CP cap confusion clarification

HoolDog · June 2016

CP cap is 501

Gear level is CP 160 for max gear.

The CP cap is said to be increasing... Not gear level. I hope this helps the people worrying about gear everytime a CP cap increase is mentioned or requested.

Remember...

Gear level is your equipment.

CP cap is the maximum number of CP you can allocate on your character.

UltimaJoe777 · June 2016

Some help I offer as well: Edit the title from "help" to "clarification" lol

Vaoh · June 2016

I came to this thread thinking you needed a question answered!

Yeah, you are correct.
CP160 ---> current max gear level
CP501 ---> current usable CP cap

Both will increase in the future.

We already datamined the gear level CP180 base materials and others which will almost definitely extend to CP200 and beyond.

UltimaJoe777 · June 2016

Doncellius wrote: »

I came to this thread thinking you needed a question answered!

Same, hence my post lol

HoolDog · June 2016

Sorry people's just reading so many replies of people either panicking that the have to re craft gear or not wanting a cap increase because they don't want to rev raft gear.

ADarklore · June 2016

I honestly wouldn't expect a gear level increase until One Tamriel is released... or until they give us sizeable content enough to justify increasing it; hard to justify increasing gear levels when you don't have any new content to utilize it with.

HoolDog · June 2016

ADarklore wrote: »

I honestly wouldn't expect a gear level increase until One Tamriel is released... or until they give us sizeable content enough to justify increasing it; hard to justify increasing gear levels when you don't have any new content to utilize it with.

It would be madness to raise it any time soon after all the new scaled up sets which were left at vr14 for so long.

nick59349b14_ESO · June 2016

I have a question, I have seen players with CP levels over 501. I recall a CP645 at one point? How is that possible if the level is 501?

Thx.

HoolDog · June 2016

nick59349b14_ESO wrote: »

I have a question, I have seen players with CP levels over 501. I recall a CP645 at one point? How is that possible if the level is 501?

Thx.

CP is still obtained after you reach 501, but only 501 can be allocated. 167 in each of the three constellations.

I have 607, so 106 CP just in waiting for the cap to go up.

LiquidSchwartz · June 2016

Doncellius wrote: »

I came to this thread thinking you needed a question answered!

Yeah, you are correct.
CP160 ---> current max gear level
CP501 ---> current usable CP cap

Both will increase in the future.

We already datamined the gear level CP180 base materials and others which will almost definitely extend to CP200 and beyond.

God damn it im so tired of making gear gold

Rawst · June 2016

So this means that I can do a full gold cp160 set now anyway, because they won't be required for the 180+ gear?

HoolDog · June 2016

I imagine it will still be the same tempers but it will not be rubedo and such

Blevil · June 2016

I don't mind grinding for higher level mats. I just want them tempers to be more easily obtained. Something like what they did to kutas. Now at least they are more affordable and will probably be cheaper than other tempers.

I wish occasionally some world bosses or even adds drop gold something to be either deconstructed or sold. Don't even have to be set items.

Shadesofkin · June 2016

It amused me to no end to watch zone chat argue about this Friday night.

Pomaikai · June 2016

ZOS stated publicly that they were raising both, but not until they had worked out the kinks from removing Vet Levels in DB.

Whether they do them one at a time, or both at the same time remains to be see.

Their track record though would be to release both, untested late on a Friday which is also a 3-day holiday weekend here in the States.

Grunim · June 2016

Blevil wrote: »

I don't mind grinding for higher level mats. I just want them tempers to be more easily obtained. Something like what they did to kutas. Now at least they are more affordable and will probably be cheaper than other tempers.

I wish occasionally some world bosses or even adds drop gold something to be either deconstructed or sold. Don't even have to be set items.

Yeah for me it's also all about the tempers. I love to play multiple characters and I don't have a main character and I'm still not even upgrading my gear for most of my characters yet because it's just too expensive to do so. Gold glyphs are the only gold level item I am comfortable making whenever I wish because it takes just one Kuta to make a glyph whereas it takes several tempering alloys to upgrade one piece of heavy armor to max quality.

I've always found it easier to earn Kuta in this game than tempering alloys. Maybe the RNG system is just messed up for some of us?