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[Acadian]

Grouped with guildies + FG dailies is probably the best combo for both event boxes and companion leveling. And xp scroll will help.

I've got Ember and Isobel up to about L15 and it is a bit of a slog. Xp scrolls and pledges. Xp scrolls and farming Crimson Cove. Anything with lotsa kills per hour. Lol.

[Grits]

Today in Cyrodiil Jerric found himself wearing a Pact uniform and in need of discussion with a civilian who resides in a Covenant occupied town. While checking out the situation in an uncharacteristically cautious manner, he noticed a merchant and a Dominion Merchant Guard also on the road and approaching the town. They did not see him.

Jerric looked to see if the town flags were still blue. They were. He checked behind him for incoming Dominion forces (none), and then waited to see what would happen.

The Dominion pair strode straight past the Covenant banners and caught the attention of the occupying guards. An argument ensued.

Jerric took the opportunity to jog into town and chat with his civilian. He rode back out while the guards were still distracted. Probably he will be back to liberate the town. Probably multiple times. But today it was nice to just do a good deed and enjoy the sunshine.

[Acadian]

Glad that Jerric is enjoying the event. After all, anything with Mayhem in the name surely appeals to him.

[ghastley]

Grouped with guildies + FG dailies is probably the best combo for both event boxes and companion leveling. And xp scroll will help.

I've got Ember and Isobel up to about L15 and it is a bit of a slog. Xp scrolls and pledges. Xp scrolls and farming Crimson Cove. Anything with lotsa kills per hour. Lol.

I’m still doing that grind, too. It is somewhat confusing what xp trickles down to the companion. It is certainly not a simple 25% of the player’s xp, as quest completion, for example, is not shared. My preferred method has been the public dungeons, trying to fill the gaps where a character has not yet done the group event. The companion xp comes from all the trash mobs, so it happens without having to think about it, but I keep wondering if soloing normal dungeons would be more xp-dense? Should we spend all our time in FG1 or Crimson Cove?

[Acadian]

Companions level based on kills done and how 'big' the foes are. Group vs public dungeons favors public dungeons because tons of trash generates more xp for them faster than a few bigger kills spread out. I have found that Crimson Cove and Obsidian Scar (public dungeon in Rivenspire) work wonderfully in that you can set up circuits of nonstop killing of quickly respawning groups and simply repeat until your fingers get tired. I'm pretty sure the fast density of kills you can rack up in Craglorn around Spellscar wayshrine would rival those public dungeons if you prefer being outdoors. Think 'kills per minute' when trying to level companions. I'm sure you're aware that leveling their skill in the three guilds is different and based only on doing respective dailies.

[ghastley]

They are all done with the guild levels on both NA and EU. I need to raise both Isobels and both Embers in combat level, so I guess my current public dungeon strategy stays.

The zombie areas for player level grinding don’t seem to work as well with a companion. The general method for those was to gather up the mobs by running around with a player-centered AOE running, and pause and burn them all down with a different target-centric AOE or two periodically. That breaks down with a companion, as the mobs will divide between you, and you get two separated groups to handle, and the companion may have problems with their share. At least the public dungeons have the groups pre-assembled.

And I think we’re still waiting for the duel fix for Isobel’s achievement. It may be done on PTS, but I’m unsure about live.

This post has been edited by ghastley: Aug 16 2022, 06:40 PM

[ghastley]

Vicuña and Isobel were waiting at a High Isle WB for some more players to turn up, and finally someone did. Jerric!

So we did another WB, and a delve for his Ember, and a Bolgrul, too. Much rapport was gained all round. It would have been more if the dailies didn't have a 20 hour cooldown.

This post has been edited by ghastley: Dec 17 2022, 12:43 AM

[Grits]

It was so fun to run into Vicuña and Isobel at the Serpent Bog! Spontaneous adventure time!!


I had no idea there is a cooldown on rapport for those dailies, though I have probably been told. That explains how slowly the little arrow moves. Some of the time it is not moving at all!

[ghastley]

Since the weekly Endeavor is 30 WB's, Unna decided to go play with Nomeg Rime, the nearest one to her home at Autumn's Gate. She was on the brink of soloing it, when someone else turned up for the final blow. But it dropped two Antiquity leads! One for a Mythic on High Isle, and the other the local purple. Never had two at once before.

And I only noticed after, that Unna had forgotten to eat before the fight. Maybe she'd have done it faster if she had?

[Acadian]

'Grats to Unna!