Guild Wars 2

1/28/13 patch notes Dynamic Leveling:

" It is now possible to receive your own level of loot from any level of enemy."

Does this mean a level 80 can get high level of all loot, such as crafting mats in low level areas? Or does it mean a level 80 can get level 80 gear (armour, weapons, jewelry, gems)?

I’m still downloading so can’t check it out yet. Anyone know the answer??

Good question .. since we already could get Lvl 80 armor and weapons in every area, even in starter areas. And also the same was already said in the last big patch i think, and i got lvl 80 stuff in the starter areas also before that.

Chopping down a tree in a lvl 5 area is still going to yield the appropriate level 5 wood, since nothing with respect to your gathering is scaled down. Downscaling loot refers to that which is dropped by mobs. So a level 80 gathering in Metrica Province is gonna get crap materials, but kill that level 5 firefly and you’ll get some level 80 boots.

i was excited when i read about this change .. because im always forced to play with people that are low lvl “family friends blah blah”
i spent most of yesterday running around low lvl areas most below 20 with people and i think i found only one lvl 80 item and one 76 rest was all lvl 5 to 15 crap … i dont see much of a change

I saw no change in the quanity or quality of level specific loot in low level areas….

I was playing in Queensdale on my main and on my first drop I noticed a lvl 80 white.

In the end, I got a mix of lvl 80 gear of all rarities up to green in Queensdale. I presume exotics are also on the loot table. All salvage and crafting material drops remained zone appropriate.

Dark Adonis.5096:

i was excited when i read about this change .. because im always forced to play with people that are low lvl “family friends blah blah”
i spent most of yesterday running around low lvl areas most below 20 with people and i think i found only one lvl 80 item and one 76 rest was all lvl 5 to 15 crap … i dont see much of a change

It’s not meant to give you lvl 80 loot all the time. The lower the zone you are playing in- the more DR you get on your max level loot. If not it would be possible to plow through low level zones, 2-hit mobs and get the same loot as a more difficult zone, but more efficient. If people are grinding which one would they pick? What they have done is simply tuning it up a bit, it’s not a U-turn.

Ditrah.5128:

Dark Adonis.5096:

i was excited when i read about this change .. because im always forced to play with people that are low lvl “family friends blah blah”
i spent most of yesterday running around low lvl areas most below 20 with people and i think i found only one lvl 80 item and one 76 rest was all lvl 5 to 15 crap … i dont see much of a change

It’s not meant to give you lvl 80 loot all the time. The lower the zone you are playing in- the more DR you get on your max level loot. If not it would be possible to plow through low level zones, 2-hit mobs and get the same loot as a more difficult zone, but more efficient. If people are grinding which one would they pick? What they have done is simply tuning it up a bit, it’s not a U-turn.

There is still no “new” added benefit to playing in lower level zones. I am still getting the same amount of level specific gear i was getting before the patch…which was rarely.

lisamee.2408:

Ditrah.5128:

Dark Adonis.5096:

i was excited when i read about this change .. because im always forced to play with people that are low lvl “family friends blah blah”
i spent most of yesterday running around low lvl areas most below 20 with people and i think i found only one lvl 80 item and one 76 rest was all lvl 5 to 15 crap … i dont see much of a change

It’s not meant to give you lvl 80 loot all the time. The lower the zone you are playing in- the more DR you get on your max level loot. If not it would be possible to plow through low level zones, 2-hit mobs and get the same loot as a more difficult zone, but more efficient. If people are grinding which one would they pick? What they have done is simply tuning it up a bit, it’s not a U-turn.

There is still no “new” added benefit to playing in lower level zones. I am still getting the same amount of level specific gear i was getting before the patch…which was rarely.

Think you need to re-read my post or do you know what DR means? You have simply been reading too much between the lines here and all of it was not even in this patch. But there is still meant to be a difference between lvl 10 and lvl 40 for example.
That system together with the daily and monthly achievement is what they were talking about, nothing more, nothing less.

“Dynamic Leveling
Attribute calculations for dynamic level scaling have been rebalanced. In general, this means weaker when adjusted down, stronger when adjusted up. Rewards when adjusted down have been increased to compensate. It is now possible to receive your own level of loot from any level of enemy.”

lisamee.2408:

Ditrah.5128:

Dark Adonis.5096:

i was excited when i read about this change .. because im always forced to play with people that are low lvl “family friends blah blah”
i spent most of yesterday running around low lvl areas most below 20 with people and i think i found only one lvl 80 item and one 76 rest was all lvl 5 to 15 crap … i dont see much of a change

It’s not meant to give you lvl 80 loot all the time. The lower the zone you are playing in- the more DR you get on your max level loot. If not it would be possible to plow through low level zones, 2-hit mobs and get the same loot as a more difficult zone, but more efficient. If people are grinding which one would they pick? What they have done is simply tuning it up a bit, it’s not a U-turn.

There is still no “new” added benefit to playing in lower level zones. I am still getting the same amount of level specific gear i was getting before the patch…which was rarely.

Wrong. In Queensdale you were not supposed to get any lvl 80 loot. I got several greens yesterday which is a very clear improvement.

Seems to be the same to me.

I was getting level 80 loot in Queensdale before this patch, because I do remember getting some level 80 stuff a while back, and thinking to myself, “I thought we weren’t suppose to get level 80 loot here.”

I have been getting level 80 drops in Wayfarer for as long as I can remember. Its why I do my dailies there.

EDIT: or why I DID do my dailies there anyway.