An option to purchase lvl 50 character

myskyrim26 · August 2020

Another day at Alik'r dolmens. I launch ESO with a heavy heart as if I'm going to do something I'm not willing to. And this is true: I really hate doing one and the same thing for hours. Some people are patient, some are said to level till 50 in just 1 day. How they are not going crazy? I don't know. I tried Master Writs method. Crafted gold things. It yielded 9 levels and I ran out of Master Writs and Gold. To dolmens, again? I want to cry. Or just log out and play something else - the game where I actually PLAY, not stay at one damned place.
Why not having an option to purchase a lvl 50 character? To make this thing fair, let it work like this: a player must already have a maxed character of this class. Like: I have a lvl 50+ Sorcerer and I'm able to create one more, without having to waste my time leveling... Maybe the required level could be 160 CP to make sure the player knows how to play this class...

P.S.: I play 1-2 hours a day. I can't run 3 dolmens in circle because of loading screens: once I get to dolmen, it is already done. So I just stay at one and the same place.

Ackwalan · August 2020

Have you tried playing the zone/chapter story quests?

Vevvev · August 2020

Dolmens are not the fastest way to level by the way. In fact after you've done each one you get diminishing returns on the consecutive ones you do. Real trick is getting training gear and killing tons of NPCs like zombies and the like. Get an AoE or two to burn them down and you'll be getting lots of experience quickly. There is also Skyreach which you can do with a group to get lots of experience to, but I'd go with friends since people love to charge others for carrying them through it.

Knightpanther · August 2020

Coming to the CS soon.

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sharquez · August 2020

Then don't. You are supposed to be playing games for fun. When it turns into a chore you are doing it wrong. I do say this with 17 max level characters, but I tried to make leveling each one as enjoyable as possible. Screw the dolmens, that is brain dead boring, Do random dungeons, BGs and play content that you enjoy. The joy of this game is that you do not need to be max level to enjoy everything., and while you wont be getting armor sets you can pass on you can get fragments and recipes and rewards that are not level dependent.

myskyrim26 · August 2020

Ackwalan wrote: »

Have you tried playing the zone/chapter story quests?

This was how I leveled my prevous character. Took about 2 months to get to 50.

santhoranb16_ESO · August 2020

Play the game and do what you enjoy, if you dont enjoy playing the game stop playing it. In ESO you can be pretty quick lvl 50 with quite a lot different tasks, be it dungeons, pvp dailys, or even questing - some are faster and some not so much, but it depends all that it makes _fun_ to play. What is it for to just be lvl 50? Means not much in ESO. And in the next step then someone suggests buying CP 810 to play Vet Trials... i see that coming.

Carylas · August 2020

Dolmen farming gets boring way too fast. I usually give my character all training gear, use an experience scroll, complete daily dungeon, and battleground quests.

If you've never completed a dungeon, then you must get the dungeon's story quest as well. While having an experience scroll activated, Undaunted daily delve XP + the XP from clearing a dungeon for the first time + dungeon quest completion XP combined could give your character 2-3 levels in the beginning.

After that, you can kill world bosses, complete dolmens/dragons/geysers/harrowstorms. Main story quests also give good XP.

zaria · August 2020

Do an random dungeon a day and you will get 2 levels each run at least with xp scroll or potion.
While you waiting in queue collect skyshards and do public dungeons for skill points.
Do daily random BG who also give AP.
Dungeons also give skill points.

Everest_Lionheart · August 2020

If you are in a guild ask someone to join you and form a group to level up together, you’ll gain bonus XP from grouping. Also the daily reward drop enough free crown experience scrolls to get you tons of levels very quickly. Training equipment is also highly recommended. I have 2 sets that have for my stamina and magicka toons for level 15 and 30. Levels 1-15 come fast so I use whatever I’ve picked up. Level 30-50 it doesn’t really matter because if you are grinding for levels even being 15-20 levels low in your equipment it’s doesn’t really hurt you for this sort of grind.

Also if you’ve already got a decent amount of CP on your first toon you can apply that to your new toon to make the grind go much faster. Yes the CP counts once you have earned it so use it to your advantage for future toons. With that CP you can take a low level toon through the main quest line even with your under leveled training gear. You’ll want the skill points anyway. I would also recommend doing the first 3-4 zones in your alliance to get the extra skyshards and skill points as well. You’ll need them to round out your character skills. First 3 of AD, first 4 of EP and DC. You need more in the EP and DC zones because they both have what amounts to 2 starter islands before you hit a full zone where AD has just the one.

Last thing get your fighters and mages guilds unlocked asap. Especially fighters because not all grinds are created equal, some give experience specific to FG and it’s super easy to level. MG unfortunately takes a while because you have to collect eat least 208 books give or take a few to hit max level.

I’ve done 2/3 of my toons to level 50 in 4-5 days soloing my way through some of the grinds just popping the 2hr crown exp scrolls and rolling through some of the quests. Power leveling in a day is all well and good but remember skill points are just as important. Nothing is worse than needing half a dozen skill points to finish off a build when your lv50 bubble pops and you at at the gear cap with half the skills you actually need for battle!

Kalik_Gold · August 2020

Do Forgotten Wastes or Forgotten Crypts... more fun, more xp.

Luke_Flamesword · August 2020

Just don't rush - the best way is clearing world when you kill mobs, make quest, clear location and get a skyshard at the same time. You can clear delves and public dungeons, getting a lot of skillpoints and exp. Also everyday random dungeon and BGS gives a lot, especially if you have exp scroll active. Last time I trained 5 characters simultaneously in just 3-4 weeks. There was almost no grinding - just playing the game.

There is so much content to do, that it's almost crazy to make the same 3 dolmens over and over...

Donny_Vito · August 2020

The option will most likely be coming, and I imagine it'll be along the lines of what you said given how the other pay-to-bypass options have worked. It just seems like too obvious of a request for them not to make it, especially given the direction of the crown store and how they've opened it up.

Everest_Lionheart · August 2020

Donny_Vito wrote: »

The option will most likely be coming, and I imagine it'll be along the lines of what you said given how the other pay-to-bypass options have worked. It just seems like too obvious of a request for them not to make it, especially given the direction of the crown store and how they've opened it up.

If you collect all of your daily rewards that’s like 10 XP scrolls per month. It’s more than enough to take a bow toon to 50. Plus I think you pick up a couple more along the way and one of those is a 100% or 150% boost for an hour, character bound item which works great for those last few levels.

Honestly I grind more hours in this game leveling up skill lines only current builds. I spent most of last week retooling my magplar with 6 skills that I had never bothered to unlock or level before because solo and group setups are quite different. Now I’ve got those skills all in order and can bring that toon to more group content when I choose or swap skills and equipment and solo like I was before. I did have to go grind out a dozen skill points to add all the skills and morphs though which added time. Still it was a good 6-8 hours of grinding without the exp scroll to get everything where I wanted it to be followed by another 2 hours learning a new rotation and several hours of practice since.

The grind doesn’t stop once you hit 50 unfortunately!

ArchMikem · August 2020

Set of Training gear, experience scrolls, and random normal dungeons. That's how I did it quick. If you want to spend money on anything, do it for the 150% crown scrolls. You'll be shocked at how much XP you end up getting from that first daily random.

Donny_Vito · August 2020

Everest_Lionheart wrote: »

Donny_Vito wrote: »

The option will most likely be coming, and I imagine it'll be along the lines of what you said given how the other pay-to-bypass options have worked. It just seems like too obvious of a request for them not to make it, especially given the direction of the crown store and how they've opened it up.

If you collect all of your daily rewards that’s like 10 XP scrolls per month. It’s more than enough to take a bow toon to 50. Plus I think you pick up a couple more along the way and one of those is a 100% or 150% boost for an hour, character bound item which works great for those last few levels.

Honestly I grind more hours in this game leveling up skill lines only current builds. I spent most of last week retooling my magplar with 6 skills that I had never bothered to unlock or level before because solo and group setups are quite different. Now I’ve got those skills all in order and can bring that toon to more group content when I choose or swap skills and equipment and solo like I was before. I did have to go grind out a dozen skill points to add all the skills and morphs though which added time. Still it was a good 6-8 hours of grinding without the exp scroll to get everything where I wanted it to be followed by another 2 hours learning a new rotation and several hours of practice since.

The grind doesn’t stop once you hit 50 unfortunately!

Oh I hear ya, I have 15 maxed out characters. The grind in ESO is beyond real. But I'm merely speaking from a business perspective and by looking at the trend in which the crown store has gone. This request by the OP does not seem far-fetched from other revenue-generating ideas that probably get thrown around in their meetings.

Elvenheart · August 2020

As fun as the game is to play at level 50, it’s really just as fun, if not more so in some ways, to play prior to level 50. As other posters have said, judicious use of the cp you already have will help make leveling subsequent characters even easier. And the daily bonus exp you get for doing a random dungeon queue is at least one level of exp, more with training gear and exp scrolls.

Sometimes, we rush through content to 50, get burned out, and then say, “Now what?” I do everything before 50 that I usually end up doing after 50, except for worrying about armor sets since I’m using training gear. Then, when I reach 50, I have all sorts of fun trying to get and mix and match different sets for best effect. That’s like a little mini game all it’s own! 🙂

PS: I use the outfit system to make the character I’m leveling look the way I want as soon as possible. I find it helps me play that character if it already looks the way I want it to when it is 50. This isn’t World of Clowncraft” after all! 🤣

Jaimeh · August 2020

myskyrim26 wrote: »

Another day at Alik'r dolmens. I launch ESO with a heavy heart as if I'm going to do something I'm not willing to. And this is true: I really hate doing one and the same thing for hours. Some people are patient, some are said to level till 50 in just 1 day. How they are not going crazy? I don't know. I tried Master Writs method. Crafted gold things. It yielded 9 levels and I ran out of Master Writs and Gold. To dolmens, again? I want to cry. Or just log out and play something else - the game where I actually PLAY, not stay at one damned place.
Why not having an option to purchase a lvl 50 character? To make this thing fair, let it work like this: a player must already have a maxed character of this class. Like: I have a lvl 50+ Sorcerer and I'm able to create one more, without having to waste my time leveling... Maybe the required level could be 160 CP to make sure the player knows how to play this class...

P.S.: I play 1-2 hours a day. I can't run 3 dolmens in circle because of loading screens: once I get to dolmen, it is already done. So I just stay at one and the same place.

If you're willing to pay to have a level 50 character, then you can indirectly get one: level via alchemy master writs (which is very expensive, but can level a toon in a couple of hours), then buy all the skill line upgrades from the store, and ta da, new fully levelled character.

vibeborn · August 2020

Leveling up is never fun, but I agree with those who say, don't stand around doing dolmens all day, if you don't feel like it

I tend to do different things when leveling up. Questing, dolmening, farming, dungeoning. It can be tedius yes, but better imho than just sitting around doing the same thing. (and I like doing dolmens)

Would it be nice if there was a purchase lvl 50? Sure, but it should only be available if you've already gotten a character into lvl 50. Personally I wouldn't use it, but that's just me

MyKillv2.0 · August 2020

I am shocked the option isn’t ready a thing. HOWEVER this game doesn’t really require you to be level 50 as opposed to games like WoW or FFXIV, where new content begins at a certain level. When the next chapter roll out, you can literally play it on a fresh toon and experience the chapter. The only thing off the top of my head that you cannot dive into are vet dungeons content. So the need isn’t quite as bad but I agree...the option should be there for people who want it.

newtinmpls · August 2020

ArchMikem wrote: »

Set of Training gear, experience scrolls, and random normal dungeons. That's how I did it quick. If you want to spend money on anything, do it for the 150% crown scrolls. You'll be shocked at how much XP you end up getting from that first daily random.

Then also do a Battlegrounds random till you end up on a team in 1st or 2nd place. If you don't like PvP it can be a struggle, but the XP boost is worth it.

josiahva · August 2020

myskyrim26 wrote: »

Another day at Alik'r dolmens. I launch ESO with a heavy heart as if I'm going to do something I'm not willing to. And this is true: I really hate doing one and the same thing for hours. Some people are patient, some are said to level till 50 in just 1 day. How they are not going crazy? I don't know. I tried Master Writs method. Crafted gold things. It yielded 9 levels and I ran out of Master Writs and Gold. To dolmens, again? I want to cry. Or just log out and play something else - the game where I actually PLAY, not stay at one damned place.
Why not having an option to purchase a lvl 50 character? To make this thing fair, let it work like this: a player must already have a maxed character of this class. Like: I have a lvl 50+ Sorcerer and I'm able to create one more, without having to waste my time leveling... Maybe the required level could be 160 CP to make sure the player knows how to play this class...

P.S.: I play 1-2 hours a day. I can't run 3 dolmens in circle because of loading screens: once I get to dolmen, it is already done. So I just stay at one and the same place.

Why in the world you run dolmens to level? First off...getting to lvl50 ASAP is just not that important, just play NORMALLY a couple hours a day and withing maybe a couple weeks your character will be level 50. If that is too slow for you....do quests and use experience scrolls....you will be there in a few days. If THAT isn't fast enough for you, do skyreach grinding...you will be there in a single day. But again...speed leveling is NOT effecient, even if done in an hour by some miracle its WORTHLESS to speed level because you will still need skill points, unless you plan to pay out the nose for skyshards, you still have to collect skyshards, lorebooks, unlock the psijiic skill line. The fastest way to a fully developed character is to level normally while collecting all the skyshards, lorebooks, and doing the psijiic questline. Once you get to about lvl15, throw in a random normal dungeon to start leveling undaunted and fighters guild skill lines(as well as get the skill points).

THAT is the way to level a new toon EFFICIENTLY...dolmen grinding doesn't even come into it. By the time you done getting enough skyshards and lorebooks to max mages guild, plus the psijiic questline, if you aren't level 50, you will be very close...and you will certainly be by the time you grab the skyshards and skillpoints from public dungeons...all while actually playing the game.

Tommy_The_Gun · August 2020

I think the moment you will be able to buy level 50 for RL cash... it will go too far. Buying skill lines is in the crown store, because... it is designed that way - to take time to get. It is on purpose. So you would either waste time or "buy convince" (P2W is not fashionable, so game companies go for "time-severs" instead).

If they allow us to "buy" level 50... the next thing they will do is to increases exp needed for level 50 by 1000%. So you will have to do 10.000 dolmens in Alik'r (with 150% exp scroll during 100% event exp boost) instead of a 1.000... or... just buy it...

Not to mention how it will affect game balance itself. Being able to have instant level 50 will break something for sure, not to mention it might lead to some crazy exploits. Simple example:
Enter on level 10 character to "below level 50", open crown store, buy level 50, spend CP & equip 160 CP gear, and enjoy. When you are done, you bank all gear, logout, delete character, and repeat procedure next day etc.

Donny_Vito · August 2020

Tommy_The_Gun wrote: »

I think the moment you will be able to buy level 50 for RL cash... it will go too far. Buying skill lines is in the crown store, because... it is designed that way - to take time to get. It is on purpose. So you would either waste time or "buy convince" (P2W is not fashionable, so game companies go for "time-severs" instead).

If they allow us to "buy" level 50... the next thing they will do is to increases exp needed for level 50 by 1000%. So you will have to do 10.000 dolmens in Alik'r (with 150% exp scroll during 100% event exp boost) instead of a 1.000... or... just buy it...

Not to mention how it will affect game balance itself. Being able to have instant level 50 will break something for sure, not to mention it might lead to some crazy exploits. Simple example:
Enter on level 10 character to "below level 50", open crown store, buy level 50, spend CP & equip 160 CP gear, and enjoy. When you are done, you bank all gear, logout, delete character, and repeat procedure next day etc.

I think the OP suggested the same route as which the skill lines are paid for. Once you have leveled a Sorc to 50, then you can choose to buy a new level 50 Sorc from the store. If you want to buy a max Templar, then you need to level one to 50 first. This really makes sense if you have been playing a Mag character and then you want to try the Stam version, but also keep your current character the way it is.

PrimusNephilim · August 2020

[snip] Buy a level 50 character? [snip] It doesn't take long at all to get to level 50 or for that matter, to CP 160. I just leveled up my alternate account character to CP 220 last night and I started leveling this toon only a couple weeks ago while still playing my other characters on my main account which is usually running dailies and writs.....aside from also working a full time career.

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Everest_Lionheart · August 2020

Donny_Vito wrote: »

Everest_Lionheart wrote: »

Donny_Vito wrote: »

The option will most likely be coming, and I imagine it'll be along the lines of what you said given how the other pay-to-bypass options have worked. It just seems like too obvious of a request for them not to make it, especially given the direction of the crown store and how they've opened it up.

If you collect all of your daily rewards that’s like 10 XP scrolls per month. It’s more than enough to take a bow toon to 50. Plus I think you pick up a couple more along the way and one of those is a 100% or 150% boost for an hour, character bound item which works great for those last few levels.

Honestly I grind more hours in this game leveling up skill lines only current builds. I spent most of last week retooling my magplar with 6 skills that I had never bothered to unlock or level before because solo and group setups are quite different. Now I’ve got those skills all in order and can bring that toon to more group content when I choose or swap skills and equipment and solo like I was before. I did have to go grind out a dozen skill points to add all the skills and morphs though which added time. Still it was a good 6-8 hours of grinding without the exp scroll to get everything where I wanted it to be followed by another 2 hours learning a new rotation and several hours of practice since.

The grind doesn’t stop once you hit 50 unfortunately!

Oh I hear ya, I have 15 maxed out characters. The grind in ESO is beyond real. But I'm merely speaking from a business perspective and by looking at the trend in which the crown store has gone. This request by the OP does not seem far-fetched from other revenue-generating ideas that probably get thrown around in their meetings.

The only thing I’ve ever paid to skip so far is psijic and I would pay again to skip it in the future. Grind for sake of grind is no fun and also a major pain when you’ve got to go on the world tour of Tamriel with almost no wayshrines open. Lore books for MG aren’t as grindy to me as they are follow a somewhat logical enough order that takes you past wayshrines, dolemans, delves, skyshards and other points of interest to get the extra skill points you need anyway. And you can walk from zone to zone for some if needed like from stonefalls you can walk out via the north into the rift, complete that loop and exit north there to Eastmarch without wayshrines you can grab all the overland books and shards in about 30-40 minutes.

AlnilamE · August 2020

Personally, I just take my sub-50s to guild events. My guild runs 2 PvE events every week where we do random stuff like world bosses, public dungeons, etc, and get skyshards along the way.

But if you are in a hurry, you probably want to do writs. Provisioning writs are best. Pre-make every thing and hand in all at once. Remember to use XP buffs when you hand them in, because it stacks.

Other than that, daily randoms are also great XP for leveling. I often run into people leveling when I PUG dungeons.

But you also have to ask yourself: Do I need to be level 50 asap on this character? Will level 50 be sufficient? What else do I want/need that I could be getting while leveling?

Mancombe_Nosehair · August 2020

If you hate it that much, then why bother? I got bored levelling my first necromancer, so I stopped at level 23. I can always do the rest when I can be bothered.

On a side note, I tend to do a random normal a day, followed by no more than 10 dolmens (after that I get bored), and perhaps a battleground. But not always in that order.

vgabor · August 2020

josiahva wrote: »

The fastest way to a fully developed character is to level normally while collecting all the skyshards, lorebooks, and doing the psijiic questline. Once you get to about lvl15, throw in a random normal dungeon to start leveling undaunted and fighters guild skill lines(as well as get the skill points).

THAT is the way to level a new toon EFFICIENTLY...

^^ This. There are faster ways to get only the levels, but then after level 50 you still need to grind skill points, mage/fighter guild, etc...

The most efficient (and less boring) way to develop a character is to unlock mages, fighter and undaunted guilds and then get on the psijic questline which will bring you around a lot's of zones. Pick up all the skyshards, lorebooks there, do each dolmen once and also do the public dungeons in the zones you're passing through. Afterward start running the normal dungeons - as you have an organic developed character with all the skill unlocked you can do them easily without carry - and use the xp scrolls collected from the daily login awards, the dungeon quest gives you lots of xp (and a skill point too), you will be level 50 way before you run out of dungeons to complete.

Sarannah · August 2020

There is no need to rush. And ZOS should never ever sell leveled characters.

If you only have 2-3 hours a day, why not actually play the game instead of forcing yourself to do dolmens?!? You can level by any means.

Wandering_Immigrant · August 2020

vgabor wrote: »

josiahva wrote: »

The fastest way to a fully developed character is to level normally while collecting all the skyshards, lorebooks, and doing the psijiic questline. Once you get to about lvl15, throw in a random normal dungeon to start leveling undaunted and fighters guild skill lines(as well as get the skill points).

THAT is the way to level a new toon EFFICIENTLY...

^^ This. There are faster ways to get only the levels, but then after level 50 you still need to grind skill points, mage/fighter guild, etc...

The most efficient (and less boring) way to develop a character is to unlock mages, fighter and undaunted guilds and then get on the psijic questline which will bring you around a lot's of zones. Pick up all the skyshards, lorebooks there, do each dolmen once and also do the public dungeons in the zones you're passing through. Afterward start running the normal dungeons - as you have an organic developed character with all the skill unlocked you can do them easily without carry - and use the xp scrolls collected from the daily login awards, the dungeon quest gives you lots of xp (and a skill point too), you will be level 50 way before you run out of dungeons to complete.

The only thing I would say different here is to start doing the normal dungeons at 10 when they unlock, and just do each one as it unlocks. You might as well be queued while running around outdoor zones collecting stuff.