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How long does it takes to reach CP CAP

Milvan
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A guildie of mine grinded his way from 0 to 690 in 254 hours.

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254 hours of hardcore grind with trainning set and xp scrolls/pots and sometimes others guildies help.



DISCLAIMER: This is just informative, please keep friendly. Let's try not to be much judgmental or harsh on the player. People play as they want.
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  • Merlin13KAGL
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    So, they know how to grind. Do they know how to play?

    Better question: Did they actually enjoy that grind, or are they going to be so burnt out of the game on their now max-level character that they'll despise even logging in?

    What's the point in the rush? You still have gear, shards, alliance/guild lines. Most of your stat benefits are available at CP300.

    Just get there when you get there. If you play a reasonable amount, even once every 12 days (enlightenment cap) you'll hit max and then some.
    Just because you don't like the way something is doesn't necessarily make it wrong...

    Earn it.

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  • Golnebo
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    I started playing ESO in october 2016. I play on average 3 or 4 nights a week. I have 9 toons, and I am at 681CP right now.

    Did the math.. :| Played on all toons: (give or take a few deconned toons) 1953 hours. (That's 81 days).
    Edited by Golnebo on December 22, 2017 3:29PM
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  • Milvan
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    So, they know how to grind. Do they know how to play?

    Better question: Did they actually enjoy that grind, or are they going to be so burnt out of the game on their now max-level character that they'll despise even logging in?

    What's the point in the rush? You still have gear, shards, alliance/guild lines. Most of your stat benefits are available at CP300.

    Just get there when you get there. If you play a reasonable amount, even once every 12 days (enlightenment cap) you'll hit max and then some.

    I totally agree with and I don't think that I would play any kind of game like that at all. Neither I would suggest this kind of approach to any new player. As I said, I just wanted to be informative.
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  • hydrocynus
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    He can count himself lucky that he only had to do it for 1 toon.

    In the good old days every toon on an account had to level individually to level cap through the veteran ranks.
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  • helena21
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    I say enjoy the game, you don't have to rush your way towards 690. Sure it is nice to have all these CPs but I agree with Merlin that this is not necessarily a good index. it is surprising how often you will meet really bad players at maximum level and that's not what you aim for right? :) There are exceptions of course, so at least choose a "wise" way of leveling up. Start early testing your DPS, check your tolerance in veteran Maelstrom, test new builds, modify/improve your gameplay and so on. It may take much longer but I say it's worth it more than 250 hours of boring/intensive grinding. Besides around 300-400 CP you are OK to do more difficult content, given that you DO actually know how to play by then.

    Enjoy






  • ashl3y44
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    Took me over 1000 hours but I have completed all dungeons, vet dungeons and most quests I’mstill working on cadwells gold. Completed all Normal trials and most Vet ones as well. I have around 1200 play hours on one character and 300 on another and I’m around 790 cp now
    Edited by ashl3y44 on December 19, 2017 4:37PM
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  • Taleof2Cities
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    I started playing at the very tail end of beta ... but because of the heavy amount of time spent on non-vet alts, I’m still only at CP865.

    Never grinded CP.
  • Dawnblade
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    One thing I'll never understand is grinding - it just doesn't make sense to me to spend hour after hour doing mindless repetitive activities for XP, gold, or whatever.

    Maybe I'm an outlier, but systems that encourage grinding such as in ESO (champion point system + higher XP for grinding) just turn me off and make it less likely I'll play the game 'seriously'.

    So in ESO, I've played on and off over several years, am only in the 400s CP wise, and have spent very little on the game (base game, a few months of ESO+, and Morrowind through a cheap upgrade code).

    If the game hadn't been so built around mindless time sinks and time gates, I might have spent more time and money - but it is what it is - which to me is an enjoyable casual side game that is easy to drop into from time to time without having to invest a lot of time or money.
  • badmojo
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    Over 3500hrs in and I'm only around 660.
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  • Linaleah
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    I don't grind cp, and generally try to avoid grinding as much as possible, one exception being leveling new skill lines. been actively playing for over a year (I did play at launch but left before first month was over and didn't get all that far back then). currently at cp 685 through natural playing. double xp events help a LOT though, because its kind of amazing how much xp you get just from running multiple characters through daily writs (which take me on average about 5 minutes per character with addon. i actualy timed it)
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  • Oreyn_Bearclaw
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    Hey guys, I have some info for you, but it's just that, info. But what? Loud noises!!! Why would anyone do this!?!?! Attack!!!!!

    Calm down people, I for one find the info very interesting. I had a buddy do it 2 summers ago (cap was lower) and was able to do the deed in about 2.5 weeks of real time, but he was online for most of it.

    I get it for some people. The number of people I know that have thoroughly leveled a character to 50 only to reach the CP system and say, "what now? you want me to grind how many CP to be invited to a competitive raid?" Some people don't give a darn about quests or the economy. They want to compete at endgame PVP or PVE. To do that, you need to be at the cap or close to it. I am glad someone did the grind and kept the receipts. It's just information. The more you know...
    Edited by Oreyn_Bearclaw on December 19, 2017 5:51PM
  • Dawnblade
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    Hey guys, I have some info for you, but it's just that, info. But what? Loud noises!!! Why would anyone do this!?!?! Attack!!!!!

    Calm down people, I for one find the info very interesting. I had a buddy do it 2 summers ago (cap was lower) and was able to do the deed in about 2.5 weeks of real time, but he was online for most of it.

    I get it for some people. The number of people I know that have thoroughly leveled a character to 50 only to reach the CP system and say, "what now? you want me to grind how many CP to be invited to a competitive raid?" Some people don't give a darn about quests or the economy. They want to compete at endgame PVP or PVE. To do that, you need to be at the cap or close to it. I am glad someone did the grind and kept the receipts. It's just information. The more you know...

    And this is exactly why I stopped playing this game the first time and why I only play the game casually as a way to take a break now and then from other games.

    I'm competitive enough to be willing to put in the time and effort to master the game and progress through increasingly difficult content, but I'm not masochistic enough to spend hundreds of hours repeating no challenge content just to have the opportunity to be competitive in end-game content.

    I'm also not blind to the fact the game is set to one power level, so while they continually raise the CP cap and let players think they are gaining more power, they also take back elsewhere through adjustments and nerfs - so not only is it a terrible grind to reach cap, once there it is a giant treadmill to no where.
  • Izaki
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    Actually this info is quite helpful for me since I'm in the process of grinding up my CP on a second platform (PC). Obviously, I probably won't grind THAT much and in fact, I'll most likely stop grinding at CP500 and from then on not bother too much.
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  • Runs
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    So your guild mate spent 0 time talking, 0 time finding guilds, 0 inactive time?
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  • Jjitsuboy98
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    A lot freaking longer if you only do pvp :(
  • Oreyn_Bearclaw
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    Dawnblade wrote: »
    Hey guys, I have some info for you, but it's just that, info. But what? Loud noises!!! Why would anyone do this!?!?! Attack!!!!!

    Calm down people, I for one find the info very interesting. I had a buddy do it 2 summers ago (cap was lower) and was able to do the deed in about 2.5 weeks of real time, but he was online for most of it.

    I get it for some people. The number of people I know that have thoroughly leveled a character to 50 only to reach the CP system and say, "what now? you want me to grind how many CP to be invited to a competitive raid?" Some people don't give a darn about quests or the economy. They want to compete at endgame PVP or PVE. To do that, you need to be at the cap or close to it. I am glad someone did the grind and kept the receipts. It's just information. The more you know...

    And this is exactly why I stopped playing this game the first time and why I only play the game casually as a way to take a break now and then from other games.

    I'm competitive enough to be willing to put in the time and effort to master the game and progress through increasingly difficult content, but I'm not masochistic enough to spend hundreds of hours repeating no challenge content just to have the opportunity to be competitive in end-game content.

    I'm also not blind to the fact the game is set to one power level, so while they continually raise the CP cap and let players think they are gaining more power, they also take back elsewhere through adjustments and nerfs - so not only is it a terrible grind to reach cap, once there it is a giant treadmill to no where.

    I definitely understand that position. If you have played pretty much consistently since launch, it's really not an issue. I definitely did some grinding early on, but I sure as heck didnt do it for 10 days straight. haha. I never really felt like I needed to grind CP, except for maybe a bit when they first launched. I am so far over the cap now that even if I took a year off, it wouldnt really matter from an XP standpoint. Thanks to transmute stations, gear grinds have GREATLY diminished in this game. They still exist, but an evening in PVP (For crystals) followed by a few hours of specific content is enough to farm just about any gear set you need. They only difficult thing that remains at this point is really more about difficulty barriers than time barriers (i.e. if you cant clear VMA in the first place, the grind length isnt all that relevant.)
  • Oreyn_Bearclaw
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    Izaki wrote: »
    Actually this info is quite helpful for me since I'm in the process of grinding up my CP on a second platform (PC). Obviously, I probably won't grind THAT much and in fact, I'll most likely stop grinding at CP500 and from then on not bother too much.

    I bet there is more of this going on than you think. I would normally have very little interest in grinding to 690 CP from scratch, but lets say I got a job in Europe and swapped servers, or got hit in the head really hard and decided to switch to console, you better believe I would grind up a reasonable amount of CP. :smiley:
  • Kram8ion
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    Completely no grind average hours about 12 months
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  • chris211
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    Milvan wrote: »
    A guildie of mine grinded his way from 0 to 690 in 254 hours.

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    254 hours of hardcore grind with trainning set and xp scrolls/pots and sometimes others guildies help.



    DISCLAIMER: This is just informative, please keep friendly. Let's try not to be much judgmental or harsh on the player. People play as they want.

    im about to hit 1700 hours played and im cp 768
    Edited by chris211 on December 19, 2017 8:16PM
  • MLGProPlayer
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    It took me about 1000 hours of just playing. 250 hours grinding sounds about right.
  • Milvan
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    SirAndy wrote: »
    Milvan wrote: »
    DISCLAIMER: This is just informative, please keep friendly. Let's try not to be much judgmental or harsh on the player. People play as they want.

    [Snip]

    You know that this isn't actually mine, I just shared it just for the sake of information, as I state on original comment.

    And yes, I have been around these forums for quite a while to know how people usually react to stuff like this :D At least people are being really civil and construcive. I'm proud of y'all.

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    Edited by ZOS_KatP on January 3, 2018 2:10PM
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  • Samadhi
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    Milvan wrote: »
    A guildie of mine grinded his way from 0 to 690 in 254 hours.

    Screenshot_54.png

    254 hours of hardcore grind with trainning set and xp scrolls/pots and sometimes others guildies help.



    DISCLAIMER: This is just informative, please keep friendly. Let's try not to be much judgmental or harsh on the player. People play as they want.

    Was your guildie an Altmer?
    And once we know that,
    would someone more intelligent than myself be willing to run the numbers to figure out how much time Altmer saves?
    just for interest sake
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  • badmojo
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    Samadhi wrote: »
    Milvan wrote: »
    A guildie of mine grinded his way from 0 to 690 in 254 hours.

    Screenshot_54.png

    254 hours of hardcore grind with trainning set and xp scrolls/pots and sometimes others guildies help.



    DISCLAIMER: This is just informative, please keep friendly. Let's try not to be much judgmental or harsh on the player. People play as they want.

    Was your guildie an Altmer?
    And once we know that,
    would someone more intelligent than myself be willing to run the numbers to figure out how much time Altmer saves?
    just for interest sake

    Why would altmer save time?
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  • Samadhi
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    badmojo wrote: »
    Samadhi wrote: »
    Milvan wrote: »
    A guildie of mine grinded his way from 0 to 690 in 254 hours.

    Screenshot_54.png

    254 hours of hardcore grind with trainning set and xp scrolls/pots and sometimes others guildies help.



    DISCLAIMER: This is just informative, please keep friendly. Let's try not to be much judgmental or harsh on the player. People play as they want.

    Was your guildie an Altmer?
    And once we know that,
    would someone more intelligent than myself be willing to run the numbers to figure out how much time Altmer saves?
    just for interest sake

    Why would altmer save time?

    557a1a693332703.jpg

    Does this not apply to CR experience gains as well?
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  • Imza
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    Samadhi wrote: »
    badmojo wrote: »
    Samadhi wrote: »
    Milvan wrote: »
    A guildie of mine grinded his way from 0 to 690 in 254 hours.

    Screenshot_54.png

    254 hours of hardcore grind with trainning set and xp scrolls/pots and sometimes others guildies help.



    DISCLAIMER: This is just informative, please keep friendly. Let's try not to be much judgmental or harsh on the player. People play as they want.

    Was your guildie an Altmer?
    And once we know that,
    would someone more intelligent than myself be willing to run the numbers to figure out how much time Altmer saves?
    just for interest sake

    Why would altmer save time?

    557a1a693332703.jpg

    Does this not apply to CR experience gains as well?

    Yes it does
  • Resfeber
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    Runs wrote: »
    So your guild mate spent 0 time talking, 0 time finding guilds, 0 inactive time?
    Bathroom breaks are for the weak!

    Also finding this thread interesting btw. I play fairly casually these days so I'm interested to hear the dedication it takes to actually grind up.
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  • srfrogg23
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    Back in my day, we had to grind to cp 690. Up hill, both ways, in the snow.
  • SaintSubwayy
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    The CP hard CAP is actually 3600 :wink: (=every CP tree maxed out)

    The Cap you mean, is only the sofcap, for the points you can actually use ;)
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  • SammyFable
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    Guys. Cp Cap is 3600 (ok hard cap). Takes waaaaaaaaaaaay longer.
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  • phairdon
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    Almost 11 days to grind out 690CP? damn.
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