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Stuck in a rut so bad
Rohamad_Ali
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Ok so this is not normally being me but I am so down .
I've been grinding for a month now and finally hitting cp200 and the purple gear . Still don't have the exact set I want and still needing gold gears . I've met some good grinding buddies a long the way and we becam friends . It's just such a long road and the gold sinks are heavy . Seeing a little coin in my pocket from hard work and then wooosh ! All gone on a couple mats in seconds .
The adventures are what usually inspired me to keep going but I know I'm running low on that soon . Don't think of me as the Debbie Downer cause usually happy just today so tired . 300 plus more cp to go and a probably more then another 500k gold grind . I'm in a rut guys . Need skooma or some sage like advice . Inspirational energy depleted and slow to logging in .
I've been grinding for a month now and finally hitting cp200 and the purple gear . Still don't have the exact set I want and still needing gold gears . I've met some good grinding buddies a long the way and we becam friends . It's just such a long road and the gold sinks are heavy . Seeing a little coin in my pocket from hard work and then wooosh ! All gone on a couple mats in seconds .
The adventures are what usually inspired me to keep going but I know I'm running low on that soon . Don't think of me as the Debbie Downer cause usually happy just today so tired . 300 plus more cp to go and a probably more then another 500k gold grind . I'm in a rut guys . Need skooma or some sage like advice . Inspirational energy depleted and slow to logging in .
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Humatiel✭✭✭✭Rohamad_Ali wrote: »
I've played on mute since the day I bought the game years ago. ESO music is horrific.
OT: I find the more you "break" immersion the better your grinding is. For instance in Hews Bane collecting mats you can sustain ~50k per hour (with 50 in all Craft) just afk wandering around while on netflix. Likewise grinding it's hard to beat IC sewers or if that bothers you then normal Maelstrom Arena is a great way to gain some CP very fast.VMA | vHRC-HM | vAA-HM | vSO-HM | vMOL-HM
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✭✭✭✭✭Rohamad_Ali wrote: »
I've played on mute since the day I bought the game years ago. ESO music is horrific.
OT: I find the more you "break" immersion the better your grinding is. For instance in Hews Bane collecting mats you can sustain ~50k per hour (with 50 in all Craft) just afk wandering around while on netflix. Likewise grinding it's hard to beat IC sewers or if that bothers you then normal Maelstrom Arena is a great way to gain some CP very fast.
I did know this and I like Hews Bane . I would be needing to gather a lot of skill points and start crafting to get 50 though . Thanks for the suggestion .0 -
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✭I feel like that with in game gold - I don't understand how people sort their gear out AND still have loads of money?!4 -
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✭✭✭You have 9 stars but only 200 CP. I think I can pinpoint where you're wasting your time grinding without sufficient rewards.22 -
Jar_Ek✭✭✭✭✭I switch my skills around to relieve the boredom... making for some truely dreadful combinations on occasion. But the grind for gold mats is horrific imo... esp with limited time and a full stable of chars. I guess I should craft some blue armour that gives more gold on kills or training if I'm CP farming.0 -
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✭✭✭Rohamad_Ali wrote: »
Not too many drippy sounds....heartbeat sounds of the@$%@$%@%$@ generals, yes.
I would also like to point out that you know at least one 9 trait crafter who would be happy to help with any gear you need. For free. Maxed out on skillpoints, so refining raw mats has a nice return on tempers.1 -
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✭✭✭Rohamad_Ali wrote: »
Not a criticism. Just pointing it out. And don't use the word bruh. It's what rapey frat boys say.
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✭✭✭✭✭I switch my skills around to relieve the boredom... making for some truely dreadful combinations on occasion. But the grind for gold mats is horrific imo... esp with limited time and a full stable of chars. I guess I should craft some blue armour that gives more gold on kills or training if I'm CP farming.
Yes the gold mats cost around 9k each and requires almost 10 to be sure a non crafter with the bad RNG luck doesn't break a great weapon lol . So much money !0 -
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✭✭✭There's really no sensible way to obtain gold mats anymore. I've recently added even more Hirelings to my characters so that at least they're passively gathering mats on days I'm too busy to play... but it's not really netting me more gold mats. I have 25+ hirelings. You'd think that 75+ skill point investment would help.
Next patch there'll be quite the range of sets to choose from but no one will have enough gold or mats to actually improve them to the point to where one could swap builds or experiment sensibly.1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Rohamad_Ali wrote: »
Not a criticism. Just pointing it out. And don't use the word bruh. It's what rapey frat boys say.
I am not a frat boy lol . Community college on a strict budget on ramen and cup o soup diets when I was going lol
But yes I grind very hard ingame dedication to end game .2 -
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✭you wont be spending much more money on gear now you are over 160.
running trials on normal is a good way to make money atm, and good for CP earning
if your just after a grinding spot pick somewhere with xombies, skelentons, drougr and loot the bodies crawlers, worms, guts sell for GOOD prices more than enough to repair your armour and leave some extra coin in your pocket.
what platform/server btw?3 -
MopeyHat✭✭✭✭It says a lot about either this game or you that they hand us all this PvE content and you choose to grind.
Maybe you could take your buddies and do dungeons. Chase an achievement. Do quests, dailies. Why run in circles killing the same things? It's not a race.2 -
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✭✭✭Rohamad_Ali wrote: »Rohamad_Ali wrote: »
Not a criticism. Just pointing it out. And don't use the word bruh. It's what rapey frat boys say.
I am not a frat boy lol . Community college on a strict budget on ramen and cup o soup diets when I was going lol
But yes I grind very hard ingame dedication to end game .
The reason that it's so much easier for people who've played longer is that your stable of characters is sitting there accumulating Inspiration bonuses all the time.
The period in which I gained the most CP actually wasn't grinding or dungeons or anything like that. It was when I logged all of my characters off in Morkul Stronghold to log in and do the delve dailies to get briarheart/pariah/trinimac set pieces in divines and purple jewelry and farm motifs. Each only logged in and wandered over to the delve and turned in the quest but because of rest xp bonus it was a lot of CP. I didn't even notice at first.
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✭✭✭✭✭puffytheslayer wrote: »you wont be spending much more money on gear now you are over 160.
running trials on normal is a good way to make money atm, and good for CP earning
if your just after a grinding spot pick somewhere with xombies, skelentons, drougr and loot the bodies crawlers, worms, guts sell for GOOD prices more than enough to repair your armour and leave some extra coin in your pocket.
what platform/server btw?
I am on the PC NA and don't have any experience with much group play or the trials . I thought I was needing to be fully geared before doing those . Don't want rek a PvE group with a under geared toon .0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭It says a lot about either this game or you that they hand us all this PvE content and you choose to grind.
Maybe you could take your buddies and do dungeons. Chase an achievement. Do quests, dailies. Why run in circles killing the same things? It's not a race.
I have completed most of the adventures already for silver and finishing cadwells gold still . It just doesn't give much in gold returns doing these so I started the grinding for gold marathon .0 -
MopeyHat✭✭✭✭Rohamad_Ali wrote: »puffytheslayer wrote: »you wont be spending much more money on gear now you are over 160.
running trials on normal is a good way to make money atm, and good for CP earning
if your just after a grinding spot pick somewhere with xombies, skelentons, drougr and loot the bodies crawlers, worms, guts sell for GOOD prices more than enough to repair your armour and leave some extra coin in your pocket.
what platform/server btw?
I am on the PC NA and don't have any experience with much group play or the trials . I thought I was needing to be fully geared before doing those . Don't want rek a PvE group with a under geared toon .
200 cp is more than enough to get yourself through at least random dungeons, normal or vet. A little bit of know-how and some buddies are all you need. Send a PM if you need a buddy/guide sometime?0 -
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✭✭✭That's what you get for leaving dude. We had everything you needed but you just had to play AD didn't you. I'll be sitting on the porch drinking lemonade while you tottle around PvE land whining, enjoying ever last sip. Might log in and count some gold mats and reorganize the two overflowing guild banks for chuckles. Try not to sprain a finger.2 -
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✭✭✭✭✭That's what you get for leaving dude. We had everything you needed but you just had to play AD didn't you. I'll be sitting on the porch drinking lemonade while you tottle around PvE land whining, enjoying ever last sip. Might log in and count some gold mats and reorganize the two overflowing guild banks for chuckles. Try not to sprain a finger.
You are the meanest video game player I have ever met
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CasNation✭✭✭✭✭The only reason I have enough gold mats to do anything is because I got them all 2 years ago when they were remotely reasonable to obtain, and having 100k was like being the richest person on earth.
And the only reason I still have enough money to buy my gold mats I don't have is because I made it all back when certain vr1 markets existed that got blown to bits with the removal of vr. Good move for the game, bad for business...PC NA AD
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Samekh Fyr: Dunmer Nightblade Magicka DPS
Claire Le'Rouge: Breton Templar Heal/Tank (the Resplendent Bastion)
Augustus Constantine: Imperial Nightblade PvP (Blackwater Bandit)
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✭✭✭✭✭The only reason I have enough gold mats to do anything is because I got them all 2 years ago when they were remotely reasonable to obtain, and having 100k was like being the richest person on earth.
And the only reason I still have enough money to buy my gold mats I don't have is because I made it all back when certain vr1 markets existed that got blown to bits with the removal of vr. Good move for the game, bad for business...
Oh I am aware of this . As Roechacca pointed out he is sitting on a fat sack of mats because beta pre launch player too . An I am not whining about mats I am getting them and know it's hard work for starting new . I am just looking for suggestions that could be helping make it more fun or somethings I haven't tried yet . I appreciate all the suggestions from everyone very much . I do not mind working hard for my stuff .1 -
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✭Rohamad_Ali wrote: »I switch my skills around to relieve the boredom... making for some truely dreadful combinations on occasion. But the grind for gold mats is horrific imo... esp with limited time and a full stable of chars. I guess I should craft some blue armour that gives more gold on kills or training if I'm CP farming.
Yes the gold mats cost around 9k each and requires almost 10 to be sure a non crafter with the bad RNG luck doesn't break a great weapon lol . So much money !
i did a random writ on a low level charter the other day, and got gold tempers so if you are low on gold/skill points but have a healthy reserve of low level mats - it may be an idea to complete theseRohamad_Ali wrote: »puffytheslayer wrote: »you wont be spending much more money on gear now you are over 160.
running trials on normal is a good way to make money atm, and good for CP earning
if your just after a grinding spot pick somewhere with xombies, skelentons, drougr and loot the bodies crawlers, worms, guts sell for GOOD prices more than enough to repair your armour and leave some extra coin in your pocket.
what platform/server btw?
I am on the PC NA and don't have any experience with much group play or the trials . I thought I was needing to be fully geared before doing those . Don't want rek a PvE group with a under geared toon .
i have run all normal trial quite a few times and in my experience as long as some of the group know exactly what they are doing, completing it is possible.
usally the smoothest 'training' runs are 50/50 it is the only way people can learn the content, in my experience (on xbox EU) the only requirment is that you are CR160 or above, using CR160 weapons (cr150 armour is fine as a place holder when you are low on mats/gold).
Gear is important in as much as your gear should be appropriate for your build, but BoS end game gear is not mandatory/necessary for normal runs,
the players who are 'inexperienced' re trials (i hate using that term but i cant think of a better one atm) just need to do two things,
1. listen to group leader, (i.e there are overchargers in sanctum ophidia, general rule, is get them down 1st, so if trial leader say target the overcharger, target the overcharger & ignore the troll's)
2. if you are confused about directions/instructions, or the group leader isnt leading properly dont be affraid to ask for help, say this is my 1st ever run, i have no idea what im doing, please tell me so i can perform my role. and decent player will be happy to explain it to youEdited by bebynnag on September 18, 2016 4:20PM1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭puffytheslayer wrote: »Rohamad_Ali wrote: »I switch my skills around to relieve the boredom... making for some truely dreadful combinations on occasion. But the grind for gold mats is horrific imo... esp with limited time and a full stable of chars. I guess I should craft some blue armour that gives more gold on kills or training if I'm CP farming.
Yes the gold mats cost around 9k each and requires almost 10 to be sure a non crafter with the bad RNG luck doesn't break a great weapon lol . So much money !
i did a random writ on a low level charter the other day, and got gold tempers so if you are low on gold/skill points but have a healthy reserve of low level mats - it may be an idea to complete theseRohamad_Ali wrote: »puffytheslayer wrote: »you wont be spending much more money on gear now you are over 160.
running trials on normal is a good way to make money atm, and good for CP earning
if your just after a grinding spot pick somewhere with xombies, skelentons, drougr and loot the bodies crawlers, worms, guts sell for GOOD prices more than enough to repair your armour and leave some extra coin in your pocket.
what platform/server btw?
I am on the PC NA and don't have any experience with much group play or the trials . I thought I was needing to be fully geared before doing those . Don't want rek a PvE group with a under geared toon .
i have run all normal trial quite a few times and in my experience as long as some of the group know exactly what they are doing, completing it is possible.
usally the smoothest 'training' runs are 50/50 it is the only way people can learn the content, in my experience (on xbox EU) the only requirment is that you are CR160 or above, using CR160 weapons (cr150 armour is fine as a place holder when you are low on mats/gold).
Gear is important in as much as your gear should be appropriate for your build, but BoS end game gear is not mandatory/necessary for normal runs,
the players who are 'inexperienced' re trials (i hate using that term but i cant think of a better one atm) just need to do two things,
1. listen to group leader, (i.e there are overchargers in sanctum ophidia, general rule, is get them down 1st, so if trial leader say target the overcharger, target the overcharger & ignore the troll's)
2. if you are confused about directions/instructions, or the group leader isnt leading properly dont be affraid to ask for help, say this is my 1st ever run, i have no idea what im doing, please tell me so i can perform my role. and decent player will be happy to explain it to you
Thank you so much I will be trying this and start looking for a group that can take me in for learning
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milkbox✭✭✭✭✭It's really worth it to level a crafter- especially with One Tamriel coming.
You can wander in any zone, harvest and kill everything you see, and refine and deconstruct everything for tempers and materials while gaining xp and gold for your critter killing spree.
Take advantage of everything in the game- guilds, group dungeons, pvp, world bosses, crafting, stealing, traders- and you won't even have to think about mats and gold. You'll be swimming in them- and by doing different things all the time.
I think it only becomes a grind when you choose to focus on one thing- only farming, only grinding, only pvp- that will make your experience lopsided and you won't have much to show for it.
tl:dr- DO ALL THE THINGS!
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✭✭✭✭✭It's really worth it to level a crafter- especially with One Tamriel coming.
You can wander in any zone, harvest and kill everything you see, and refine and deconstruct everything for tempers and materials while gaining xp and gold for your critter killing spree.
Take advantage of everything in the game- guilds, group dungeons, pvp, world bosses, crafting, stealing, traders- and you won't even have to think about mats and gold. You'll be swimming in them- and by doing different things all the time.
I think it only becomes a grind when you choose to focus on one thing- only farming, only grinding, only pvp- that will make your experience lopsided and you won't have much to show for it.
tl:dr- DO ALL THE THINGS!
Hahaha I like this
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✭✭✭✭✭Ok I am feeling much better now . Thank you everyone for being so helpful !3 -
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✭✭✭✭✭@Rohamad_Ali I'mma let you in on something I started doing, if you have the Dark Brotherhood DLC.
Initiate the questline. Talk to the guy, and get the Blade of Woe. Once you have this ability forget the quest and go over to Anvil Castle. Go inside, head over to the first door on the right, which will lead to one of the Castle wings. Once inside, sneak, and go crazy. Assassinate every Guard you can (don't feel bad about it, they're murderous Pirates), loot their bodies, and also steal from every single piece of furniture you can. Cut a swathe through the entire Castle until your inventory fills up, then exit the castle, mosey on over to the Outlaws Refuge and sell it all. Rinse and repeat until you've maxed out your number of sold items for the day, then do it again tomorrow. Also if you can't directly sell any more, launder them instead then sell them to the Merchant across from the Fence. You'll easily earn 3,000 to 6,000-ish gold a day doing this, especially if you have skill points put into your Legerdemain line.
And don't worry about your CP. I've been playing for over a year now and I'm still not at the cap, though I'm getting close.CP2,100 Master Explorer - AvA Two Star Warlord - Console Peasant - Khajiiti Aficionado - The Clan
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✭✭✭✭✭Rohamad_Ali wrote: »
Not too many drippy sounds....heartbeat sounds of the@$%@$%@%$@ generals, yes.
I would also like to point out that you know at least one 9 trait crafter who would be happy to help with any gear you need. For free. Maxed out on skillpoints, so refining raw mats has a nice return on tempers.
OMG Bro how did I miss your post ? You are so awesome a friend . Yes the reverb sounds in there are always making my headache . I'm just audio sensitive I guess but good to know I'm not alone 0
