I don't think there is any need to do it more than 3 or 4 times between CP10 and CP160, especially if you are using appropriate sets and upgrading them to blue/purple quality. With dungeon finder and enlightening, CP can be earned at a really fast rate now so getting to CP50 with CP10 or even level 50 gear is not going to be that hard.

I think the last time I leveled, I based it on how much material I had and if I was short of CP10-30 material I stuck with lvl 50 gear until I progressed to the next tier. Say lvl 50 or CP10 gear, change atl CP50-60, then change again at CP90-100 and then make a call on what you are doing with CP160 gear.

If you are not in hurry to make any CP160 gear, your next step after CP90-100 gear might be CP150 gear but if you want to make CP160 gear ASAP, maybe you would craft CP130-140 gear to get you there.

If you are taking your time and collecting a lot of material as you go, feel free to make new gear every couple of levels but if you are doing dungeons and using group finder with the daily XP bonuses, you will fly through the lower CP like nobodies business.

Unless you get into group content, you don't really need to craft new gear till you hit CP160.

Grind as many champion points as you can during this event, I mean go full blown no-life, even beyond cp160 untill the event is over.

Hitting cp160 only means you get to wear endgame gear, you need more cp to build up resistances and damage. Train group-content role, wether you are a healer or a tank or a damage dealer, focus on lvl'ing skill line + skills up during your grind.

You wont have a life when you reach CP range anymore.. just endless grind lol

I would grind until one peace of the armor would break. then craft new set with training! for weapons i would use drafted or Nice Drop with damage for one handed and Shield and then craft new set when i was crafting armor set.

aldriq wrote: »

I just don't have the time... but even with limited time this week, I'm on CP 35 already, so I've skipped the calcinum tier already...

Question on writs: if I skip level 6 of say, metalworking, by putting 2 skill points, am I missing on any achievement by never doing a writ at that level?

There is no achievement for doing writs at a speciffic level. Just achievements for doing a number of writs. 1/10/150/250 or something like that. Last one is called "Writ upon the sky". On my alts I haven't bothered doing writs until I had them at tier 9/10, mostly because it was hard to keep track and store lower level tier materials. Now I'm phasing out that one too, going for max tier, because my void steel and void cloth is running out and I have ample supplies of rubedite and ancestor silk.

Driskywatcher wrote: »

I've been getting by with a cp110 blue set (ashen/hunding), some WB's can be a hassle but overall I'm not really struggling. I'm going to continue to use it until i have the traits/mats to make my cp160 gear.

Yep. That's the right choice. Back in the day I ran with VR3 blue armor until I reached VR16. Then I changed to VR14 purple gear that carried me to CP400+. I did just fine. Only then did I change to gold VR16 gear. But last tier materials were as rare as hen's teeth and incredible expensive. Leveling and crafting is a breeze, especially after One Tamriel made the top tier materials available everywhere.