Did Zenimax really nuke grinding XP..?

Desu_Gun_ · September 2015

After Imperial City launched, every grind spot that I knew of for AD was nerfed. Went to level a new character and grind, popped a Pisjic pot and after 30 MINUTES my XP bar moved maybe half a millimeter. I understand that they want people to do quests and such, but I've already done almost every quest twice and I just want to get my new toon to VR16 and have fun in IC but that surely won't happen for awhile with the way things are going. If someone knows a spot that still is viable for AD Cadwell's Gold zones, then please let me know. I can't do anymore damn quests.

Kammakazi · September 2015

1. Cracked Wood Cave

2. Cyrodiil Daily Quests (Doing all 5 hubs brings you to ~85% from VR 15 to VR 16)

3. IC Sewers

NobleNerd · September 2015

It's possible.

ZOS in the past has nerfed every grind spot that was made known to them. Streamers stopped talking about them because if it.

Desu_Gun_ · September 2015

I tried Cracked Wood Cave and had the same problem. As for the sewers, it was eh. It was pretty slow as well.

phairdon · September 2015

You get xp in VR10 zones while VR15. Xp is very low though. One of the quicker ways is through IC.

I'd like to know why we get less xp when killing hostiles inside delves. 1600 inside vs 1800 outside of them as an example.

Kammakazi · September 2015

Fastest way to level without mindless grinding is still Cyrodiil quest hubs.

When IC released I got VR 16 within 2 hours.

Mojmir · September 2015

phairdon wrote: »

You get xp in VR10 zones while VR15. Xp is very low though. One of the quicker way is through IC.

I'd like to know why we get less xp when killing hostiles inside delves. 1600 inside vs 1800 outside of them as an example.

Because God forbid u get to end game without "enjoying" the quests for the 4-5th time.after 1-2 playthroughs it's just a choir.so much for play how u want to play

Desu_Gun_ · September 2015

I'm not trying to get from VR15 to VR16. That was easy. I started my guy a day or two before IC dropped and got him to VR6 but now it just seems not worth it to get him to VR16. The grind feels WAY too long. It's definitely longer than before.

Kammakazi · September 2015

Desu_Gun_ wrote: »

I'm not trying to get from VR15 to VR16. That was easy. I started my guy a day or two before IC dropped and got him to VR6 but now it just seems not worth it to get him to VR16. The grind feels WAY too long. It's definitely longer than before.

Just gotta set your mind to it, I mean 850k exp only lol

Desu_Gun_ · September 2015

But with no grind spots the VR XP reduction is pointless. It's only 250k less and you have to do A LOT more work to get it.

Terrato37 · September 2015

I started only recently, so i dont even know the luxury of grind spots, and while i dont mind questing, the skill points from a few are nice atleast...

UltimaJoe777 · September 2015

Desu_Gun_ wrote: »

But with no grind spots the VR XP reduction is pointless. It's only 250k less and you have to do A LOT more work to get it.

Actually the reduction is a counter to the Cyrodiil bonuses no longer operating outside of Cyrodiil. 15% of 1mil is 150k so they knocked 150k off the requirement since the keep bonuses no longer apply outside of Cyrodiil which means PvEers aren't penalized.