Level 12 after 4 weeks..... Is this Avg

Elsonso

My highest of 6 characters, two per alliance, is 33 and was created the first day of Early Access. The total for all my characters is 114, but that does not include a level 10 that I deleted.

I don't power level, so it takes 1-2 hours per level, when I want to be leveling. Most of the time it takes me longer than that. Some days I do not level any of them.

kijima

Yes, it's what I call slow but does that really matter? Go at your own pace, there is no right or wrong answer here.

Off topic, I started a new character yesterday to play in the non vet PvP campaign. 3 hours = Lvl 8

driosketch

Basically it is slow, but you are also in good company, myself included. The ones who are already maxed, hit all the bugged quests, and had their builds nerfed and/or gear rendered obsolete many times over. Enjoy the journey my friend.

kitsinni

UrQuan wrote: »

kitsinni wrote: »

Nestor wrote: »

Thing to remember, Quests are how you get levels, mobs are just things to deal with. You get Exp from Mobs, and Loot too, but the Exp from killing mobs is small compared to what you get from Quests.

So, if your just grinding mobs, then L12 after a month is pretty good (assuming a couple of hours a day/most days of the week).

However, unless you have a burning need to get to the max level, then it really does not matter how fast or slow you level. As long as you are at the levels you need to be to do the quests you get assigned.

If your not getting enough quests, look for the Black Arrows and talk to those NPCs. You don't have to act on a quest you get assigned, but you will see the Level the game wants you to be at for the quest. You can be a couple levels lower (for survivability) up to 5 levels over (more than 5 levels over the mob, you get no Exp or Loot for killing them or the Boss, just Quest Exp for turning in the quest)

Actually you can grind faster than quests. People got to vr1 in 24 hours game time grinding at release I'm sure it would take less time now.

I'm not so sure about that. I think a lot of the things people were grinding in early access and shortly after release were seen as exploits by ZOS and nerfed in order to prevent such super fast leveling.

If they did, at least on AD side it was within the last few months. When I was leveling my last character they all still seemed to be there. I did all the quests that gave skill points and used them for in between levels.

Ragefist

Rogue5 wrote: »

So I am not trying to power level here but I just read this post were a gentleman said he reached level 26 after a week and he is a "total newb" ..... So this begs me to ask what is the avg level up rate?
Maybe I'm doing something wrong....
Thoughts?

Take your time, this is an amazing game and if you bother yourself with leveling speed you will miss much of it

And dont ever fall for the grind nonsense, you would just ruin the game for yourself and endup doing quests anyway, as you would later lack the skillpoints some award

DieAlteHexe

It's the journey, not the destination.

Take it at whatever speed you like and worry not about how fast or slow anyone else is. It's totally up to you.

p_tsakirisb16_ESO

Rogue5 wrote: »

So I am not trying to power level here but I just read this post were a gentleman said he reached level 26 after a week and he is a "total newb" ..... So this begs me to ask what is the avg level up rate?
Maybe I'm doing something wrong....
Thoughts?

It depends.

a) If you are DC you can get to 50 in 17 hours.....

b) If you do quests, you hit 12 in 3-4 hours. Depending if you have done them before or not. Made an Altmer Templar tonight. While waiting my mate for 2 1/2 hours is already level 11. But that is me, who has turned Auridon around and know every single stone of it.

c) My main took me 4 weeks to get to 50. 6 weeks to finish Caldwell Silver (got stuck for more than a two weeks at Shadowfen since it was pre 1.2, post 1.1.2 -_-), 2 weeks to mop up for Caldwell gold and 2 weeks from vr10 to vr12 since I didn't bother and spent my time in Cyrodiil and was faffling about.

And I do play many hours. However most of the time, I just wander around, explore, and was doing one quest at the time.


No grind at all during the whole period for all my toons. Only quests, dolmens, public dungeons and world bosses.

Araflin

I'd rather reach base camp, then slowly push on to the summit, than give up.
Speed doesn't matter - attitude, flexibility, and fun DO.

Play how you want, try not to let the forums get you down, and enjoy the journey/s of playing ESO.

Ed: required an Oxford comma.

tordr86b16_ESO

Rogue5 wrote: »

So I am not trying to power level here but I just read this post were a gentleman said he reached level 26 after a week and he is a "total newb" ..... So this begs me to ask what is the avg level up rate?
Maybe I'm doing something wrong....
Thoughts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSPWzsTAVhg

Rogue5

Thanks everyone for the feedback. After playing last night I realized, I'm slow period. Because I just wonder around enjoying the beauty that is ESO. Literally spent 4 hours doing nothing but walking around staring at the woods and architecture. So I have now come to accept my slow slow slow accent to higher levels.

Nestor

kitsinni wrote: »

Actually you can grind faster than quests. People got to vr1 in 24 hours game time grinding at release I'm sure it would take less time now.

There are some Grind Areas in the game, I farm them for loot all the time. However, normal running around the map with someone who is unfamiliar with things is probably not going to find them, or realize what they are when they get there or how to best take advantage of the spawn patterns. They will probably kill the first few mobs and move on.

I know this because I ground on mobs for 2 weeks and only got to level 6. Started doing quests and I was at level 14 in one evening. Then I discovered the grind areas.

UrQuan

Rogue5 wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the feedback. After playing last night I realized, I'm slow period. Because I just wonder around enjoying the beauty that is ESO. Literally spent 4 hours doing nothing but walking around staring at the woods and architecture. So I have now come to accept my slow slow slow accent to higher levels.

As long as you enjoy it there's nothing wrong with that.

Nestor

Snippety, mistake post

butterfly442

A question for the OP.

Do you have hands?

Nestor

Rogue5 wrote: »

Literally spent 4 hours doing nothing but walking around staring at the woods and architecture.

Quite frankly you have TES Disease. You have all the symptoms, isn't it wonderful? There is no cure, and the affliction lasts a lifetime. You would have caught it in Morrowind or Oblivion or Skyrim if you have played those games.

TES is about exploring, quests are just an excuse to see what is on the other side of the hill. There is a story in every location, just look for the clues. Not all stories have a quest related to them. Read all the notes. I shed a tear this morning reading a note from a guy who was writing to his wife about finally having enough money to come home. I found it next to his corpse.

I have loaded up characters with the intentions to quest or farm and end up just walking around and enjoying the views or the antics of the animals or even the other players. Heck, I found some areas this morning on the Starter Islands for my faction that I have never seen before. And, I have taken two characters through that content.

The bottom line is, are you enjoying the time you are spending in the game? If the answer is yes, then don't worry about how long it takes to get anywhere.

TES is the Journey, not the Destination.

bosmern_ESO

It took me 20 something days of game time to hit V12 and I kinda rushed through everything after Grahtwood.

Playing a DK now and Taking things pretty slow.

rusila22

guys there is no average ! example i played a new class it was a DK ! i just couldn't stop to play with it and you know what it only took me 9days:16hours to be V12 !

Well if you prefer to be an exporer it's not a problem just enjoy what you are doing

Srugzal

Nestor wrote: »

Venereous44 wrote: »

And then there are the people who exaggerate... a lot. 12 levels in 3 hours? Yeah, right....

Even if they can achieve that, they can't be enjoying the experience.

Really? I think that would be a hell of a ride, personally, a manic-paced romp. If you know where the quests are, what the solutions to the puzzles are, and you never read anything, never craft, sell every bit of loot, sure why not? Sounds like quite an adrenaline rush, watching the time running out as you run to turn in your last quest to get you over the top... People's ideas of enjoyment vary quite a bit, obviously.

Remember, someone made level 50 on release day with about, what, 12 hours of gameplay, grinding mobs in a group? That's pretty much the same pace, maybe even faster. Mob XP was drastically nerfed after that, but still, sure, it's possible, in principle.

Rogue5

Where are these "Grind Areas" and what is a Grind area?

Morana

Rogue5 wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the feedback. After playing last night I realized, I'm slow period. Because I just wonder around enjoying the beauty that is ESO. Literally spent 4 hours doing nothing but walking around staring at the woods and architecture. So I have now come to accept my slow slow slow accent to higher levels.

Play the game how you enjoy it. I've been here since pre-launch and still have yet to hit 50, much like several others here have also posted. Nothing wrong with taking your time.

And just think, you'll still be happily working through all of the content while a good many others who race through the game whine of boredom.

Srugzal

Morana wrote: »

And just think, you'll still be happily working through all of the content while a good many others who race through the game whine of boredom.

I would tend to agree. However, in fairness, gloating over the inherent superiority of taking your time is as silly as gloating over the inherent superiority of power-leveling. That you can do either--or both--is another aspect to the "play any way you want" principle, and one of the great strengths of this game we all love.

Greatfellow

Rogue5 wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the feedback. After playing last night I realized, I'm slow period. Because I just wonder around enjoying the beauty that is ESO. Literally spent 4 hours doing nothing but walking around staring at the woods and architecture. So I have now come to accept my slow slow slow accent to higher levels.

Yep, I've gotten killed in game because I stopped to watch the sun play over the ocean, behind a windmill slowly turning.

Play slow. Savor it.

ExiledKhallisi

AD lvling guide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJeTFyijEK4
DC lvling guide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h0KDvmlheU

Tips to combat slow lvling:
-Do not worry about upgrading your gear every level.
-Don't worry about every single quest.
-Don't bother trading
-Green gear is good enough
-It is arguably a waste of time to bother with crafting until higher lvls since you can speed lvl your crafting by deconning veteran loot.

calomel_ESO

I do not have a burning desire to hit the level cap. My highest level character was made day 1 of EA. Still just VR1, and I only hit that a couple of weeks ago because it was needed for an RP event.

Level as fast as you want to. Having fun and enjoying the game is what it's about.

Caroloces

Been here since beta and early access. My highest level char is just about to hit 40. I have 3 others mostly in 30s range. I'm somewhat of a completionist, and crafter. I like to read stuff, take it slow, and enjoy the scenery.
I'm kind of glad that it worked out that way since they're changing the post level 50 content to the Champion system, and they'll be a lot of new stuff waiting for me when I get there.
Oh, one other thing: I really like the emote for sleep.

Magdalina

Rogue5 wrote: »

Thanks everyone for the feedback. After playing last night I realized, I'm slow period. Because I just wonder around enjoying the beauty that is ESO. Literally spent 4 hours doing nothing but walking around staring at the woods and architecture. So I have now come to accept my slow slow slow accent to higher levels.

That's awesome=) It is rather slow leveling, but who cares? You're there to enjoy the game and have fun and it's a perfectly valid way of doing so. In fact, I find your way much better than powerleveling through all the content, grinding everything possible, skipping most content and then complaining there's nothing to do in the game which a lot of people seem to do xD

Chuggernaut

It's all about the journey man!

Zabus

Went from 3-v12 in a week, so I will say it's slooooow. Okay that was my alt and I didn't want to redo content, so I grinded...

On my main, (this being my first MMO) I hit v1 in 2 weeks and a half from release.

As long as you're enjoying yourself as you level, you shouldn't really worry about how fast you're leveling because it becomes a job when you do.

When I think about how fast I'm leveling, I can't stop thinking about how long it'll be before I'm X level. And then it becomes frustrating, annoying, and tiring..

nerevarine1138

ExiledKhallisi wrote: »

AD lvling guide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJeTFyijEK4
DC lvling guide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h0KDvmlheU

Tips to combat slow lvling:
-Do not worry about upgrading your gear every level.
-Don't worry about every single quest.
-Don't bother trading
-Green gear is good enough
-It is arguably a waste of time to bother with crafting until higher lvls since you can speed lvl your crafting by deconning veteran loot.

Tips to combat boring gaming:

- Don't treat every game as a race.
- Enjoy the content you want to enjoy.
- Craft if you want to craft. Heck, you can even level your crafting normally while you level.
- Don't whine on the forums about not having enough to do when you race to the level cap as if that was the point the whole time.

smacx250

If you are trying to power level, yes, it is quite slow. However, look at how many people complain about end-game content right now. Unless you want to get right into PvP at max level, why rush to get there? I leveled as slowly as I could manage while still enjoying all the quests - no grinding (and continue to do so at vr2). In my experience, questing and exploration without grinding should keep you about the "right" level for the next area (i.e., not too far ahead).