'll be ready for the Crag afterward.

drogon1

OP, you misunderstand ESO game mechanics. Prior to max level, there is no such thing as "dungeoning." Simply put, you get essentially no XP for completing dungeons in ESO (the first time you run a dungeon you can get some quest xp).

You will need to find your leveling XP from anywhere you can in ESO - except dungeons. In practice, it means solo questing, and then more solo questing.

Weird and totally unexpected in an MMO? Certainly. But this is the current state of the game, and the devs have made no hint to suggest otherwise.

For this reason, I hesitate to even call ESO a bona fide MMO. It is still a good game, if you are very fond of single player content.

Graelock

I see, but you do gain Veteran Rank in dungeons, correct? I don't have to complete campaign to increase that, do I? And I'm still fuzzy on how you start Veteran Rank dungeoning. Dayv mentioned I had to wait until after campaign, when the VR content becomes available?

Cogo

You missed one of the best things man! Instances in zones from level 12 and up. They are like small mini raids. And VERY fun to do at the right levels.

stumpy999

so to push the question again

What do you do to start VR, do you just get to level 50 and it automatically starts or is there another mechanic?

nerevarine1138

stumpy999 wrote: »

so to push the question again

What do you do to start VR, do you just get to level 50 and it automatically starts or is there another mechanic?

Yes, VR is just another set of levels that you hit after you've gotten to level 50 (which is VR1).

Whisper292

drogon1 wrote: »

OP, you misunderstand ESO game mechanics. Prior to max level, there is no such thing as "dungeoning."

This is good to know, because I apparently misunderstood dungeoning, myself. Does navigating the solo dungeons in lvl 1-50 not count as dungeoning?

frankuguzzb16_ESO

After you have reached cap and completed main quest, you get another quest that unlocks you all of Tamriel...and you became VR1, so you can join VR5 dungeons. After hitting VR6 you can do VR10 dgn. Craglorn is open after VR1 by travelling from your capital city with a special quest, and you don't need to complete Molag'bal story to go there.
Anyway, XP are rewarded in each dungeon the first time you do them. Each map has a normal dng(at levels 12/22/31/43/49 i think) that once completed unlocks the other 2 dgn of same lv but in the other faction(you must use a wayshrine to get there or lfg), i hope you did them because they're fun
Note also that lfg does not allow you to play dungeons too low compared to your level.

Rosveen

Graelock wrote: »

It's so much more straightforward in games like GW or SWTOR. SWTOR has a group finder search and you can choose your difficulty lol

ESO has one too. The group window (P), looking glass. But you can only look for groups on your level, so now that you overleveled most of standard dungeons, you need to manually form/join a group.

I think you misunderstood how dungeons work in this game. I have no idea how it is in other games because I don't play MMOs, but here goes. Every zone has a dungeon. It's leveled to the rest of the zone, so you normally do Glenumbra/Auridon/Stonefalls at 12-15 etc. Exp from killing mobs is depressingly low, I don't know if they changed it in some patch but normally the most exp comes from doing the dungeon's quest (you pick it up inside), not fighting. I usually jumped up a level just from doing all three dungeons in a tier.

Then there are veteran version of dungeons. Veteran ranks don't increase independently of normal levels, it goes 1-50 then you move into veteran ranks. Well technically 50 is VR1, but you get the point. So the veteran dungeons aren't available to you yet.

drogon1

Whisper292 wrote: »

drogon1 wrote: »

OP, you misunderstand ESO game mechanics. Prior to max level, there is no such thing as "dungeoning."

This is good to know, because I apparently misunderstood dungeoning, myself. Does navigating the solo dungeons in lvl 1-50 not count as dungeoning?

I was not including solo "dungeoning" in what I meant by "dungeoning." I was using the term "dungeoning" to refer to bona fide group content - the instances you queue for and that cannot be completed without a group.