What is your alt leveling Strategy?

Phanex · August 2020

Depends on the Class of the toon for me really (and a bit of the backstory I made for them).

I make purple gear (depends on if mage/stam on which sets I make)+ %training on all of it around lvls 10-12.

If its a hard class for me to get a handle on I usually just stop leveling it, or just run through and do all the main missions in my home nation.

If its a class I really enjoy I'll spend more time and energy on getting it better gear as they level and do more side quests to flesh out the job.

If its a class I fell in love with I do all the quests/story lines/etc. in each zone to give that toon the respect it deserves lol.

I usually use the free items the gave provides, the food, drinks, scrolls, and potions, to help with this.

Kosef · August 2020

Donny_Vito wrote: »

Pre-Reqs:
- Minimum purple gear, all training.
- Xp Scroll, 150% preferred
- I only level alts during XP events, no other time.

1) Dolmens in Deshaan for the first 10 levels
2) Random dungeon and BG
3) Buy SkyReach runs from guidies for about an hour or two
4) Play another character
5) Repeat 2 and 3

- Usually takes me about a couple days with this method.

I'm always weary of leveling low-level toons in Deshaan. If a mother's sorrow staff with the right traits or purple mother's sorrow jewelry drop that I can't sell...i'd be pissed lol. So I tend to stick to Alikr although that becomes boring super fast.

MinnesotaKid · August 2020

Lvl 0-10 (any gear)
Clear starter island
Get Mage, Fighter, Undaunted skill lines
Collect skyshards as I work my way up the map for my undaunted dungeon
Complete intro to Cyro / IC quests once lvl 10 is hit

Lvl 11-16 (any gear)
Random dungeon / BG

Lvl 17-32 (green training gear)
Main quest line (gotta have that soul back)

Lvl 33-50 (blue training gear)
Public dungeons, dolmens, skyshards

Hamish999 · August 2020

Training gear in relevent sets for stam or mag at levels 2 or 4, 16, 26 and 36, purple armour and weapons, blue jewellery.

Then I will do a mixture of the main quest as far as Coldharbour, CWC main quest in conjuction with The Precursor*, Mages Guild quest (a good way to level Fighters Guild too) and public dungeons group bosses and skyshards. Porting to a guildy in the next zone I want to go to and grabbing any skyshards as I travel to the delve for Precursor parts and the Public Dungeon (I'll also unlock wayshrines on the way too, a gentle zigzag to my destination I guess lol).

Then when it's time for that last push of levels/skills I will do the Alik'r dolmen run.

I find this method allows me the skill points required to level my skills as I'm going along.

*I'm slowly building a Precursor army, got 12 so far

AlnilamE · August 2020

I'm not in a rush to level charcters, so when I make a new one, I log in daily to train mounts and take them to guild events where we do PvE stuff like world bosses or public dungeons. If we are doing something XP intensive, I may pop an XP scroll.

Ei8htba11 · August 2020

I don't have one, I stick em with the pointy end until I've killed enough to reach 50. I'll use XP scrolls, because no matter how many I use, there always seems to be more cluttering up the bank slots.

That said I only have 9 characters, and the last one on the account is approaching 50.

Kalik_Gold · August 2020

Make two training set 10 (not weapons)
Make two training set 30 (not weapons)
*Use rewards when accessible for training weapons, otherwise use max damage training I get from drops

1-10 starter zone
10 - 30 (fighter's guild max) Dolmens
30 - 50 publix dungeons - Forgotten Wastes or Forgotten Crypts

Use XP scrolls I have saved up (have over 150 still, and all characters on NA are max level)

madrab73 · August 2020

Time effective over fastest
Level 3 level riding speed 30 days
Open maps up travelling to guild mates grab skyshards to level 6 in junk gear
Level 6 purple training gear clear base game public dungeons
Level 6 to 26 Clear undaunted and mages guild delve every day plus level riding skills
Level 26 to 42 new training set, as previous but start clearing region delves and skyshards
Level 42 new training set as previous plus main story quest
Level 50 Dolmens to finish class skills and any other skills needing levelled

Oreyn_Bearclaw · August 2020

I have 18 Level 50 toons, 3 of each class, for whatever that is worth.

Until recently (It was deconed in the great spring cleaning event of 2020), I had a full set of Magic and Stamina training gear. Magic gear was Julianos and Magnus (lighting/fire staffs), Stam was Hundings and Night mothers (DW/Bow). It was at level 4, 10, 20, 30, 40. All my training gear is 5/1/1 to ensure I am leveling all my armor lines.

Step one on making a new character (skip tutorial and start at Lvl3) was to simply start porting to all the major capital cities from my guild friends list. This gets you to level 4 pretty fast. I then max out the bag space, start feeding my horse, and grab the mages/fighters guild lines. I throw on the level 4 gear and usually go to dolmens until about level 10. Some classes can go straight to grinding with their early skills, but this assures that you have a few skills on your bars* just by tagging along at some dolmens. I also grab the recovery mundus at this point for my main attribute, and make sure I have a stack of trash pots, XP scrolls/potions, and some regen food (witchmothers for example). Oh yeah, and spend your CP (I always forgot that part for a few levels).

*sidenote on Bars: I ALWAYS keep one class skill from each line on my front bar to ensure they all level. I also typically keep a skill for the obvious back bar weapon line (cant use but does gain weaponline XP) and one skill for another weapon (2H, Resto, S+B) etc. I might be a little flexible until I unlock bar swapping, but I try to be strict about this. Once a skill hits morph, I move to the next in line. My goal is to have all class skills and at least 2 weapons lines leveled to morph and as close to 50 as possible by the time I hit 50.

At level 10, I grab rapids in Cyro (RIP), and put on my level 10 gear.

I then go to one of a handful of zombie grinds (zombie's level fighters guild). I can usually get to about 30 in a few hours. Skyreach is also useful if you have a buddy, but I don't pay for carries. Early in the grinding, i am sure to quickly equip a trash weapon I pick up from all the lines and kill something, this unlocks them so I can start leveling those lines passively.

Once I hit 30, I respec my skills typically and quickly power level alchemy and provisioning. Takes maybe 15 minutes if you know what you are doing. I do it then because sometimes you can have a skill point crunch about this point and need to respec anyway if you really are unlocking everything to ensure you level all class lines and applicable weapon lines. I try to spend passives in racial, light/medium armor, and destro/DW, depending on whether its magic or stam. I will spend in obvious class passives, but you really dont need to. Once I power level those two lines, I respec again, and go back to grinding.

I will typically start to queue for random normals at this point (the pool is pretty small) while I grind. If the queue pops, I do the dungeon, because it gives a skill point and some good XP, especially the first of the day. By level 30, you have enough skills to form a basic dungeon build. I will sometimes jump into normal VMA if I am bored, but usually not. It's honestly not super efficient, but it is better than a really crowded grind spot.

I swap gear again at 40, and continue to grind until I hit 50. At 50, I always go straight to VMA, mostly for the title, but also to get a feel for the class.

For most magic classes, all I use to grind are 2 ground dots (blockade and one from the class) and lighting heavy attacks. For stamina, it's mostly hail and Steel Tornado. I will of course backbar good class utility skills like Crit Surge, repentence, Siphoning strikes, just to name a few (really anything that helps with passive heals, damage, or resources). I will certainly also use good grind skills like Sap essence or Sweeps, depending on class.

During double XP, you can have a pretty well rounded toon in about 5-6 hours with this method. Most class/weapon lines should be at 50 or really close, and all your useful skills should be at least at morph. You will be light on skill points if you havent spent some time getting shards (or buy them), but you should have enough for either a basic build or to park the toon for crafting writs. On a stam toon, i would normally jump into cyro at that point to get vigor/Caltrops.

I then typically start the undaunted grind in vet dungeons, and decide what guild skill lines I also need. If you are going to buy any, psijic and mages are the obvious two as they are a nightmare.

pod88kk · August 2020

I go around getting skyshards and lorebooks until I hit level 50. Usually get it by the time I get the Pact, Dominion and Covenant skyshard achievements

Thannazzar · August 2020

Main story quests & public dungeon group bosses for skill points. Zombies in alik"ir for skill levelling. Only during a double xp event with scrolls running.

Nestor · August 2020

Lets see, I leveled 5 Characters to V16, back when it was a real grind.

Then once One Tamriel hit, I did the Dolmen Grind on one character, but that made my eyes burn.

Since i needed the Skyshards and Blue Lorebooks anyway, I then decided to get the skyshards in the first 15 Zones, and the Public Dungeons and the Dolmens in each zone once. That got me to L50 and enough Skill Points to have a useful character. And, it took less time than doing the dolmen grind, then chasing books and shards.

However, for the last 3 or 4 characters, i have gone back to story questing. It is more fun.

BeefcakeManwich · August 2020

Kosef wrote: »

BeefcakeManwich wrote: »

For all the ppl with do what u like. No sheet Sherlock. The post was a question of how u power level alts. For those that talk about do this so u don't have to do it later. Skyshards, lorebooks and whatever that's not efficient for "power lvling" to 50. It's tedious and mind numbing but dolmens and skyreach is my go to for efficiency to 50. Also I recommend purple training gear. It's not expensive to upgrade but worth it. With that said. I start out with lvl10 purple training and use it to lvl49. The game is that easy and forgiving imo. Also with dolmens u just need to tag not kill. Skyreach u just need to be close and not die. I like to point out my alts do have the advantage of max cp. Now I do stop power lvling this way at lvl45. Lvl45 is when I focus on lorebooks, skyshards, psijic skill line. I have max champion points, master crafter and money in the bank so this will not help everyone. But to answer the question. That's how I power lvl alts. The master writ is something I have not tried. Guess it's time to lvl another alt.

More to my point.

I'm the type that would rather circle back and grab skyshards and other things later once I've reached max level. I find that doing public dungeons and leveling with the occasional dungeon skill point gets me enough to have a viable character at 50 that will be ok to circle back and farm more skill points. I'm more interested in the strategies folks use to get to 50 the fastest.

All ideas so far have been good though.

There were some things I did not go into. Why stop power lvling at lvl45? Undaunted skill line opens at 45. Plus another 5 lvls of mindless grinding might be the stray that broke the camel's back. I think using xp pots, scrolls, and events is a given. But sometimes u don't have them for whatever reason. Also I didn't mention I do que for daily bgs and random. Can't pass up the juicy xp. Daily town quests in cyrodiil are nice breaks from grinding lvls. They are quick, easy and close by. So easy I complete them with no problem in lvl10 training gear. Bruma first if it's controlled my the alts faction. For begining questline after coldharbour. EP bleakrock is most efficient. Start the quest from wayshrine. From there grab eastern quest and work ur way counterclockwise. The other two faction's can't beat EP starting island quests if u do it this way.

Sylvermynx · August 2020

I don't have one (a strategy, I mean). I make another character when s/he pops into my head and says "It's time!" And then I play that person when something prompts me. I have lots of characters - 56 right now.... so there's always someone to play, from every level (from 8 to CP420, including the CP10 that happened just today).

I'm so not in a hurry to level anyone. I play whoever's yelling "ME ME ME" the loudest....

Wildberryjack · August 2020

Not a power leveler but I get to 15 asap, usually dolmen running with training gear and xp scrolls, cause I want bar swap. From there I just mess around and have fun until I eventually hit 50.

Runefang · August 2020

Join dolmen group. Watch tv, move toon forward and back while the dolmen is active.

buttaface · August 2020

Tiered training gear, all toons level as stam to 50 with 2h, stampede is your friend, brawler is your friend, soul trap morph that gives resources on kill is your friend, port to all guild members at lvl 3 under a scroll or exp potion, start main quest and do it up to they reform the companions easiest skill points in the game, but if just want to PL (you won't have near enough skill points even for a bare bones build), find a large delve or fast overland camp, corpse garden in deshaan is former and gets you Fighters guild maxed or close about at lvl 50, "tent" camp some north of honrich tower in rift is overland option if don't need FG. There are many camps, look for fast spawning packs with 3 mobs in camps. Dolmens are INEFFICIENT, public dungeons are INEFFICIENT. Don't forget to do your CP for stam dps at the start. Do Cyrodiil tutorial under a scroll.

Around level 45, do public dungeons straight to the skill points and shards.

If building a tank and have the knowhow, you can work in the easy dungeons for quests, but can be a pain because ... will rush and keep you from doing the quest objectives.

Keep one main class skill on the killing bar at all times and figure out how to work them into the rotation. Save up all scrolls.

Incidentally, lvled latest toons on corpse garden in deshan, killed THOUSANDS of mobs, 0 MS staffs of ANY kind ever, nada, lol.

Writ leveling is an option, especially around festivals, but it takes LOTS of setup and gold. Mob leveling takes about 2 days of intermediate play, just did two toons last week. The advantage is that as long as you have stampede going, it's mindless, stampede to packs, soultrap a mob, kill, next pack. Least eye travel and pulling.