Cool thanks dude, i'll go play in Cyrodil..

Remember one veteran rank is 'worth' about 15 normal levels. So it's natural it's rising slow (you are supposed to get one vet rank per zone)

Nickhead420 wrote: »

Vet leveling work differently than regular leveling. All quests in VR content give you 0.3% of the total VP needed for lesser quests and 2% of the total VP needed for major/more important quests. One thing a bunch of people do is to start a group of 4-8 people and go around doing all dolmens, world bosses and public dungeons. Do this for every zone, skipping quests. By the time you finish all of them in the VR1-5 areas, you're already almost VR3. Now go back and do the quests in the VR1 area. You still get 0.3% or 2% for the quests and will be slightly more powerful than the mobs you're fighting.

I'll just add that I did not do this, as it kind of feels like it cheapens the experience.

That's an interesting strategy and certainly could help if people are feeling a bit underpowered on the VR mobs. It's true that the anchors and dungeon bosses seem to be the fastest source of VP.

That said I also agree that I didn't do it this way but rather did them in order because I wanted to see all the alliance content the way it was intended to be played, but the above strategy isn't cheesing or anything so I can see that some players would maybe prefer to do it that way.

Another thing to add - I found the VR5 zone mobs quite challenging, admittedly playing as a dps templar (yes its true some of us still exist), but the VR6 mobs seem to be a little more forgiving so it might be that the hotfix they applied the other week is at least making Cadwell's Gold a bit easier to get through now.

It goes up per zone. It takes roughly the same amount of time to get from 1-15 or 16, Maybe 17. as it does to get from VR1 to VR2. It SEEMs like it takes longer than normal zone ranking, but in reality, it does not. (I mean VR1 to VR5, and then the next 5 or 7) The amount of time it took you to Reach 49, is about what it should take you to reach Vr5 or Vr6. its just a lot harder and sometimes turns into a boring grind fest.

I think the original idea behind the xp reward for the veteran zone quests was giving a certain percentage to your next level.

In most of the cases it works but as you progress you will find more and more quests giving 5-7k xp. That is why most of the people are now grinding xp in Craglorn.

5-7k xp is not a lot if you consider that you need 4 -4.5 mill xp at higher vet ranks. Sometimes a quest takes about 30-40 minutes to complete and then you receive 7k xp and a green crappy sword. For most of the players it is enough to smear the smile on their faces.

If the xp was fixed then most likely we would see more ppl questing.

the rewards are definitely one of the many downsides of vet zones. its rather sad to do a 30 min quest, that was hard as f***, then to get 136 gold. its pathetic, if you don't like that areas story, you have to force yourself thru it.

If you complete everything in the Veteran Zone, you should get slightly more than 1VR (when I enter new zone I have usually 200k xp +).

However quests really vary, I think the main ones are even giving 50k per completition. I'm pretty sure it's a big gap between the side and main quests, in terms of xp.

Oh and it's true Veteran Zones are not rewarding at all, unless you are invested in this great story as I am, and actually appreciate the work they have done with quests.
For me the Normal Content was really a faceroll, this difficulty feels much better even though I'm playing a Templar.

egosumacunnus wrote: »

The quests i am completing in the starter zones are rewarding 1-3K Does this go up substantially once out of the starter zones?

Actually the actual vr zones grant a bunch of XP per quest, meaning they stuff you encounter is vr1 and above... first couple of levels might seem a struggle due to more heavy encounters and stronger mobs untill you get used to it.

I've been doing the quests and I can tell you it's prob been 20+ hours doing V3 and still haven't hit V4 yet. Kinda sucks playing 4-5hrs and not seeing the bar move. I enjoy questing but this is just ridiculous. And I don't mean getting to V3 I mean trying to get from V3-V4 has taken over 20+hrs so far.

sajackson wrote: »

If you do all the quests, mini dungeons and anchors you should be able to gain 1 VR per zone, which is roughly inline with the increase in mob difficulty.

It's not necessarily the quickest way to level but if you're interested in seeing content rather than just grinding it's not as bad as some people are making it out to be.

Depends on your class and build. Your mileage may vary, as they say.

I found the going to be pretty difficult from VR7 zones up if you want to solo, which you'll need to do often because there may not be many people around depending on your timezone, when you play, etc.

Also, that one level per zone included being able to clear world bosses, dungeons, and dolmens, so again, you will want to have enough people to group with to do those things. If you can do it with your guild, that's a big help. Otherwise, it's frustrating.

Cyrodiil is the funnest way to level, for me, but not that fast.

I hope they do buff xp in the VR zones and tweak the trash mob difficulty a bit.

The point of the game is to take it slow. Its an mmo sure, however its also an RPG and they want you to invest some time into it, the loot rewards are a little lame but the storyline and XP gain is on point with what I expected. Its above and beyond what Xbox one is offering me and they continue to add on and work on things. Can't ask for much more. No ones forcing us to pay and play.