I simply leveled up by myself, following the stories, questing, clearing the delves and public dungeons...etc. and once I reached level 50 I joined a guild so I started to run some dungeons and gain more experience for group content.

You get to cp160 pretty quick anyway, what's more difficult is to get to 561cp!

I remember the endless grind to reach V16 (850k / Vet Rank). I should have marked that day on a calendar lol

CP160, not really. I spent four months just getting to 50. All solo content. I didn't touch dungeons until after 50. Imo after 50 the game really began for me. CP561 is different since you are a badass then. The trek from CP160 to 561 is more rewarding since you can farm the gear you want and lvl all crafting so it goes by fast.

I never felt pressure from players (since I didn't Pv_ before I was over CP160). At the time I was having fun soloing and grouping with friends for solo content.

However, I always thought of my gear as temporary and didn't bother upgrading any pieces... I felt like any investment in gear was a waste, and that I'd end up trashing everything once I hit max, so I didn't bother getting set pieces; occasionally I'd put on 2 or 3 pieces if the zone dropped a lot, but it seemed like a waste to farm for non-max pieces. I like gearing up my player, so I put some pressure on myself to get to max level just so I could finally get some cool gear.

I started playing a couple months before the VR system went away (which was great for me). At the time I had one VR8 and another VR4 character... when things switched I had about 250CP, so I was very excited to start putting together some fun sets... now it's the grind to CP561! (almost there)

Thats the problem with mmo style games. Nothing you do matters until end game but there are a billion things that you can do. And once you hit end game all those things can be done but why bother when just doing x or y accomplishes the same thing with less time invested. Some cool ideas in this game but not enough time spent making them worthwhile and to much pushing out new content.

When they first added CPs I already had like 300... no pressure at all.

When I was playing Beta I did significantly. The zones were segregated to level sections and there was nothing else to do but the quests. ALL I wanted to do was explore the Red Guard's home and the desert. Being a long time ES fan I have always wanted to see Hammerfell from a 3d perspective. I decided to do what I usually do in ES games and just go for it. My plan was to start there. (kinda like I started in Falkreath for Skyrim and started Oblivion in Bruma. Morrowind I went to Solsthiem as soon as blood moon came out) At first it was fine but I ended up getting into some difficult baddies. And it is not like it made logical sense as in Skyrim with certain creatures and bandits being harder to kill then others, but just the same type of monster got significantly harder as I traveled the lands. Well I ended up dying a few times but ultimately sneaking my way to the border. Ah yes.. The next 'zone' or whatever.. The border of the regions was just through the sunken road in Bangkorai. I then realized in order to even SEE the desert or Hammerfell at all I would have to go back and GRIND out a bunch of quests and missions or do the main story (which I had never have an interest in ES games) first. This is when I logged out and uninstalled the game cursing and vowed to not buy this game until something changed.

2-3 years later I am scrolling through news clips for games on some website and I read about one Tamriel. I also read that previously there was a CRIME update as well. Finding a cheap CD key (9.90 at steam right now) I dove in and my experience was quite opposite.

I will admit. I am an RPer.. most of the story in Es games for me come from my own ventures and stories.. not the ones that were written (I like a good mix of stuff but usually do not like playing the be all hero)... Anyways.. So far I am only level 25 and I have explored a good amount of what I wanted to see. I have role played with random people in the zones and in taverns. I have role played trade with random orc tribes and created a role for my character among some heavy rp guilds. All at level 25 or something. If there is an event I can go along with it at any level and participate. In RP everyone sort of rps the same skill/ability level so that there is not power gaming and so far my character has not been seen in RP as 'inferior' or 'weak' due to his low level vs some level 500 character. I do obviously respect guild rank ect.. and I rp my character as young but I do not think anyone would bat an eye if I rped him as a vet soldier at that level.

So to answer the question.. as a RPer i think that One Tamriel has changed the typical MMO GET TO THE MAX LEVEL rush to 'play the game as you want'


Only rush I do feel is armor. Everyone I rp with has these badass sets and look like they want their character to look. With One Tamriel every item I find is better then the last one I just found.. So I am always seemingly wearing a hodge podge of gear that does not match. Every time I get a set that matches and looks good I find a new helmet 2 hours later that is loads better. This I have fixed by beating the Wrothgar main story and getting a costume so my character can wear the same set of Orc crafted armor till the end when he can actually focus on gear. Gear as of now is WORTHLESS unless you are 160. That is my only rushed feeling.

SnubbS wrote: »

You should honestly pressure yourself to reach 160. I don't even feel like the game begins until that point -- and it's so doable as well. Within 20-30 hours of gameplay you'll easily reach that. If you're the type of person who enjoys questing, and you do the quests I'm positive that you'd reach 160 before finishing 60% of them so there's that.

Before reaching 160 there's no point to Grind monster helms, grind mats, craft gold gear, or even farm sets needed for your build.

Well, I spent around more than five hours a day, each day, when the double exp event was going, just going through all the quests. Took me around 11 or 12 days to reach CP 160, and I tell ya, PvE is dead to me. Was about ready to quit from the burn out when I finally got to it.

Wouldn't be so bad if the gear disparity wasn't insane; good luck doing PvP on Azura's Star @ CP 10.

I passed it but I always feel that pressure (mostly what I put on myself) because when I see people one shotting stuff and being generally stronger while I'm just trying to get by on my own, it's like why is it so easy for them lol

I want to get to cp160 so I don't have to change my gear anymore.

It is kind of strange but the thing that bugs me most about this type of game is constantly having to change my gear... oh that one is better I'll have to upgrade, oh no this weapon is superior I'll have to replace it. I get attached to my gear okay...

Like I have this sweet sword right now.. its pitch black witha square tip and a little hook. I have no idea what motif it is just that I think its cool looking and I don't want to upgrade it...:(

For a while I was in a guild that demanded my DPS be at a certain level. Only way to do that was to get my CP up. I never managed to reach that lofty goal and was kicked. Now I got no problems.

The complete lack of gear stability is just painful, especially when CP 160 items (as far as I can tell) have the same stats as items at a lower CP level... until I outlevel the gear I'm trying to use.

Nope, was above cp cap before it was introduced I think, or not far from 501

I didnt even attempt endgame content till v16 back then which was a lot harder to get than cp160, but thats ok like any other mmo engame content has always been for max level