Most Efficient CP Gaining Strategy!

HungryHobo

Grind. Find a spot where you can kill lots of guys fast, and keep doing that. Maximize your XP/hour. The most efficient way to gain CP is grinding, with or without enlightenment. If it is not worth your time to grind without enlightenment, then don't, but it is NOT the most efficient way to log off and wait for it to come back.

If you can consistently grind 400k xp/hour, then grinding 24 hours a day would require 133 days to get full CP's. (Hours invested = 3200)

If you can consistently grind 400k xp/hour, but only when you have enlightenment, it would require 900 days to get full CP at 1 hour per day. (Hours invested = 900)

If you can consistently grind 200k xp/hour, but only when you have enlightenment, it would require 900 days to get full CP at 2 hours per day. (Hours invested = 1800)

If you found a better spot with 500 xp/hour, grinding 24/7, 109 days to get full CP. (Hours invested = 2618)

If you found a technique that is fun, but rewards 200 xp / hour, 24/7 grinding would require 240 days. (Hours invested = 5760)

If you PvP, and you get 50k per hour (is this even right? it might be like 50k / 5 hours for people... idk) it would take 600 days pvping at 50k an hour 24/7. (Hours invested = 14400)

See the problem? Although the enlightenment system rewards casuals more so than people who can play more, if you have the mechanical fortitude to grind out xp as much as possible, you will be the most efficient. The source of xp is "only" relevant to your enjoyment of the game.

Buff xp gain for everything.. Or an idea that might offset grinders is a diminishing return somehow. If it were to lower the grind xp by 90% after 10 mins of grinding, then pvp, or other sources become competitive. This would need to be coupled with a reduced xp/CP system and a reduced xp/VR system.. otherwise... ugh, it would take very long to level up.... (but they are ridding us of the VR system sometime too....)

CP is just an indicator of mechanics that need to be balanced

Robbmrp

We regret to inform the ESO community that HungryHobo has passed away from exhaustion for being online for 48 hours straight over the last two days....

Tamanous

Universal steps for the min/maxers of time:

Step 1. Do not play the game as intended and grind.
Step 2. Head to forums later complaining about how boring the game is.
Step 3. Rage quit while campaigning on multiple forums about how bad and boring the game is.

Ahhh ... the cycle of life for mmo players.

Snit

Quest EXP needs to skyrocket, and more repeatable quests should be added. As much as I effing hate 'dailies' -- they're more task than adventure -- we need some way to earn CP's that isn't soul-crushingly boring and that doesn't require a full group.

Note, this has to apply at max level, too. VR14's who already completed their Cadwell's quests shouldn't be left out of the solution.

renton1x1x1

i start to go a bit funny after after the third hour in spellscar

Nebthet78

- Quest when not enlightened.
- Once Enlightened Grind like crazy.

After V14 or you no longer have any quests from Cadwell's or Craglorn. Just grind.

I would also like to add, that it feels like the XP you gain from questing etc, has been nerfed.

McDoogs

I leveled a character to VR1 in anticipation of the patch. I intentionally didn't do the fighters/mages/main questline because they mostly scale to your level. I'm at champion rank 79 and VR2.45 and I've only completed one Cadwell's Silver quest so far.

I also havent completed a single cadwell's quest on my VR14 (on purpose so i can do them in 1.6), nor have I done a single vet Dungeon/dolmen/delve/etc.

When enlightened I grind mobs, when not I quest grind and PvP (gots to get dat vigor)

RadicalSpirit

McDoogs wrote: »

I leveled a character to VR1 in anticipation of the patch. I intentionally didn't do the fighters/mages/main questline because they mostly scale to your level. I'm at champion rank 79 and VR2.45 and I've only completed one Cadwell's Silver quest so far.

Forgive me if I'm missing something, as a relatively new player I don't understand how those numbers are possible.

From my understanding it takes 400K XP to acquire 1 CP & 1 million XP to acquire the next stage of Veteran.

So how can you possibly have 79CP but only be V2.45? Surely if the total XP required to get to V14 from V1 is 13,000,000 & you acquire a CP every 400,000 then at V14 the most CP you could have is 32.

Anyway, do let me know if I have made an incorrect assumption somewhere, as I said, I'm a new player still adjusting to all of the different systems in the game.

Kas

by the way, grinding with xp pot is more like 1.6m / hour, the difference is even more dramatic

BlackEar

I like to grind in Reaper's March.

I prefer to avoid Cyrodiil (too big) - are there any alternatives?

bertenburnyb16_ESO

RadicalSpirit wrote: »

McDoogs wrote: »

I leveled a character to VR1 in anticipation of the patch. I intentionally didn't do the fighters/mages/main questline because they mostly scale to your level. I'm at champion rank 79 and VR2.45 and I've only completed one Cadwell's Silver quest so far.

Forgive me if I'm missing something, as a relatively new player I don't understand how those numbers are possible.

From my understanding it takes 400K XP to acquire 1 CP & 1 million XP to acquire the next stage of Veteran.

So how can you possibly have 79CP but only be V2.45? Surely if the total XP required to get to V14 from V1 is 13,000,000 & you acquire a CP every 400,000 then at V14 the most CP you could have is 32.

Anyway, do let me know if I have made an incorrect assumption somewhere, as I said, I'm a new player still adjusting to all of the different systems in the game.

Vr14. Players were awarded 70 cp when it was intoduced (or lower vr players the amount according to their lvl) and he mentions to have end lvl chars

FYI ur necro'ing