Is super fast levelling bad?

Princess_Zoe

Hi all,

I'd like some opinions one something if possible, since most people on this forum are a lot smarter about this game than I am

I have a VR4 character and am currently looking to start up a new character, partly because I don't like the look of my 1st character and want to change race to Breton instead of Imperial and partly because I want to have 2 sets of hirelings bringing me supplies.

Since I'm picking the same class (because I love being a Sorcerer) and same faction (Ebonheart again because that's where all my friends are), I want to level up as quickly as possible and try to get my new character up level with my V4 character within a few weeks if I can...

My question is, if I purchase a stack of the 50% XP boost scrolls from the crown store to help me get there quicker, would it have a major negative affect on my character's development?

For example, the 50% XP boosts would mean I would probably over-level myself for areas pretty quickly and end up not getting as much XP from my kills, and therefore not levelling up my armor & weapon skills as much.

I have plenty of money on PSN to spend on the crown store, but I'm undecided if using the scrolls for quick leveling is a good idea or not... I want to get to high level as fast as possible as I have already played through the story, but I still want to develop my character completely...

Perhaps when leveling slows down at VR level, my armor & ability levels will catch up to what they should be for my rank...

Any opinions?

Alucardo

The main quest line and guild quests are mostly scaled to your level, so you don't have to worry about being over-levelled for those. If you exceed the recommended level for your zone, simply travel to the next and start grinding there. You're not blocked from proceeding to a different area if you don't complete the zone quests. I took my level 20 sorcerer to bangkorai and levelled to 39 in half a day. The Coldharbour quests easily got me to VR1. It was pretty difficult (I effing hate Harvesters) because I was way under the recommended level, but the experience paid off. So no, I don't believe it will hinder you in any way. You might miss out on a few weapons along the way, but you can craft them yourself or just buy them from guild stores.

OzJohnD

"Bad" is a value judgement ... only you can decide after you get there.

Violynne

Take your current character and craft weapons and armor for your new character and bank them.

Start a new character and race through. By the time the toon hits VR, it'll be high enough to use the gear in the bank.

Rinse and repeat 6 more times, if desired.

Pyro117

My only concern is the skill points for your abilities, as long as you don't run out of those then power leveling would be fine - in my opinion.

starlizard70ub17_ESO

The XP boost scrolls are a waste untill you hit VR levels, remember they boost you're cp gains also. Since you don't gain cp points untill VR levels, I'd hold off on the scrolls. You should be able to roll through levels 1-50 in a few days to around a week, depending on how often you play.

Uriel_Nocturne

I was wondering the same thing as OP.

I have my Main NB who is a Master Blacksmith and Clothier, so I can have him craft weapons and armor for any of my new characters.

But I don't necessarily want to slog through all of the stories again on subsequent characters (though I do love the questing in this game...).

My question is: In the Ebonheart pact, where would be a good place to go to quickly level out subsequent characters? Money is tight right now, so I don't have the free cash to buy the Exp scrolls, so where could I go to get the exp grind to level out my new characters?

I understand if there aren't many places, just wondering what the fastest leveling methods would be.

QuebraRegra

so no !@#*& there I was....

I've leveled 6 alts to VET in an attempt to avoid the "unpleasantness" of the VET campaigns. IMHO, get to 10 as fast as possible with yer various alts, and avoid leveling for as long as you can (supplements skills with shards). From there you can just enjoy the non-vet campaigns.

I know at some point CP bleed thru to alts will start to ruin the non-vet campaigns, but at least on console, that day is no today.

If I could pay some cash to just respec (full options for remaking character appearance, class, race, faction, etc.) and have the option to lock level that'd be lovely.

Uriel_Nocturne

I'm not sure I understand...

Are you saying I should avoid leveling and just stay at level 10? Confusion, I know thee well... lol

Robbmrp

Since this is the same class, the only thing I can see you maybe missing out on is some skill points if you don't do all the quests that give them. As far as that goes, level how ever fast you want

Uriel_Nocturne

Yeah, now I just need to find places to grind mobs. lol

Cuyler

There are few things to be aware of when grinding a character:

1. You will not have a lot of extra skill points so selecting what skills are necessary becomes important. This includes skipping most of the crafting skills. Nothing a respect can't fix though.
2. Armor. generally to "level quickly" one needs to remain viable. usually this means crafting sets @~lvl 26, v1, and v7
3. maxing your new character means leveling the undaunted skill line for the passives. This is only accomplished by completing dungeons for the original quest, two a day for the dailies and completing dungeon achievements. this takes significant time to complete.
4. Also maxing out mean mages skill tree and collecting lorebooks takes time.
5. The quests you HAVE to do are the main story through to coldharbor and Cadwells Silver to grind effectively. This will give you the need skillpoints with the undaunted dungeons and the occasional skyshard run. All other quests are unnecessary.

Other than that grind your heart out! For reference I leveled my last alt from 1-50 in 20 hours including completing the main story and coldharbour quests.

Kloud

I always grind to v1 then do the main quest and cads silver then I grind to v14 in cads gold and cryodiil caves and end up with enough skill points to have a decent build

Uriel_Nocturne

Kloud wrote: »

I always grind to v1 then do the main quest and cads silver then I grind to v14 in cads gold and cryodiil caves and end up with enough skill points to have a decent build

How long/where do you go to grind from lvl3 to VR1?

Because I just started my next characters, and I want to get them to VR1 as quickly as possible.