How do you (level) grind?

[cheywoodward]

I have always avoided level grinding because it is so repetitive, but I recently got Final Fantasy XIII and finally decided to seriously level grind. The battle system in final fantasy is so simple that if you have a medic in your default paradigm that all you have to do is tap x (or A) repeatedly and you will win most battles, and sound is not necessary for battles. Therefore I simply began listening to a classic rock radio station on itunes and the level grinding became bearable.

I was wondering what makes level grinding bearable (or enjoyable) for my fellow escapists.

 

[Discon]

What I usually do when I'm leveling a new character in WoW is that I use a leveling addon that shows me where to go, and I watch a series or a movie on my second monitor

At the moment I'm watching Bones season 1 ^^

 

[DJude]

If its something that only requires you to have one button pressed, i'll tape said button down, turn off the TV, and come back in a few hours
Sometimes it works, but i haven't really had to level grind in a looong time, so... yeah...

 

[Optimus Hagrid]

Combine Fobbies and Psi Fire Gamma.

The noise created by the process is quite hilarious, and irritates my Dad.

 

[Raikov]

Lots of music I can easily sing along with. Or using Skype or something similar to discuss world problems (or possibly armies in Warhammer:40K) with.

 

[DragonChi]

Music always does it for me. or have a movie going for background. those things for me really help pass the time. also grab some snacks.

 

[The Cheezy One]

walk around holding A/X while watching TV, wait for the congrats music. occasionally i will realise i have been dead for 20 minutes because i wondered into the wrong place

 

[MercenaryCanary]

I typically imagine that my character's parents were actually killed by whatever it is I am repeatedly killing.
Anything else that might have killed his parents is non-canon.
Those mole rats that I keep killing in Fallout?
They murdered my entire family when they staged an uprising and escaped from Vault 13.

 

[pirate64]

I just love it for some reason. slow grinding up levels until I can kick a bosses ass. Stuck on FF13 currently...... stupid sky tank....

 

[reg42]

Well the only game which I need to grind with at the moment is Final Fantasy, which (with some help from my emulator) plays very, very fast.

 

[xDHxD148L0]

Well, whenever I played WoW, I used to always have a friend/s with me whenever I was out doing daily quests/level grinding/gathering.

 

[ma55ter_fett]

What I usually do when I'm leveling a new character in WoW is that I use a leveling addon that shows me where to go, and I watch a series or a movie on my second monitor

At the moment I'm watching Bones season 1 ^^

same here, netflix works well for this purpose.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

I just do it, not really dull to me.

I spent a week Level Grinding in the same area in a game.
If it does start to get repetitive, try looking around older areas of the game.

 

[DJude]

Also, adding sound affects and bad voice acting to whatever your doing will undoubtly make it instantly funny

 

[NeutralDrow]

Sidequests, battling, or grinding some other statistic that has far more immediately obvious benefits. I wound up overleveled a bit in Tales of the Abyss because I was training my characters' attacks with Fon Slot Chambers, in Tales of Symphonia because I was training everyone's recipe skills (battling for ingredients money and for opportunities to cook), and in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World because I was doing all of the Katz missions.

 

[cheywoodward]

I just love it for some reason. slow grinding up levels until I can kick a bosses ass. Stuck on FF13 currently...... stupid sky tank....

Use a power up before the battle and focus on the hulls and turrets first.

 

[Zeromaeus]

...
I don't mind level grinding.
I blame Castlevania.

 

[pirate64]

Use a power up before the battle and focus on the hulls and turrets first.

thanks

 

[ultrachicken]

I avoid games that require grinding. You know, other than oblivion. For that I just beared with it until I had one character who had gotten the important skills high enough and never made a new character.

 

[DarkMessiah]

I grind while doing other stuff that doesn't require much attention, like casual browsing or listening to music.
And there's always wrapping a trusty rubber band around the thumbstick and wandering off.