Guild Wars 2

I am currently leveling my Warrior level 78 in Orr. I noticed if I fight npcs where downscaling is NOT in affect, then I can slice through npcs like butter. However, where I am currently leveling in Orr, I am downscaled to level 75 and I find the difficulty doubled compared to leveling in a area where downscaling is not in affect. Just getting to the level appropriate zone is quite a challenge.

Has anyone noticed the same? Is downscaling not working as it should or maybe a little too good?

Can’t say that I’ve noticed any drastic change when being down scaled to my 70s. Any time I’m downscaled 60 or under, I find the enemies substantially easier though.

Are you fighting the exact same kinds of enemies and struggling? Or are they using different techniques (pull, cripple, vulnerability)?

I’m not sure how downscaling is supposed to work, but yeah I’ve been disappointed with it since launch, and I haven’t really noticed any change.

When they said you could return to lower level areas to repeat or discover new content back before release, I was super excited, and that’s one of the principal things that attracted me to the game. And I was incredibly disappointed upon discovering that with only 20 or so levels ahead of an area you can essentially one-shot everything in it. Downscaling really needs to be fixed in my opinion, this is not what we we’re told downscaled content would be like pre-release.

I’ve only seen this issue with the risen in Orr. Seems like if I fight the same type of npc at level 78, its a normal fight. However, when I go back to a lower level zone in Orr (74-75) all the sudden I feel real weak. My other two 80s are ranged and really never noticed the change, but I really noticed the downscaling difficulty increase on my warrior.

While your class/build/gear combo may one shot mobs when downscaled, not every class/build/gear will. I think it’s very hard to balance downscaling across all classes, using all builds, and using all gear from white to exotic. I’d far rather have this system that maybe leans toward too gernerous on the downscale, than either too difficult when downscaled or no downscaling.

Zen.9135:

While your class/build/gear combo may one shot mobs when downscaled, not every class/build/gear will. I think it’s very hard to balance downscaling across all classes, using all builds, and using all gear from white to exotic. I’d far rather have this system that maybe leans toward too gernerous on the downscale, than either too difficult when downscaled or no downscaling.

still something is really wrong in the lowest content at least my CONDITION build mesmer, with only base lvl 80 power, 2-3 shot mobs down there…