If you are looking for only XP and can put up a decent AOE farming mobs north of Sentinel is very decent if no other player is around. That being said playing the game and just doing quests, dolmen and whatever else you encounter should be more fun (and give you more skill points as others have pointed out).

PlagueSD wrote: »

JumpmanLane wrote: »

Alikir is better. No loading screens.

There's a loading screen whenever you port to another dolman. I've never understood the "rush" to 50. The only thing that accomplishes is getting you a level 50 character that you have NO IDEA how to play.

Play the game and have fun. Do the quests. If you just level on dolman/zombies/skyreadh, You're missing out on a TON of skillpoints from skyshards and quests...

For end game pve players there really iss no way to "learn to play" a character who isnt leveled. You need all of the skills to learn your rotation and also playing a character with things like bad sustain make it impossible to learn a static rotation. There are different ways to play. For me personally i just don't like questing very much in this game so the fun comes in once i can start doing the content i like and making my toon the best it can be

for the record my fellow gamers I have been playing since the start and lvled up multiple toons. I was purely asking just incase something had changed in regards to grind spots

Skyreach. Magicka based sorcerers do really good in Skyreach. I can usually finish the run in 4-5 minutes without missing mobs. At least 110k/run (can be higher with expensive potions/training gear etc).

Kick and then re-invite your group member at the end of the run to cut back on some time. In a 60 minute span doing that you get 1 MAYBE 2 extra runs worth of time out of it.

P.S. Don't expect grinding to be pleasant. It's mentally draining. I've been grinding catacombs on/off for last 2-3 months. On days where I am really into it, I can do 10-15 levels a day. The results really slow down towards the end when you need 400k+ a level.

PlagueSD wrote: »

JumpmanLane wrote: »

Alikir is better. No loading screens.

There's a loading screen whenever you port to another dolman. I've never understood the "rush" to 50. The only thing that accomplishes is getting you a level 50 character that you have NO IDEA how to play.

Play the game and have fun. Do the quests. If you just level on dolman/zombies/skyreadh, You're missing out on a TON of skillpoints from skyshards and quests...

They maybe 50 but they miss out on acquiring additional skill points and learning how to properly play the character. Now if the player has a main and it is the same class but simply creating the 2nd character for PVP I see no issue of fast leveling, otherwise I would take my time and enjoy the game story.

dtsharples wrote: »

I actually prefer doing dungeons, esp if you can get 1 or 2 friends together who are also levelling.
Completing any dungeon for the 1st time gives a tonne of xp, and then there is the quest completion xp also.
Plus the bonus xp to any random group finders you do.

On top of that you level up Undaunted + Fighters guild too, so it's less of a grind later.
Time your xp pots / scrolls well and you can level up very quickly.

If you are not playing with friends, turn your char into a tank / healer so you get a queue much quicker.
You can play hybrid until 50 and it will help you level up different skill-lines + armour types.

It might not be THE fastest way to get to 50. (It's still pretty fast)
But it sure is efficient at making your character almost 100% ready-to-go when they do hit 50.

I agree that this is the most efficient for level, Skill Points, Undaunted and fighters guild. Also don't forget BG dailies as well for easy CP.

As others have stated... if this is your FIRST character, then I wouldn't rush anything... but if you're an altaholic like me, then you want to get your character to 50 so you can wear your top gear and have all skills leveled before questing... because I'm OCD like that.

Yet, with a new character, even before grinding dolmens, I 'jump to guildmate' for all the zones in the game and run around unlocking all wayshrines, collecting open world skyshards and lorebooks along the way... sometimes I'll even run a delve if they're near a wayshrine. After unlocking all wayshrines, I return to Auridon and run the dolmen circuit... not only does this level your character, but also levels the skills you have on your bars, plus levels the Fighters Guild skill line. On top of that, I eventually gain my favorite 'title', Daedric Lord Slayer, from the General Executioner achievement. I always run with XP scrolls as well... I'd say took me about eight hours of dolmen grinding to reach level 50- having started running the dolmens at level 32.

Forgot to mention... before dolmens I also finish the base game Main story quests up to arriving in Coldharbour. After reaching level 50, I go back and finish the Main story to unlock Soul Assault ultimate, then go and finish main alliance quest. From there I finish DLC starter quests and then main quests- Wrothgar, Morrowind, Clockwork City and Summerset.

The entire reason for a lot of these is because of skillpoints... skyshards for skillpoints and main quests for skill points.