What's an acceptable grind rate currently?

Faugaun · October 2015

Currently I'm peaking at about 865k per hour at vr5.

Ackwalan · October 2015

An acceptable grind time is based on whether you think you are wasting your time or not. Unless you are just trying to brag.

MikeB · October 2015

865k sound about right with all the nerfs to grind spots. You just cant get the million+ xp and hour anymore, that I know of anyway.

Faugaun · October 2015

Ackwalan wrote: »

An acceptable grind time is based on whether you think you are wasting your time or not. Unless you are just trying to brag.

Sorry, not trying to brag....was kinda sad this was as high as I could get. Last time I ground out vet levels I was pushing 1.3 mil an hour. (I know when CS dropped and before then some peeps were pushing 2-3 mil per hour. Was kinda hoping thee was hope for discovery of a better place.

MikeB wrote: »

865k sound about right with all the nerfs to grind spots. You just cant get the million+ xp and hour anymore, that I know of anyway.

Was afraid that was the case

Agobi · October 2015

What's a grind rate ? ?

Faugaun · October 2015

Agobi wrote: »

What's a grind rate ? ?

how many xp per hour you are getting when grinding mobs

starlizard70ub17_ESO · October 2015

Where are you, the OP, finding a place to grind 850k xp per hour that isn't already swarmed by other players grinding? Are you using xp pots to get that rate?

nimander99 · October 2015

Agobi wrote: »

What's a grind rate ? ?

How many coffee beans you can grind of course.

Faugaun · October 2015

starlizard70ub17_ESO wrote: »

Where are you, the OP, finding a place to grind 850k xp per hour that isn't already swarmed by other players grinding? Are you using xp pots to get that rate?

Just your average world mob spots. Not swarmed where I am if it is swarmed I am elsewhere.

myrrrorb14_ESO · October 2015

I seriously need to learn to grind. Lol, I had no idea you could pump out that much xp.

Faugaun · October 2015

I've looked at a wall to hide my location (don't want it swarmed) but proof is in the photo (this includes time to empty inventory). My meter is in the bottom right corner.

purple-magicb16_ESO · October 2015

Agobi wrote: »

What's a grind rate ? ?

its like a twerk rate but without all that nasty thrusting

deadlock007 · October 2015

LOL, and people are still complaining to get rid of VR when you can easily get 1 per hour.

iliatha · October 2015

1.7mio/hr is bout the top i have grinded with for weeks. 865k/hr is not bad for v5 but not that much. You could easily go over a million.

Faugaun · October 2015

iliatha wrote: »

1.7mio/hr is bout the top i have grinded with for weeks. 865k/hr is not bad for v5 but not that much. You could easily go over a million.

thanks i'll have to keep looking

I got 1.3 mil just before ic dropped but that was at vr12-vr14

Faugaun · October 2015

deadlock007 wrote: »

LOL, and people are still complaining to get rid of VR when you can easily get 1 per hour.

i'm more concerned about the cp gain than vr being a pain. if user above is getting 1.7 mil per hour then that's a cp every 15 min. So if I did a 20 hour grind 2x a week then i could earn 160 cp a week....or if i took a 7 day vacation and could devote it to grinding that would be 560 cp in a single week.....that said have fun with it i've grinded a 16 hour day before and yeah it's not fun cannot imagine doing 7x20h consecutive.

MikeB · October 2015

iliatha wrote: »

1.7mio/hr is bout the top i have grinded with for weeks. 865k/hr is not bad for v5 but not that much. You could easily go over a million.

Not to be negative but I doubt this. I know on XB1 ALL grind spots were overloaded pre-IC with people wanting to max out characters before the release and get as much grinding done before it was all nerfed and it hasnt got much better after. Not only are placed overloaded now but with the increase in mob difficulty and the lowering of XP earned in popular grind spots I find it almost impossible to earn 1mil+ xp an hour. Can you provide a time stamp screenshot as @Faugaun has done with a date stamp and addon proof of the xp per hour? You can stare at a wall or whatever to not show the location, just want the proof.

Rosveen · October 2015

deadlock007 wrote: »

LOL, and people are still complaining to get rid of VR when you can easily get 1 per hour.

Easily? No. I'd sooner quit the game than play like this. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against grinders, but it irks me when people use grinding XP rate as the baseline. This isn't how everyone imagines having fun.

Faugaun · October 2015

MikeB wrote: »

iliatha wrote: »

1.7mio/hr is bout the top i have grinded with for weeks. 865k/hr is not bad for v5 but not that much. You could easily go over a million.

Not to be negative but I doubt this. I know on XB1 ALL grind spots were overloaded pre-IC with people wanting to max out characters before the release and get as much grinding done before it was all nerfed and it hasnt got much better after. Not only are placed overloaded now but with the increase in mob difficulty and the lowering of XP earned in popular grind spots I find it almost impossible to earn 1mil+ xp an hour. Can you provide a time stamp screenshot as @Faugaun has done with a date stamp and addon proof of the xp per hour? You can stare at a wall or whatever to not show the location, just want the proof.

consoles you prolly cannot do this, i'm on pc. Most pc players are all ready top level so grind spots have much less competition. Additionally there are much fewer of us, I think. I have 4 vr toons higher level than the one you see above.

Rosveen wrote: »

deadlock007 wrote: »

LOL, and people are still complaining to get rid of VR when you can easily get 1 per hour.

Easily? No. I'd sooner quit the game than play like this. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against grinders, but it irks me when people use grinding XP rate as the baseline. This isn't how everyone imagines having fun.

after you have done all the quests over and over and over and over ..... you might sing a different tune. I'm levelling so I have 4x ep vr16, one of each class, for pvp.

UltimaJoe777 · October 2015

What I don't get is why everyone is in such a hurry to hit max level... Don't people take the time to enjoy the ride known as simply "the game" anymore?

Cadbury · October 2015

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

What I don't get is why everyone is in such a hurry to hit max level... Don't people take the time to enjoy the ride known as simply "the game" anymore?

The faster I get to max level, the sooner I can finally devote more time to making posts about how there's nothing to do ingame.

UltimaJoe777 · October 2015

Cadbury wrote: »

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

What I don't get is why everyone is in such a hurry to hit max level... Don't people take the time to enjoy the ride known as simply "the game" anymore?

The faster I get to max level, the sooner I can finally devote more time to making posts about how there's nothing to do ingame.

It's sad because it's at least partially true...

Huckdabuck · October 2015

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

What I don't get is why everyone is in such a hurry to hit max level... Don't people take the time to enjoy the ride known as simply "the game" anymore?

What I don't get is why there is always someone who posts a similar comment in a grind OP.

Rosveen · October 2015

Faugaun wrote: »

after you have done all the quests over and over and over and over ..... you might sing a different tune. I'm levelling so I have 4x ep vr16, one of each class, for pvp.

As I said, I have no problem with grinding, it just isn't for me. I'd rather quest - and I have done each quest in the game at least twice. I moved four characters through DC areas and I will do it again.

That's not the point though. I just don't think one shouldn't say "vet ranks are fine, XP gains are fine" based only on grinding rates.

Tonturri · October 2015

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

What I don't get is why everyone is in such a hurry to hit max level... Don't people take the time to enjoy the ride known as simply "the game" anymore?

For me, alts. I've enjoyed the ride known as 'the game' three times already, I'll be damned if I do all of faction quests 8 times over. Also, some people don't like questing.

DenMoria · October 2015

For me zero. I do not grind.

I would rather go without and lose than be bored out of my mind with grinding.

To me, gaming is about action, no grinding.

I get enough boring repetitive stuff in my real life to want it in my game.

Xeven · October 2015

"Killing" pixels controlled by bad/scripted AI: Boring.
"Killing" pixels controlled by other Nerds: Fun.

Spending gold and crafting gear you will outlevel in a few hours: Nope
Spending gold and crafting gear for that sweet new v16: Awesome

This, in a nutshell, is why we grind.

newtinmpls · October 2015

purple-magicb16_ESO wrote: »

its like a twerk rate but without all that nasty thrusting

Hmph. No point in twerking if there's no thrusting. Young people. No stamina.

deadlock007 · October 2015

Faugaun wrote: »

deadlock007 wrote: »

LOL, and people are still complaining to get rid of VR when you can easily get 1 per hour.

i'm more concerned about the cp gain than vr being a pain. if user above is getting 1.7 mil per hour then that's a cp every 15 min. So if I did a 20 hour grind 2x a week then i could earn 160 cp a week....or if i took a 7 day vacation and could devote it to grinding that would be 560 cp in a single week.....that said have fun with it i've grinded a 16 hour day before and yeah it's not fun cannot imagine doing 7x20h consecutive.

Well the CP is about to be capped so I wouldn't worry about it too much

Rosveen wrote: »

deadlock007 wrote: »

LOL, and people are still complaining to get rid of VR when you can easily get 1 per hour.

Easily? No. I'd sooner quit the game than play like this. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against grinders, but it irks me when people use grinding XP rate as the baseline. This isn't how everyone imagines having fun.

But it really is a lot easier now than it used to be. My boyfriend and I decided to level a couple of our lower vets the other weekend by doing some quests in Cadwell's gold (I hardly ever grind either) and managed to get 1 1/4 vet levels in about 1.5 hours. This was casual play and even taking a break or 2 for drinks and smokes. Yes we are subbed and married in game and took XP pots but still, it was pretty freakin fast.

MikeB · October 2015

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

What I don't get is why everyone is in such a hurry to hit max level... Don't people take the time to enjoy the ride known as simply "the game" anymore?

Because after you've done the quest once why would you want to do them all over again? I complete the game 100% on my first character, no matter the game, then after I dont want to go through it again. Why would I want to go the same quest over and over and over? That to me is extremely boring, to each their own. Most people talking about grinding already have 1-2+ characters they've already maxed out and want to know the fastest way to get an alt to max level to play where its actually fun for us, the end game.

OGLezard · October 2015

MikeB wrote: »

iliatha wrote: »

1.7mio/hr is bout the top i have grinded with for weeks. 865k/hr is not bad for v5 but not that much. You could easily go over a million.

Not to be negative but I doubt this. I know on XB1 ALL grind spots were overloaded pre-IC with people wanting to max out characters before the release and get as much grinding done before it was all nerfed and it hasnt got much better after. Not only are placed overloaded now but with the increase in mob difficulty and the lowering of XP earned in popular grind spots I find it almost impossible to earn 1mil+ xp an hour. Can you provide a time stamp screenshot as @Faugaun has done with a date stamp and addon proof of the xp per hour? You can stare at a wall or whatever to not show the location, just want the proof.

@MikeB so not true, here's my xp per hour

Just because you don't know where good grinding is WITHOUT swarms of people doesn't mean they don't exist