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Poll: Article Summarizing Opinions On How Long It Takes to Get To End Level.

BelgaraathBelgaraath Member UncommonPosts: 3,205

http://www.pcgamesn.com/elderscrolls/elder-scrolls-online-time-till-level-50-nearly-150-hours-say-playtesters

In Summary:

1) Someone who broke records getting to end game in other games did it in 54 hours zig zagging across Tamriel lol.

2) Another did it in 70-80 hours skipping all dialogue.

3) Another from Tamriel Foundry did it in about 144 hours.

4) ESO creative director Paul Sage has previously estimated 150 hours for players killing and questing at “top speed.

What does that mean for people like me with work and other things in life to worry about that can only play a few hours a day at most?  A minimum of 50 days if I can even play every day averaging about 3 hours of gaming a night (sometimes more on weekend, sometimes less on a super busy day).

Since I doubt Ill be able to play EVERY day and this probably doesn't include me chit chatting and joking around with everyone, crafting, and all the other RPG stuff I like to admire, that pretty much guarantees I won't see end level until about 3 months out if that lol. This doesn't include the 50+ or 50++.

 

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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Totally depends on how quickly I find those Sky Shards. I ain't passing up those free skill points lol.
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  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916
    I'd guess 2 months for me, but that would only be the FIRST character, and I'd be rushing. I plan on having an absolute minimum of 3 chars, so easily 4-6 months, by which time we should be close to the first significant content update, I'd imagine ?
  • ThumbtackJThumbtackJ Member UncommonPosts: 669
    Depends how enthralled I get with it. But I expect to hit 50 in two months, and maybe 50vr10 in three. I plan on exploring every nook and cranny, doing every quest which pops up, reading all the books I can find, and listening to all the dialogue. This game is clearly filled to the brim with lore, and I must absorb it all.
  • Nemesis7884Nemesis7884 Member UncommonPosts: 1,023
    someone who is running through the game, skipping through all the quests, dialogue and lore should probably go back to cod...
  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916
    Originally posted by Nemesis7884
    someone who is running through the game, skipping through all the quests, dialogue and lore should probably go back to cod...

    I have no issue with how fast anyone else plays through the game.

     

    The only time I explode is if they end up crying on the forums about "lack of content" after hitting level-cap in record time by skipping half the content...

  • ThumbtackJThumbtackJ Member UncommonPosts: 669
    Originally posted by SpottyGekko
    Originally posted by Nemesis7884
    someone who is running through the game, skipping through all the quests, dialogue and lore should probably go back to cod...

    I have no issue with how fast anyone else plays through the game.

     

    The only time I explode is if they end up crying on the forums about "lack of content" after hitting level-cap in record time by skipping half the content...

    Oh, I fully expect that to happen with TESO as well. It happens with every new MMO. A group of power gamers skip everything that can be skipped, and find the fastest and easiest way to level cap. Even with 50+ and 50++ VR content, I doubt it will slow these types of gamers down. I bet within 1 week, maybe 2, they'll be out in full crying about a "lack of content".

  • marcustmarcust Member UncommonPosts: 495
    As slowly as I possibly can.

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  • Ryoshi1Ryoshi1 Member Posts: 139

    I'll roll as fast as I can but I won't skip dialogue first time around and it's good to go sight seeing during your leveling experience :D

    /revisitthoseshardslater:D

  • freegamesfreegames Member UncommonPosts: 240
    60 hours should be fine as the time will only get cut more and more as new secrets are found in each game. Personally I prefer no more than 2 months to get to end game as numbers tell that nearly 80% of players may never get there.

    Wow so many votes for 3 months, I'd thought it would only take a month.
  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004

    Looks like 30 days then unsub, wait for the bugs to get worked out, and the nurf bat to stop swinging.  This game is gonna go through a lot of changes just like TOR did before it hit it's stride.

    I usually take my time, exploring.  Level a lot of builds at the same time and stop for awhile if I don't like the direction the game is going.

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  • lunatiquezlunatiquez Member UncommonPosts: 381

    Estimated 150 hours in fast speed?

    Let's assume that it'll take 200 hours in normal speed. Based on my calculation, I play 4 hours a day on weekday and 10 hours on weekend, which equal to roughly 60 hours of gameplay in a week and 240 hours in a month for me. Maybe I'll be able to reach 50 in a month.

     

    I found this sentence as a concern:

    “I actually had to skip about 1/2 the zone because leveling was so quick.”

    I think if players can skip a zone because the leveling is too quick, they have to revamp the exp gained.

  • reeereeereeereee Member UncommonPosts: 1,636
    I was not impressed at all with ESO's PvE and would like to level only on PvP... but of course that would likely be slower and leave me skill point starved...  but then again I've never been all that into hybrid characters so maybe I can get by without as many
  • MW2KMW2K Member UncommonPosts: 1,036
    As long as it takes. There's no rush.
  • JudgeUKJudgeUK Member RarePosts: 1,708
    Originally posted by SpottyGekko
    Originally posted by Nemesis7884
    someone who is running through the game, skipping through all the quests, dialogue and lore should probably go back to cod...

    I have no issue with how fast anyone else plays through the game.

     

    The only time I explode is if they end up crying on the forums about "lack of content" after hitting level-cap in record time by skipping half the content...

    ....you just know it'll happen

  • emotaemota Member UncommonPosts: 413
    Whats the rush?
  • AIMonsterAIMonster Member UncommonPosts: 2,059

    I'm a speed runner (for the record I don't complain about lack of content in a game) in a few games and although I don't plan to buy TESO at release and it won't be a game I'm interested in speed running, if I was doing it I would guess a little less than 1 week should suffice considering those speed runs summaries.  I have work too, but I usually take off a week once a year for a big release.  16 hours a day + 8 hours of sleep and I should be able to hit an 80 hour rate with those estimates.

    I don't skip content, I come back and do it later if I skip anything because I am a rather insane achiever.  In most games (doesn't apply to TESO in this case) I want to be raid ready as soon as possible so I can begin raiding with a guild of likeminded folks and go for server firsts.

  • Eighteen16Eighteen16 Member UncommonPosts: 146
    One week at most for me. As much as I try to enjoy the content I have some kind of an obsession with racing to max level in MMOs.
  • sdeleon515sdeleon515 Member UncommonPosts: 151

    From what others have said, this will kind of irk me greatly for ESO; it's not the fact that I don't have the time to play but it also means that it's really a game that's about the endgame and everything prior to it is like a giant "training session". I really don't know what happened to having a game that really immersed you in exploring it and got your attention. It's like FF14 with the whole comment being made by the game director however everything before endgame is really a "training tutorial". Endgame is nice and all but I have to be one of those new breed of mmo players who just want to shoot the screen if all I do is an instanced dungeon every single friggin week....

    Also, perspective wise, if you can get to the end level rather fast it also means crafting economy will be typically bad; if players can lvl up fast and get end game gear what incentive is there to make in-game currency for gear when your not at capped level. I know some players will want to go in fully geared regardless but we all do it; we all look at what gear we need in advance and end game gear is really the final look. 

    I'm somehow having more and more doubts of this game as time goes on...

  • ariestearieste Member UncommonPosts: 3,309
    If i end up sticking around in the game, i figure about a month to 50.  

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  • reggiemwreggiemw Member Posts: 31
    There will be plenty hardcore pvp people that will hit max level in 2 weeks at most and they will xp together to get the best benefit. As was the case in daoc the hardcore pvp'ers will want to take keeps and scrolls asap before the rest of the population caps out.
  • EladiEladi Member UncommonPosts: 1,145
    Originally posted by inemosz

    Estimated 150 hours in fast speed?

    Let's assume that it'll take 200 hours in normal speed. Based on my calculation, I play 4 hours a day on weekday and 10 hours on weekend, which equal to roughly 60 hours of gameplay in a week and 240 hours in a month for me. Maybe I'll be able to reach 50 in a month.

     

    I found this sentence as a concern:

    “I actually had to skip about 1/2 the zone because leveling was so quick.”

    I think if players can skip a zone because the leveling is too quick, they have to revamp the exp gained.

    No way they need to chance the xp rate.  its not about doing every single quest in a game in order to level, its about doing every single quest in the game for the lore you get, the skill points the rare objects  you find. 

    its for replay whit new characters , its for having fun.. 

    This rewards the player that tries to do it all, he or she gets those extra 50 skill points and a mutch more diverse character then the power rusher who destroys their own fun and starts complaining after. 

     

  • IlayaIlaya Member UncommonPosts: 661

    No rush at all. I think also that this Game is simply not made for "rush through it". It is an Adventure, a living breathing World and in my Eyes it would be a waste of not enjoying that. Then there is Cyrodil which does not need you to be 50 to enjoy that as well. Crafting, helping Guildmates and whatnot. I am not sure.

    Even that i am one of the "have much time" (sadly) guys, i think i will need a Month or two. I can't say really. It's done when it's done i think fits best here image

  • baphametbaphamet Member RarePosts: 3,311

    prolly about a month for me but it depends on how much fun other stuff is to do that doesn't involve leveling up.

    it will also depend how much fun i have playing the game. if i like it a lot i suspect i will get to level 50 much faster.

  • gervaise1gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919

    There will be people, possibly whole groups of people, who hit 50 very quickly as their objective will be PvP.

    As far as people who are only interested in PvE - well Mythic was surprised at how quickly people got to level 50; something that doesn't seem to have changed! 

  • BadSpockBadSpock Member UncommonPosts: 7,979

    I wonder how fast or slow it will be for people to level 10-50 entirely in Cyrodiil.

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