Leveling up - too fast?

KalecStromhir · May 2014

I out leveled Shadowfen and 6 quest became grey. But it was partly my fault for wondering around killing and looting shinnies.
Even not doing this and going from quest to quest, you can level past. It is just hard when the level difference between quest/mobs is only 5.

Magdalina · May 2014

Backrub wrote: »

Well apparently it happens. I've done my best to gather as much xp as I could, still I'm only 43 and can't find any more quests to do (except group qs etc).

Do you have all those fancy achievements like locales/skyshards/quests(I usually have at least 5 more quest AFTER the last achievement, too. Except Shadowfen. Shadowfen was a pain)? Are you sure you have them?
I don't known what to say if so, I don't wear my Ring of Mara, never ever PvP-ed, never ran a dungeon more than once, never grinded for exp, I'm ALREADY lvl 43 and I just BARELY started Rift.

paradoxorganisationb16_ESO · May 2014

1-50 takes no time at all basicly and then VR content comes. Basicly they might aswell have made it lvl 150 instead of trying to call it something fancy like VR.

Sure VR is easy too and you might think that's too fast too, but anyways just giving you a heads up for you next 110 lvls of questing and then you have to start grinding skills exp and get gear.

DitsyGirl · May 2014

What game are you guys playing? Its surly not ESO.. I never out level a zone before I finish my quests in it. and yes I do all of the quests and dungeons. Other then the group dungeons I don't do those or much PVP.

I always find my self 3-5 levels lower then the zone im questing in. And on both characters I got to vet level. I had to grind from 47 to 50 on cold harbor becuse I ran out of quests.

I don't know how people can be saying they out level zones. If you PVP all of the time. Don' t come here,saying that normal pve leveling is to fast as it is not. PVP and PVE are 2 different things. and not everyone here PVPs.

I don't pvp hardly at all. I came to this game becuse I loved the Elderscrolls games. and PVP has never been a part of the ElderScrolls before this online game.

So don't come complaining that leveling is to fast when you do allot of PVP. and not just PVE.

Brockxz · May 2014

I outleveled zone quests already in Stonefalls. If you try to explore everything and do everything you will outlevel zones really easy and that way you will stay until Veteran zones.
I even avoided using anything that gives me extra XP (mara rings, exploration trait armor, avoided killing anything that gives XP and I don't need to kill) but I still outleveled. And I didn't PvP.

PharmaChief · May 2014

I dont think that in MMO's you are meant to do everything with 1 character. I am lvl 20 and i do missions between 17 and 20 lvl now. I only do yellow qsts. If one turns green i skip it and go to the next area. Still i have outleveled the content somewhat but that is because i did group dungeons more than once. I do believe though that opening chests should not give you exp

DitsyGirl · May 2014

Brockxz wrote: »

I outleveled zone quests already in Stonefalls. If you try to explore everything and do everything you will outlevel zones really easy and that way you will stay until Veteran zones.
I even avoided using anything that gives me extra XP (mara rings, exploration trait armor, avoided killing anything that gives XP and I don't need to kill) but I still outleveled.

I explore. I do every quest and dungeon other then the group ones. and I'm not referring to the starting zones. All zones after the starting ones. Every zone after the starting zones I'm 3-5 levels under the zone.

Leveling is not to fast in this game.

paradoxorganisationb16_ESO · May 2014

If you are underlvld in every zone i can tell you that you are not doing every quest, solo dungeon or whatever in the zone. I have a max VR and 2 other VR char and basicly since lvl 20 or so i've been outlvling the zones.

DitsyGirl · May 2014

paradoxorganisationb16_ESO wrote: »

If you are underlvld in every zone i can tell you that you are not doing every quest, solo dungeon or whatever in the zone. I have a max VR and 2 other VR char and basicly since lvl 20 or so i've been outlvling the zones.

I don't camp bosses and spawns like you probably do and did.

paradoxorganisationb16_ESO · May 2014

DitsyGirl wrote: »

paradoxorganisationb16_ESO wrote: »

If you are underlvld in every zone i can tell you that you are not doing every quest, solo dungeon or whatever in the zone. I have a max VR and 2 other VR char and basicly since lvl 20 or so i've been outlvling the zones.

I don't camp bosses and spawns like you probably do and did.

Umm ok.

You don't get to VR fast by camping bosses mate. My latest alt my templar i took from 1-50 in under 3 days and i was outlvling zones again from around lvl 20 and i have not done a single grp dungeon and skip most of the skulls.

So having played 3 chars to VR, 1 to max and from what i've seen from my GF and other friends playing that game i'd say i'm pretty confident in saying you skipped a lot of the quests and/or public dungeons if you are underlvld.

Anyways not what this post was about and honestly i don't care if you belive me or not.

LadyDestiny · May 2014

Same problem here. Lvl 43 and still have half of Reapers march to complete. I do not pvp, but plan on in the future so no xp gain there. I have not even completed all the group dungeons either but have out leveled most content from around mid 20's. Followed the quest lines and are having some quests grey out on me. Maybe they should consider changing the lockout on xp and loot from 5 levels to 10? That would give a little more room to work with I think. Seems like I am always around 2 levels higher than I need to be for loot

Frcyr · May 2014

Bangkorai starts around lv37 and I'm already 38, not even close to finish Alik'r Desert

But I don't want to go to Bangkorai without finishing Alik'r Desert. So I have to play vs low lv mobs

I do almost every quest, explore everything,do no pvp since a few hours in early access and group dungeons only once. And i don't use the Ring of Mara.

AngryNord · May 2014

I was Level 25 when I entered Shadowfen, Level 26 now, and still only about haflway in the early quests which are Level 24...

netsike · May 2014

Guys, it's good like this. Why? There are a LOT of players who don't want to do all the thousand quests. The other thing is: from 1 to 50 it's just the 1/3 part of the game, as soon as you hit V1 and realize you have to do all the questing you've done 2 times again (like +100 levels), you won't feel like it's too fast. Trust me.

Lisyonok · May 2014

For those LOT of players, they won't be harmed by our desire for a toggle for slower/no experience. They can choose not to use it.
Keep experience the same and put an OPTIONAL way to slow your experience down. Or even put something in to 'mentor' your level down (similar to the "Chronomage" system in EQ2. Outlevel a zone? Go pay to drop your lvl to 15 temporarily.)

Will it hurt anybody? No, Don't use it if you want to level fast. Will it make people happy? Yes.

Magdalina · May 2014

DitsyGirl wrote: »

I don't know how people can be saying they out level zones. If you PVP all of the time. Don' t come here,saying that normal pve leveling is to fast as it is not. PVP and PVE are 2 different things. and not everyone here PVPs.

I don't pvp hardly at all. I came to this game becuse I loved the Elderscrolls games. and PVP has never been a part of the ElderScrolls before this online game.

So don't come complaining that leveling is to fast when you do allot of PVP. and not just PVE.

And this is when actually reading more than the name of the thread you're responding to comes in handy. I think I said at least 3 times(and so did some other ppl in this thread) I've NEVER PvP-ed. I haven't even tried it, not once. Neither has my bf with whom we play together. Again, lvl 43 with barely having started the Rift.
And no, we don't camp boss spawns. Well, sometimes we do til we get the fancy blue drop but it's like...2-3 kills every once in a while, nowhere close to hours of grinding we'd have to do for it to *significantly* affect our exp. And we don't run dungeons all day, once at most.
Do you have all the quests of <x> achievements from every zone? And skyshards and locales and all?

Anyway, I'm perfectly fine with the idea that everyone is different and someone just wants straightforward uninhibited progress with never going off the main road. These ppl paid for the game too and they have their right to do so, but as Lisyonok said, an OPTIONAL way to slow down exp would be great for some of us.

Sharee · May 2014

DitsyGirl wrote: »

What game are you guys playing? Its surly not ESO.. I never out level a zone before I finish my quests in it. and yes I do all of the quests and dungeons. Other then the group dungeons I don't do those or much PVP.

I always find my self 3-5 levels lower then the zone im questing in. And on both characters I got to vet level. I had to grind from 47 to 50 on cold harbor becuse I ran out of quests.

I don't know how people can be saying they out level zones. If you PVP all of the time. Don' t come here,saying that normal pve leveling is to fast as it is not. PVP and PVE are 2 different things. and not everyone here PVPs.

I don't pvp hardly at all. I came to this game becuse I loved the Elderscrolls games. and PVP has never been a part of the ElderScrolls before this online game.

So don't come complaining that leveling is to fast when you do allot of PVP. and not just PVE.

I haven't even set foot in cyrodiil yet. And i only stay at a dungeon boss long enough to be able to loot it once.

When i finished with glenumbra, i was level 18, almost 19. Highest mobs in glen are level 15. That means when i entered stormhaven, the mobs i encountered were 2-3 levels below me. And from there, the effect just snowballed. Everytime i entered a new area i was higher and higher over the level of content around me. Until i finally decided that after Rivenspire(which was zero challenge due to my level), i would not go to Alik'r desert, but skip it completely and go directly to Bangkorai, because that was now content of my level.

Jade1986 · May 2014

DitsyGirl wrote: »

What game are you guys playing? Its surly not ESO.. I never out level a zone before I finish my quests in it. and yes I do all of the quests and dungeons. Other then the group dungeons I don't do those or much PVP.

I always find my self 3-5 levels lower then the zone im questing in. And on both characters I got to vet level. I had to grind from 47 to 50 on cold harbor becuse I ran out of quests.

I don't know how people can be saying they out level zones. If you PVP all of the time. Don' t come here,saying that normal pve leveling is to fast as it is not. PVP and PVE are 2 different things. and not everyone here PVPs.

I don't pvp hardly at all. I came to this game becuse I loved the Elderscrolls games. and PVP has never been a part of the ElderScrolls before this online game.

So don't come complaining that leveling is to fast when you do allot of PVP. and not just PVE.

Exactly, I find all skyshards, all locales , do all main and side quests and I am right on par with the quests atm at 28.

Sharee · May 2014

laced wrote: »

Exactly, I find all skyshards, all locales , do all main and side quests and I am right on par with the quests atm at 28.

Do you have the zone quest achievement? Check it. Open journal, click achievements tab, quest category.
Glenumbra quests achievement is awarded after completing 61 quests. I actually found 63 total. If you don't have it, you did not do all main and side quests.

Perseas · May 2014

i leveled up fast up to 50, but after that, it slows down like.... if you do an entire area, you get the 3/4 of a level! Allot... now I am RV9 and I also got the 1/5 of the level for RV10. But I am so bored at the same time...

I am very angry with zenimax, they make us play with other alliances and it destroys the essence of choosing an alliance from the first place. I hate dominions and pacts and I have to do that, in order to get my lvls. There is no interest to me, thats why I am so bored... If they tweak the quests, be able to kill their queens and maries... I may like it.

Sharee · May 2014

Perseas wrote: »

I am very angry with zenimax, they make us play with other alliances and it destroys the essence of choosing an alliance from the first place. I hate dominions and pacts and I have to do that, in order to get my lvls. There is no interest to me, thats why I am so bored... If they tweak the quests, be able to kill their queens and maries... I may like it.

DAoC had the 3 areas separate, and to explore 'enemy' lands you had to roll an alt there. To see the whole game, you needed to roll 3 toons at least.

And you know what the forums were like?

"I PAID FOR THE ***WHOLE*** GAME AND NOW YOURE TELLING ME I CAN ONLY SEE 1/3 OF IT UNLESS I ROLL ALTS???!?? OUTRAGE!!!11one!"

Damned if you do, damned if you don't...

Jade1986 · May 2014

Sharee wrote: »

laced wrote: »

Exactly, I find all skyshards, all locales , do all main and side quests and I am right on par with the quests atm at 28.

Do you have the zone quest achievement? Check it. Open journal, click achievements tab, quest category.
Glenumbra quests achievement is awarded after completing 61 quests. I actually found 63 total. If you don't have it, you did not do all main and side quests.

I will check.

Jade1986 · May 2014

Sharee wrote: »

laced wrote: »

Exactly, I find all skyshards, all locales , do all main and side quests and I am right on par with the quests atm at 28.

Do you have the zone quest achievement? Check it. Open journal, click achievements tab, quest category.
Glenumbra quests achievement is awarded after completing 61 quests. I actually found 63 total. If you don't have it, you did not do all main and side quests.

Just checked, I have the Auridon one and the Grahtwood one, I am currently in Greenshade and will most likely get that one too, also have the achievements for the skyshards in both areas. I am a completionist, and I am at the proper level for quests atm. The leveling is not too quick in this game. If you use the exp addition to the armor and the rings of mara, you can EXPECT to level too fast.

Robbiejuve · May 2014

I'm the same, I have to do every quest, that's the content that I paid to enjoy. Someone asked in Cold harbor zone chat why anyone would quest when you could grind levels faster, I was confused by that comment, what's the point of buying the game just to sit there and grind mobs. Who cares how fast you get to max level. Each to their own, I know how I enjoy my MMOs.

For the people that claim to have done all the content and been under level, sorry but that is rubbish. Doing every quest, world boss, event and dungeon, you will finish cold harbor at level 50 without grinding and without having finished the main quest.

aufischb16_ESO · May 2014

I actually think this has to do with the alignment you choose during character creation.
My first char started out in Auridon (inclusive Kenari's Roost) and I was very often under-levelled in the first few places (Auridon, Grahtwood and Greenshade) and just barely levelled enough to do the new quests. I was only able to catch up with my levelling in Malabar Tor. I might have not found all the skyshards, but I always got the "locale"-achievement.

For my second Char, I choose Ebonheart, and I just left Stonefall on level 17 (three quarter up to 18), instead of 15. It just feels soooo good.

Necronomicon · May 2014

Leveling is too fast, hit vr1 in two days played game time.

Magdalina · May 2014

aufischb16_ESO wrote: »

I actually think this has to do with the alignment you choose during character creation.
My first char started out in Auridon (inclusive Kenari's Roost) and I was very often under-levelled in the first few places (Auridon, Grahtwood and Greenshade) and just barely levelled enough to do the new quests. I was only able to catch up with my levelling in Malabar Tor. I might have not found all the skyshards, but I always got the "locale"-achievement.

For my second Char, I choose Ebonheart, and I just left Stonefall on level 17 (three quarter up to 18), instead of 15. It just feels soooo good.

Interesting thought. I'm with the Pact(lvl 43 in the start of Rift), my second char is with Daggerfall and she's almost lvl 34 and still not done with Rivenspire - most quests are already trivial, too. I never did elvish zone though, maybe it is somehow slower.

Jade1986 · May 2014

Necronomicon wrote: »

Leveling is too fast, hit vr1 in two days played game time.

I am going to call BS. Yep. I don't normally do that, but you sir are lying.

paradoxorganisationb16_ESO · May 2014

laced wrote: »

Necronomicon wrote: »

Leveling is too fast, hit vr1 in two days played game time.

I am going to call BS. Yep. I don't normally do that, but you sir are lying.

No honestly that's more then possible. Having a VR10 and 2 other chars in VR. My latest a templar took under 3 days to get to 50, that's not 3 days played just 3 days in my schedule (inc spending time with the family, kid ect normal day stuff).

If you want to listed to every conversation and so of course it will be slower, but if you skip all that as fast as possible and have done the content before it's very doable.

How do you think people hit VR10 before offcial release?

AeliaVicusPlave · May 2014

I would like to have the chance to stop gaining XP by a button in the game settings by chance. Why? I'm not only doing each and every quest, exploring each and every corner of the map and trying to get each and every achievement, but also - as a medium wearing main char - have to farm for leather, which is a PITA. This gives me XP I don't want at this time. While gathering leather to craft new gear for my toon, I simply outlevel content. So the possibility to stop gaining XP for a while by chance should be added. In EQII this was and is one of the major accomplishments to satisfy my slow and don't-let-out-anything playstyle - and it hurts nobody