2.2+ Billion XP Needed for 3,600 CP - Here's Some Grind Info

bmnoble

Never really seen the point in that kinda kill grinding, what good does it do you to have one character to the cap and next to nothing done on any of your alts by the time you hit the cap, I would rather spend that time getting my alts to the point where they have enough skill points for their builds and are able to do daily writs as well.

If I kill grind its to get an alt to level 50, or level a skill line, get a skill to the point it can be morphed or to unlock skills on companions that's about it.

Even then I will often use a stack of easy master writs during a double xp event with a 150% scroll or potion to skip the kill grinding for the skill lines and morphing skills as much as I can.

DestroyerPewnack

Alternatively, you can play once every 12 days to take full advantage of the enlightenment buff, and enjoy real life in between. It will take significantly less gameplay time to reach the CP cap, but it does mean you'll be doing it over... almost 15 years.

Hmm. I thought I was on to something.

ajkb78

Aquatorch wrote: »

With all gold, training gear, a 150% XP potion, and a 2nd person in the group, I'm averaging 1.2mil XP per hour on a heavy mob grind. I'm sure there are others who can obtain more, but 1.2mil per hour is a solid starting point.

If you were to go from CP 1 - 3,600, earning a modest four million XP per day, it would take 553 days to cap out.

Four million experience points per day would be multiple hours of heavy and boring grinding. There are probably less than .01% of folks willing to do something so ridiculous. That leaves the rest of us with a life, family, jobs, etc, with a game that cannot be capped out. Is it the intention of ZOS to prevent their gamers from ever having the satisfaction of reaching completion?

Formulas used: (x = current CP)
CP 1 - 1,800: =(((x / (1800 ^ 0.995)) + 0.085) * 400000)
CP 1,801 - 3,600 =(((x / (1800 ^ 0.995)) + 0.085) * 400000 *1.5)

I already know one player on PS4 EU who has reached cap and another who's a couple of hundred CP off, so it's doable. He did say it was a tedious grind though, and with the combination of the slottable CP system and the armoury allowing for different CP loadouts it's not a grind I'm inclined to do myself, I'm a few off 1800 and there's very little else I want, a few more green CP would be nice to fill out the right hand side of the constellation but other than that I don't feel any need for another red or blue CP on any of my toons.

Reverb

Schellie93 wrote: »

My boyfriend and me are 3600 and it took us 3 events or about 200 hours of grinding in brp

That’s cool, but there is zero functional need to have 3600 CP, much less to have spent 200 hours grinding it. Given the limited number of passives and that only 4 active stars per line at a time, I have hundreds of unspent and useless CP and I’m only at 2150.

I guess the data in your grind is worthwhile for people considering it. Worth bumping multiple threads that are almost a year old to brag about? Probably not.

NupidStoob

I wish the conversion to CP 2.0 would have awarded CP based on actual earned XP and not like they did it. I might have a chance to one day reach 3600 then

francesinhalover

Belegnole wrote: »

I think that they didn't realize that this type of thing would make many quit, and many more choose never to play the game at all.

Yeah, i know 3 who were low lvls and quit over it

kojou

I don't feel like the CP system is even worth grinding at this point. I will just let it come when it comes.

Zulera301

simple. create alts and run BGs and/or dungeon dailies on them all.

Facefister

kojou wrote: »

I don't feel like the CP system is even worth grinding at this point. I will just let it come when it comes.

With CP1600(with capped I mean all the passives + 4 stars) you've capped the Blue part. Anything further is just levelling for the sake of levelling it.

VvwvenomwvV

I started playing Eso on June 8th, 2015 on Psn. I hit 3,600 cp about a month ago on my main account. I have other accounts over 1,000+ CP. Collectively, I have over 20k hours of play time. It's not a sprint to get to 3,600, but rather a marathon. I wouldn't worry about trying to hurry and get there. As long as you have the amount of necessary CP to play, you're good. Also, with the new armory system, it makes it even easier for casual players to enjoy playing Eso as you can quickly and easily switch your builds and CP around.

Zos may eventually change the way CP is gained as they will continue to expand the constellations. I remember when the new slottable CP came out, there were 5 slottables we could have, but Zos cut it back to 4 because the gap was too far between people. As times goes on and the average CP number goes up, Zos may add more slottables. If the they did this, I would expect them to increase the XP and adjust the curve.

So either way, I wouldn't worry about it. Just play and have fun!

Gracous

barney2525 wrote: »

2.2 billion

OK

gonna start whacking mudcrabs

Its a fun game called "whack-a-crab"

Tenthirty2

I'm CP1297 and already struggling to find something in the 3 branches worth leveling.

My main has pretty much all the slottables and passives she needs. Anything more feels like spending points just to spend them. Which takes away the leveling fun for me, nothing to look forward too AFA leveling is concerned.
It was cool for a time earning new CP and spending them towards getting new bonuses.
But pretty soon I can see it just becoming meh and leaving points unspent.

I do have alts so there is some variety in the way the points are spent for them, but even then 3 of my 5 characters are already CP with most of the slots and passives that benefit them.

Which is fine I guess, I still have many more zone stories to play thru.

I used to see other players talking about having tons of alts and be like "Nah one main is plenty for me! I'm not juggling more than one character, nope!"
Then I rolled a sorc and it was fun as heck(uh oh)
Next I rolled a NB, (aw man...)
Now I have a Templar who made it to lvl36 during the last half of New Life. (I'm doomed)
Altoholism is apparently, a *Thing*
Starting out at lv1 and watching the character achieve and grow, get stronger, I get it. Goddess help me >.<

So tl;dr is I think beyond a certain CP level you lose any of that "fun" progression vibe you get when a character is new.

BTW, how many alts can one account have

Eormenric

Aquatorch wrote: »

Are you including enlightenment with your numbers? How much XP do you actually farm out in a 3 hour, heavy grind, time frame, not just theoretical?

Doesn't seem like enlightenment is factored in. Plus, a big chunk of exp could also be done on multiple characters from random dungeon and battleground--both probably adding a nice amount. And master writs can break up the monotony and offer a bigger return.

I don't bother paying attention to the numbers, though. I know it'll be awhile. I'm not 'that' inconvenienced in the mean time.

Vaoh

Idk anyone who wants to reach CP3600 lol.

Most of the high level players choose anywhere from CP1600-2000 as their personal “I no longer care about grinding CP” level. Any extra grinding (besides for skill lines/character levels/etc) is kinda pointless.

zaria

Vaoh wrote: »

Idk anyone who wants to reach CP3600 lol.

Most of the high level players choose anywhere from CP1600-2000 as their personal “I no longer care about grinding CP” level. Any extra grinding (besides for skill lines/character levels/etc) is kinda pointless.

Agree, I have an template who is max all the passives then fill slotted stars, not though much about secondary specks who with the armory system is kind of redundant.

ArchMikem

My question that I'm sure those people would also have when the time came is, after getting said satisfaction, what then? Most would immediately start complaining about not having something else to do anymore. I believe it was ZOS' intention to give us a journey, not a goal.

We've already have a couple threads here showing players who have actually reached 3,600. What I'd like to know now is what they feel now? What are they doing? Was it worth it?

I've been playing for years, from back when Vet Levels were still a thing. Even now I'm only at 1,480. I still have a long ways to go but I'm in no hurry at all. I have all the CP buffs I want already unlocked and in use.

VvwvenomwvV

ArchMikem wrote: »

My question that I'm sure those people would also have when the time came is, after getting said satisfaction, what then? Most would immediately start complaining about not having something else to do anymore. I believe it was ZOS' intention to give us a journey, not a goal.

We've already have a couple threads here showing players who have actually reached 3,600. What I'd like to know now is what they feel now? What are they doing? Was it worth it?

I've been playing for years, from back when Vet Levels were still a thing. Even now I'm only at 1,480. I still have a long ways to go but I'm in no hurry at all. I have all the CP buffs I want already unlocked and in use.

I am 3,600 cp. I'm still doing the same things I've always enjoyed, running dungeons, playing in Cyrodiil, Imp City, etc. Nothing has changed. It's not about the end game of cp when you reach 3,600, it's about the journey and continuing to have fun.

Eso is blast to play. Best MMO for many years running!

SgtWinnie

ArchMikem wrote: »

My question that I'm sure those people would also have when the time came is, after getting said satisfaction, what then? Most would immediately start complaining about not having something else to do anymore. I believe it was ZOS' intention to give us a journey, not a goal.

We've already have a couple threads here showing players who have actually reached 3,600. What I'd like to know now is what they feel now? What are they doing? Was it worth it?

I've been playing for years, from back when Vet Levels were still a thing. Even now I'm only at 1,480. I still have a long ways to go but I'm in no hurry at all. I have all the CP buffs I want already unlocked and in use.

Relief. lol
I see max cp as just another achievement in the game. It gave me a target to aim for and now it's done I have set my next goal. That's just me and how I am. I'm sure others have different reasoning for hitting max.
The "grind" if you want to call it that wasn't as bad as you think, I just found different ways to make xp to keep it interesting. Of all the methods questing was the most enjoyable for me. It does not give the most xp by far but It also helps with achievements.
Being a altaholic im only 900 away from max on my next acct.
Thank you Zos for the journey. Still plenty to do and If I didn't still enjoy it you can bet your ass I wouldn't be playing.
After all it's just a game, a lot of folks seem to loose sight of that fact.

Arunei

Eh, I'm coming up on 1400 despite having been playing since closed beta, and during all that time I've only stopped playing for maybe 5-6 months. I don't really care much about CP at this point. I've already pretty much got the only ones I'll ever need/use unlocked, so at this point getting more doesn't really matter.

Lucozade85

There's not much point in levelling to 3600 or am I missing something? Other than saving 3k if you want to change your CP allocation.

luen79rwb17_ESO

Up to a certaint point there's zero reason to gain more CPs in my opinion. It's literally pointless since there's a limit of available slots. You can't use the points you unlock.

Original CP system had a linear power gain as you leveled up. But people complained so much it's been reduced to almost no incentive to level.

belial5221_ESO

Up to 1200 is enough for most players,higher just icing on the cake,and maxed out is good with addon like jack-of-all-trades to autoslot stars depending on what you doing.They also forget to factor that master writs(I know me and others use to level) can give alot of xp without grind,though it's best during holiday events with extra boosts,and why mat and writ prices go up then.

MentalxHammer

Always good to provide data.

With that being said the grind in ESO is really not bad at all. When I started my PC account it only took me 2 weeks to be CP 160, ready for no CP PvP. Also, CP is not essential to PvP at a high level, starting at 700 I felt comfortable fighting capped players in Wayrest.

PrimusTiberius

I'm currently at CP 1580'ish and I'll get to 3,600 whenever I get there, at this point I'm in no rush as there no real benefit for me to grind for CP. The new CP system was a nerf because of power creep. I have 18 toons, so I play around with different settings on different toons just to see if I can notice a discernible difference. Its not game breaking in my opinion.

Blinx

I'm at 1520, my goal was always 1560, that score will give me the slottables I want/need plus the all the passives in Warfare , and Fitness, the mess of a green tree I will never be satisfied with tho

Oreyn_Bearclaw

3600 CP is a flex (admittedly a big flex), but it is almost completely useless other than a small convenience. ZOS never intended even a small minority of players to get there. In fact, if the game is still around when this becomes a fairly common occurrence, they will almost certainly move the goal line. You arent meant to reach the end in an MMO.

I am honing in 2,000, and I am to the point where additional CP dont phase me. I have enough points for a few extra slottables, and with the armory, it easier than ever to do a full swap if I need.

Krayl

Aquatorch wrote: »

Four million experience points per day would be multiple hours of heavy and boring grinding. There are probably less than .01% of folks willing to do something so ridiculous. That leaves the rest of us with a life, family, jobs, etc, with a game that cannot be capped out. Is it the intention of ZOS to prevent their gamers from ever having the satisfaction of reaching completion?

What does a CP number that becomes basically cosmetic after a point have to do with anything?

The xp to get to 1800 was reduced dramatically and that's FAR more cp than you need to complete anything in the game.

I can't believe someone went through the trouble of getting all of this data just to complain about something totally insignificant.