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How does enlightenment work?

Smeag
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I know it increases the XP rate, but how exactly is it earned and how long does it last? Right now (for me at least) there doesn't seem to be any structure to the enlightenment system. Sometime it will disappear mid-way throught a point, sometime it stays for 8-9 CP's, sometime when switching chars or relogging it disappears. I assume some of this is caused by bugs and other issues, which I completely understand after this huge update. However I'd like to know how (when working correctly) enlightenment is earned & how long it lasts.

Thank you for your time
Edited by Smeag on March 9, 2015 1:49AM
  • Maldamus
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    Short answer: currently it doesn't seem to work in any of it's intended ways. Another amazing patch release brought to you by the development team, however they are investigating, this time next week we may all have a working iteration of Enlightenment (hopefully, fingers crossed etc,ad infinitum).
    The intention is that after the initial 24 hours of log in commence's, enlightenment should be granted, this is bestowed daily at 12pm, the bonus E can be stacked (banked if you prefer) for the multiple of 3 days i.e: 1.2 mill xp. After such no more enlightenment will be granted over and above that amount (unless some has been consumed/used), however any deficit from that pool will be re-credited at a daily renewal to the max of that pool,unless all 'E' is used then the daily amount will be awarded in full (400k).At least that's my understanding of such, no doubt others will debunk or confirm such.
    Edited by Maldamus on March 6, 2015 5:02AM
  • c0rp
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    Just dont use a wayshrine or it will cost you a champion point.
    Force weapon swap to have priority over EVERYTHING. Close enough.
    Make stamina builds even with magicka builds.
    Disable abilities while holding block.
    Give us a REASON to do dungeons more than once.
    Remove PVP AoE CAP. It is ruining Cyrodiil.
    Fix/Remove Forward Camps. They are ruining Cyrodiil.
    Impenetrability needs to REDUCE CRIT DAMAGE. Not negate entire builds.
    Werewolf is not equal to Vamps/Bats.
  • Govalon
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    How does it work?

    It doesn't
  • gradius_ESO
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    I was wondering the same thing. Does it only work for your veteran characters or can your below 50 characters generate it too for the veteran character?
  • Atreyu
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    c0rp wrote: »
    Just dont use a wayshrine or it will cost you a champion point.

    What?
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  • TehMagnus
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    1) Only works for chars whose level is over 50
    2)you get enlightened every 24h starting on the hour you first loged in.
    3) You're suposed to get a fixed # of base enlightenment exp per day, it seems like the more cp exp you gain during 24h,, the less enlightenment you gain the next day (nsure but seems to work this way)
    4)You can stack up to three days of enlightenment
    5) points are usable account wide but it seems like exp to get next CP is character based.

    Known bugs:
    - Game will tell you you are enlightened but when you get a CP you can't spend it. This is because you aren't really enlightened and there is an UI error. You can fix it by reloging and real XP will be shown.

    Unconfirmed bugs:
    - Loging into Alts can **** up the 24h timer.
    - People are getting elightened more than once a day & can actually spend their CP
    - people get the enlightenment bonus in 1 area but loose it of they change area(could be related to the UI issue)
  • HungryHobo
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    Like magnets.
  • gradius_ESO
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    Man, thank you for the info. I jump back and forth between alts several times and hour.
  • Sylvyr
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    @ZOS It would be really groovy if we could get some actual non-vague details about enlightenment.

    Here's what we have officially been given from what I can gather:

    From: http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2015/01/15/update-6-guide-the-champion-system
    ENLIGHTENMENT

    To help you earn Champion Points, we’ve introduced a new mechanic called Enlightenment to the game. Over time, your account will accrue Enlightenment. You do not have to be logged in to accrue Enlightenment.

    As you participate in activities that grant experience to your Veteran Rank character, Enlightenment provides you with a bonus to Champion Point progression, helping you earn points faster. Eventually, you may run out of Enlightenment, but don’t worry—more Enlightenment is added to your account every 24 hours.

    Activities that grant experience include questing, killing enemies, fighting in Cyrodiil, exploring dungeons and delves, and facing Trials and the Dragonstar Arena.

    From: http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/154426/patch-notes-v1-6-5
    A new mechanic, Enlightenment, has also been introduced to the game.
    Enlightenment slowly accumulates on your account at a fixed rate, regardless of the character you are playing, as long as your account has at least one Veteran Rank character.
    Anything that normally awards experience will also give your Veteran Ranked characters bonus experience as long as you have not used up your Enlightenment.
    This only applies towards Champion Point progression at the Veteran Rank.
    This bonus experience does not apply towards increasing your level, Veteran Rank, or improving any weapon skills.
    As experience is earned and bonus Champion experience is applied, your Enlightenment will get used up. Once there is no more Enlightenment left, experience earned will count towards Champion point progression at the normal rate.

    It's hard for us to help you if we don't know how the system works (with actual details) from an official source.

    1) What IS the bonus (numbers please) (per day & max).
    1.5) Is this bonus linear or a curve? (do you get more bonus during one interval of time and less during another or is it the same across the board?)
    2) When are the timers supposed to start?
    3) Do the timers/E gain still proceed or do they halt during play/use with a vet character? If they halt on vet character do they proceed when playing a non vet character?

    There are probably more good questions but just the basics would be nice.




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  • HungryHobo
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    Sylvyr wrote: »
    @ZOS It would be really groovy if we could get some actual non-vague details about enlightenment.

    Here's what we have officially been given from what I can gather:

    From: http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2015/01/15/update-6-guide-the-champion-system
    ENLIGHTENMENT

    To help you earn Champion Points, we’ve introduced a new mechanic called Enlightenment to the game. Over time, your account will accrue Enlightenment. You do not have to be logged in to accrue Enlightenment.

    As you participate in activities that grant experience to your Veteran Rank character, Enlightenment provides you with a bonus to Champion Point progression, helping you earn points faster. Eventually, you may run out of Enlightenment, but don’t worry—more Enlightenment is added to your account every 24 hours.

    Activities that grant experience include questing, killing enemies, fighting in Cyrodiil, exploring dungeons and delves, and facing Trials and the Dragonstar Arena.

    From: http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/154426/patch-notes-v1-6-5
    A new mechanic, Enlightenment, has also been introduced to the game.
    Enlightenment slowly accumulates on your account at a fixed rate, regardless of the character you are playing, as long as your account has at least one Veteran Rank character.
    Anything that normally awards experience will also give your Veteran Ranked characters bonus experience as long as you have not used up your Enlightenment.
    This only applies towards Champion Point progression at the Veteran Rank.
    This bonus experience does not apply towards increasing your level, Veteran Rank, or improving any weapon skills.
    As experience is earned and bonus Champion experience is applied, your Enlightenment will get used up. Once there is no more Enlightenment left, experience earned will count towards Champion point progression at the normal rate.

    It's hard for us to help you if we don't know how the system works (with actual details) from an official source.

    1) What IS the bonus (numbers please) (per day & max).
    1.5) Is this bonus linear or a curve? (do you get more bonus during one interval of time and less during another or is it the same across the board?)
    2) When are the timers supposed to start?
    3) Do the timers/E gain still proceed or do they halt during play/use with a vet character? If they halt on vet character do they proceed when playing a non vet character?

    There are probably more good questions but just the basics would be nice.

    I'm pretty sure this has all been covered.

    1)400k normal xp gained per day is multiplied by 4. Meaning you have to gain 400k normal experience to use up your 1.6mil enlightened bonus per day.
    1.5)400k per day. Except for this bug that is occurring to some people
    2) My guess on the timer starting is at the point you logged in after the patch was updated. I logged in around 8pm, and I have always had enlightenment bonus after that point.
    3)The timers will deliver your E at the same time (based on when you originally logged in for 1.6 is my guess). This will happen regardless of when you are logged off, on a sub-VR alt, or on your VR characters.

    Bonus tidbits) you can only store a total of 3 days worth of E before it doesn't stack up anymore. Meaning 1.2mil regular experience, or 4.8mill Enlightened xp.

    if you are logged off for 72 hours, you will have 1.2mil reg-xp worth of E. if you earn 200k in your play session, then you will have 1mil left over. after another 24 hours, you will get another 400K, but since it caps at 1.2mil, you effectively receive 200k. so at least earn 4cp's per day to make the most of your E. 900 days later, you will be maxed!
  • Lefty_Lucy
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    Has there been an official statement from ZOS describing how enlightenment works yet?
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  • Govalon
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    HungryHobo wrote: »
    Sylvyr wrote: »
    @ZOS It would be really groovy if we could get some actual non-vague details about enlightenment.

    Here's what we have officially been given from what I can gather:

    From: http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2015/01/15/update-6-guide-the-champion-system
    ENLIGHTENMENT

    To help you earn Champion Points, we’ve introduced a new mechanic called Enlightenment to the game. Over time, your account will accrue Enlightenment. You do not have to be logged in to accrue Enlightenment.

    As you participate in activities that grant experience to your Veteran Rank character, Enlightenment provides you with a bonus to Champion Point progression, helping you earn points faster. Eventually, you may run out of Enlightenment, but don’t worry—more Enlightenment is added to your account every 24 hours.

    Activities that grant experience include questing, killing enemies, fighting in Cyrodiil, exploring dungeons and delves, and facing Trials and the Dragonstar Arena.

    From: http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/154426/patch-notes-v1-6-5
    A new mechanic, Enlightenment, has also been introduced to the game.
    Enlightenment slowly accumulates on your account at a fixed rate, regardless of the character you are playing, as long as your account has at least one Veteran Rank character.
    Anything that normally awards experience will also give your Veteran Ranked characters bonus experience as long as you have not used up your Enlightenment.
    This only applies towards Champion Point progression at the Veteran Rank.
    This bonus experience does not apply towards increasing your level, Veteran Rank, or improving any weapon skills.
    As experience is earned and bonus Champion experience is applied, your Enlightenment will get used up. Once there is no more Enlightenment left, experience earned will count towards Champion point progression at the normal rate.

    It's hard for us to help you if we don't know how the system works (with actual details) from an official source.

    1) What IS the bonus (numbers please) (per day & max).
    1.5) Is this bonus linear or a curve? (do you get more bonus during one interval of time and less during another or is it the same across the board?)
    2) When are the timers supposed to start?
    3) Do the timers/E gain still proceed or do they halt during play/use with a vet character? If they halt on vet character do they proceed when playing a non vet character?

    There are probably more good questions but just the basics would be nice.

    I'm pretty sure this has all been covered.

    1)400k normal xp gained per day is multiplied by 4. Meaning you have to gain 400k normal experience to use up your 1.6mil enlightened bonus per day.
    1.5)400k per day. Except for this bug that is occurring to some people
    2) My guess on the timer starting is at the point you logged in after the patch was updated. I logged in around 8pm, and I have always had enlightenment bonus after that point.
    3)The timers will deliver your E at the same time (based on when you originally logged in for 1.6 is my guess). This will happen regardless of when you are logged off, on a sub-VR alt, or on your VR characters.

    Bonus tidbits) you can only store a total of 3 days worth of E before it doesn't stack up anymore. Meaning 1.2mil regular experience, or 4.8mill Enlightened xp.

    if you are logged off for 72 hours, you will have 1.2mil reg-xp worth of E. if you earn 200k in your play session, then you will have 1mil left over. after another 24 hours, you will get another 400K, but since it caps at 1.2mil, you effectively receive 200k. so at least earn 4cp's per day to make the most of your E. 900 days later, you will be maxed!

    Wrong. In the hotfix they changed system to give enough enlightment for one point each day. It was 4 points before.
  • Iduyenn
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    Sorry, i still dont get it...

    In the last days i had 1 CP with Enl. and then i did another one the hard way. Sometimes even more...

    Also the 24 hours are not correct. I played until 3pm and logged in the next day @ 9/10 am. I still got 1 CP with Enlightment.
    Or as someone sayed. The 24 hours begin, after logging in the first time?
    Then it would be whise to not logout for the rest of the day, because of the possible reset.

    I would like to be able to calculate the exact time i have to stay offline to gain 1 CP with Enl.

    And if the system is like: "If you do more than 2 CP a day, you will not get Enl. in the next day". I would like a confirmation.

    Has anyone some more numbers?


    Edit: Or could it be, that you just gain 400k Enl. Everyday. No matter, what you do?
    Edited by Iduyenn on March 17, 2015 7:26PM
  • AlnilamE
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    Iduyenn wrote: »

    Edit: Or could it be, that you just gain 400k Enl. Everyday. No matter, what you do?

    That's exactly it! Every 24 hours you get a "bucket" of enligtenment that will turn the first 100k XP you gain into 400k XP towards a Champion Point. Whether you are logged in or not.
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