Expeditions vs West Tek for xp?

[Salem Graves]

I want to go crazy for this double xp weekend, which do you think provides fastest exp? I can do TMSG in ~4-8 minutes depending on objective and I don’t have unlimited nuka grenades so I’d just be shooting the mutants in West Tek, so which you think is faster for me?

[迪亚哥]

Originally posted by Unremarkable Rat:

I want to go crazy for this double xp weekend, which do you think provides fastest exp? I can do TMSG in ~4-8 minutes depending on objective and I don’t have unlimited nuka grenades so I’d just be shooting the mutants in West Tek, so which you think is faster for me?

West Tek Mutants are concentrated and can be cleared quickly. If you collect all the drops, you can also get GAPS 1500 from today's store.

[Niche Defoe]

I go for the expeditions lately. not as god EXP wise, but you gt to have extra legendaries to scrap as well as extra ammo and a couple of spare legendary modules

[Calistrasza]

Originally posted by Unremarkable Rat:

I want to go crazy for this double xp weekend, which do you think provides fastest exp? I can do TMSG in ~4-8 minutes depending on objective and I don’t have unlimited nuka grenades so I’d just be shooting the mutants in West Tek, so which you think is faster for me?

No idea. I don't know your playstyle, I don't know what your build is, I don't know what weapons and throwables you have/use. I don't know how quick you are in terms of reaction times, I don't know how good your PC is, I don't know how fast your internet is. I don't know how well you know the areas you're considering going in to.

In short, I don't know you. I don't know anything about you. So how can I possibly know which would be faster for you? That's a question only you can answer.

The real question you should be asking (and to be clear, ask yourself, not other people), is which one would you rather do repeatedly?

If I were asking this question of myself? The answer would be both. Alternate between them. Do an expedition, do West Tek. Rinse, repeat ad infinitum.

[Al1X1RO]

Ultimately expeditions are more worth it. On top of 20k xp and some xp u get from kills in sensational game for example you also get tons of 1-3 star gears you can then sell as well as scrip,stamps, caps or legendary cores. If you just want XP then go spam Westtek, but if you want more stuff, do expeditions.

[Tag]

I'm a level 300+ I can run through muties with an auto axe in west tek in almost exactly 5 mins.

If they spawn as lesser than champion I relog (I think after clearing and logging, they start to spawn as champion for first 24 hrs anyways)

With a moderate amount of xp buffs on non-double exp days, I bag around 1k+ xp per kill and there are around 30 inside. I hit the 10k requirement 3-4 times per log.

in an hour you can net upto 360k xp per hour, so should be 720k per hour this weekend.

and I'm sure some players could do much better than this, so there is room for even more.

hope this helps

[Gorgos]

I didnt farm west tek ever (aside from trying it once) as I find that to be boring.

Frankly I think for pure XP Expeditions are better if you can find a party of 4 people. You get up to 40k exp from a 5 minute run with some basic buffs like inspirational, food, sleep, mothman. But becuase of how season xp works its not as good to farm season rewards.

See when you get 40k exp at once you only proc 10k exp repeatable once. If you were however doing west tek instead and gaining the xp incrementally by 1/2k you would level the scoreboard faster.

[croggle]

I do Expeditions but mostly for stamp farming on top of EXP still need those Union Armor plans so I don't become a slug every time I enter power armor.

[Phantom]

Westtek + Grenades = 2-3 grenades to clear it in a minute or so... its cheesy, requires a lot of prep, and is borderline an exploit but not quite

Westtek + running = 3-4 minutes to clear it depending on know how

Westtek grenades you'll get ~70% of the exp from inside about 84,000 exp per go
Westtek running you'll get 100% of the exp from inside about 140,000 exp per go

Eitherway you have a minute to refresh the area (unless you are being boosted by a buddy who allows you to team swap to get into theirs)



Expeditions are much, much, and I do mean MUCH slower

[lordoftheapes79]

Didn't they just nerf the WestTek runs? I thought they were supposed to be lowering the mob levels in there.

All the same, Expeditions are better on server stress, so they've been encouraging people to do that instead.

[Tag]

Originally posted by lordoftheapes79:

Didn't they just nerf the WestTek runs? I thought they were supposed to be lowering the mob levels in there.

All the same, Expeditions are better on server stress, so they've been encouraging people to do that instead.

they did once already, there was I time when there were a number of 3 star legendary spawns back the day, but they were removed.

[lordoftheapes79]

Originally posted by Tag:

Originally posted by lordoftheapes79:

Didn't they just nerf the WestTek runs? I thought they were supposed to be lowering the mob levels in there.

All the same, Expeditions are better on server stress, so they've been encouraging people to do that instead.

they did once already, there was I time when there were a number of 3 star legendary spawns back the day, but they were removed.

I mean, on the last PTS, they were no longer spawning at max level. 50+ now, I haven't been to see for myself is all.

[Tag]

Originally posted by lordoftheapes79:

Originally posted by Tag:

they did once already, there was I time when there were a number of 3 star legendary spawns back the day, but they were removed.

I mean, on the last PTS, they were no longer spawning at max level. 50+ now, I haven't been to see for myself is all.

hmmm nope, first run yes they were all low level, next run after logging, they were all level 100 champions - an i mean all. The following day the same thing happened, as if it reset after 24hrs - but then reverted to higher enemy once you have cleared it at least once.

Maybe I've stumbled on something then. whoops

[lordoftheapes79]

Originally posted by Tag:

Originally posted by lordoftheapes79:

I mean, on the last PTS, they were no longer spawning at max level. 50+ now, I haven't been to see for myself is all.

hmmm nope, first run yes they were all low level, next run after logging, they were all level 100 champions - an i mean all. The following day the same thing happened, as if it reset after 24hrs - but then reverted to higher enemy once you have cleared it at least once.

Maybe I've stumbled on something then. whoops

Interesting. I wonder if this is intentional or not. Like, with this scaling, someone running it for the mission or just casually checking it out will have a normal high level dungeon experience, meanwhile, someone that's farming only gets their first run for the day nerfed. i'm honestly ok with that.