Nord_Templar wrote: »

It would be great if the speed of getting experience was always this way.

Hell no.

If you are a brand new player in ESO it does take a very long time to get to 600 CP. A new player will go through and craft which takes time, gather skyshards, lorebooks, they will explore cause they are new to the game, doing quests for XP not grinding in Skywatch but actually playing the content of the game. If you PVP some it will even take longer cause XP in Cyrodiil comes very slow. That stuff takes a very long time to get to max CP. A lot of Veteran players dont see it that way cause they do things to level faster but most new players will actually play the game and quests, craft, explore etc.

sickboy2808 wrote: »

It aint all bad for double xp. I been playing since Launch with only one Char and still under 550 CP. Its not our fault alot of players grinded Craglorn when it launched but instead played the game, so let us enjoy the double xp

Dude if you been here since launch you should be well pass the cap. I'm like 60 over the cap I don't grind. I took a total of something like 8 months off the game and only ever grinded alts and that was after hitting lv. 50 put you at max. I spend just about all my time in PvP solo ganking not anything near good EXP. How are you not pass max.

kendellking_chaosb14_ESO wrote: »

sickboy2808 wrote: »

It aint all bad for double xp. I been playing since Launch with only one Char and still under 550 CP. Its not our fault alot of players grinded Craglorn when it launched but instead played the game, so let us enjoy the double xp

Dude if you been here since launch you should be well pass the cap. I'm like 60 over the cap I don't grind. I took a total of something like 8 months off the game and only ever grinded alts and that was after hitting lv. 50 put you at max. I spend just about all my time in PvP solo ganking not anything near good EXP. How are you not pass max.

kendellking_chaosb14_ESO wrote: »

sickboy2808 wrote: »

It aint all bad for double xp. I been playing since Launch with only one Char and still under 550 CP. Its not our fault alot of players grinded Craglorn when it launched but instead played the game, so let us enjoy the double xp

DUDE i have full time job and a one year old girl so i only play eso maybe 5-10 hours per week if that, plus i love exploring looking for chests and Thieves Troves things like that. I honestly only just finished Caldwells Gold about 2 months ago. Plus ZOS told me i could play how i want so i played Tank for almost 2 years and CP was really hard to get playing that role

Astrid_V wrote: »

Nord_Templar wrote: »

It would be great if the speed of getting experience was always this way.

Hell no.

So I understand to some extent why people respond like this, but some of the ones on the other side are like me. I was a Top 100(purple) raid leader in WoW for years. I also got Gladiator. I did Extreme Mode raiding in FF14. I've had gold capes in Guild Wars(won season tournament in a PvP centric game). I also played SWTOR casually after we demolished all the endgame like 3 weeks after launch. I've been playing ESO pretty hard since the last week of December. I have beaten vMA, vSO, vAA and doing vHRC. I just did a /played on my main and it has 18 days, 23 hours, 50 minutes and 51 seconds. I have surely more than doubled that with my other characters.

I'm not trying to brag, there are thousands of people with far more gaming achievements than me. The point is, that I, someone who has been very competent in MMOs for over a decade, still can't operate at max effectiveness purely because the rate of experience gain versus what's required is so low. Not everyone who grinds or farms is some garbage player. I'm sure many of the really bad CP600s have never grinded also, but just got it all from questing and normal dungeons.

These events make me want to play the game a lot more and diminish the treadmill feeling just a bit.

You can get pots to increase xp but it's not really needed with the catch up cp in place. When Morrowind comes out I will be making a new warden character and it will take some time to get to lev 50 as I will be trying out the new skills and getting to know the class even though I am at cp cap. The trouble with getting tons of xp and leveling fast is you don't get to know how the class works properly ( it's weakness/strengths) and then you see in these forums complaints about how crap players are at end game content even if they are at cap.

The game has way too many high CP scrubs already.

I've played a few MMOs before ESO and compared to others, it has one of the best and fastest leveling systems in every aspect. How come people find Skyrim's (or any other ES single player title) large content and similar leveling style fun but find ESO hard just because it's online? Doesn't make sense to me, it's perfectly fine as it is imo, the occasional exp boost events are just a plus for people who still miraculously find leveling hard here...

They have already made leveling easy mode. VR is gone, and they had already decreased XP before that. They have the CP catch-up. If you feel the need to level more characters, that is your problem. Perhaps suggest more ways to speed up alts. But they definitely do not need to speed up leveling for first characters. It fine as-is.

The reason why keeping the double XP doesn't make sense is that doubling the normal XP just changes the baseline. Then, when there is another event, they double it again and somebody posts that we should keep that XP rate that is now 4x. Eventually we reach the point where the first POI you discover gives you enough XP to level you to 50.

XP is fine because you end up at least in the vicinity of 50 by Coldharbour. That is the ideal rate. Finishing the home alliance quests should get you to 50. They should not design the game to get you to 50 in the 3rd zone.

Norbi wrote: »

I've played a few MMOs before ESO and compared to others, it has one of the best and fastest leveling systems in every aspect. How come people find Skyrim's (or any other ES single player title) large content and similar leveling style fun but find ESO hard just because it's online? Doesn't make sense to me, it's perfectly fine as it is imo, the occasional exp boost events are just a plus for people who still miraculously find leveling hard here...

I agree with you, this is the easiest leveling system I've had in an MMO since vet levels were removed. but i would imagine its because there is no end game in a offline game. in a MMO everyone wants to get to the endgame because we play for the competitiveness ( most of us)

MarrazzMist wrote: »

kendellking_chaosb14_ESO wrote: »

sickboy2808 wrote: »

It aint all bad for double xp. I been playing since Launch with only one Char and still under 550 CP. Its not our fault alot of players grinded Craglorn when it launched but instead played the game, so let us enjoy the double xp

Dude if you been here since launch you should be well pass the cap. I'm like 60 over the cap I don't grind. I took a total of something like 8 months off the game and only ever grinded alts and that was after hitting lv. 50 put you at max. I spend just about all my time in PvP solo ganking not anything near good EXP. How are you not pass max.

@kendellking_chaosb14_ESO There's just hundred ways to play the game. I know there are those who have played since lauch, and hardly reach lvl 50.

I have very similar progression with sickboy, played since early access and a bit over 550 cp. I have no answer why I'm not over 600. I quest, craft, wander around. Still enjoying the game.

And on topic, thank you for the event, box rewards are wonderful!

Im at 551 CP now

magictucktuck wrote: »

Norbi wrote: »

I've played a few MMOs before ESO and compared to others, it has one of the best and fastest leveling systems in every aspect. How come people find Skyrim's (or any other ES single player title) large content and similar leveling style fun but find ESO hard just because it's online? Doesn't make sense to me, it's perfectly fine as it is imo, the occasional exp boost events are just a plus for people who still miraculously find leveling hard here...

I agree with you, this is the easiest leveling system I've had in an MMO since vet levels were removed. but i would imagine its because there is no end game in a offline game. in a MMO everyone wants to get to the endgame because we play for the competitiveness ( most of us)

no..not most of us....some of us, you, them, we...

I have been playing this game consistently since just after release (april 2014). I have never understood why the big hurry to get to end game. I have 786 CP as of today. I have 7 characters and played every story line with every toon. Yes by the 3rd time it was repetitive (and even more so by the 7th), but it is still the fastest XP with the maximum Skill points.

My advice to anyone interested is to take their time and enjoy the game -- stories, graphics, and all. what is the big hurry? Grinding is truly a waste because a noob will never learn their character, nor will they learn the mechanics. High CP doesnt make the player - experience does... JMHO.

phbell wrote: »

I have been playing this game consistently since just after release (april 2014). I have never understood why the big hurry to get to end game. I have 786 CP as of today. I have 7 characters and played every story line with every toon. Yes by the 3rd time it was repetitive (and even more so by the 7th), but it is still the fastest XP with the maximum Skill points.

My advice to anyone interested is to take their time and enjoy the game -- stories, graphics, and all. what is the big hurry? Grinding is truly a waste because a noob will never learn their character, nor will they learn the mechanics. High CP doesnt make the player - experience does... JMHO.

You're right, experience is key. For my guild I work on upgrading new players' experience with mechanics/situational awareness/rotations rather than telling them to go to skyreach for weeks and come back as a strong maxed CP player. Max CP is just the edge number wise.