Guild Wars 2

hi this is just an idea i wish (set custom lower character lvl on any map)

recently i tried a challenge going at lvl 65 on a 74+ map
it been extreme fun and challenge and most need plan my attack on single monsters – very fun and challenging

after i completed this map i become 74 and went to the next which is sadly a down to 12 again and i can not believe how boring and easy this felt…just run and kill everything hmmm here i already wish i can lower my self to 5

my idea is if we can set our character lvl to any lower which our character passed already on any map to have a different and more difficult gameplay

as example set lvl 10 when we be on gandarren fields which is 25-35 default
will be much more fun if we can play any map in lower lvl but harder difficult as we are under lvl without the need to start a new character etc

as i realised the maps are very boring when to high lvl which may reduce us to match into area but we are still too high and too strong

there it be just nice if we can set lower lvl on our wish and face a nice challenge on any map

i already have ask a few friends they say it will be cool i wish more and hopefully the devs may allow us to have this feature in future

sorry bad english

Sounds like a nice idea to implement more (optional) challenge into open world. However, what would happen to your gear if you set your character to a lower level? Usually that implies you’d need gear that doesn’t surpass that level, making higher level gear suddenly incompatible with your chosen level. So it wouldn’t just be a case of setting your character level lower. It would have to be extended to your gear as well. Or you’d need to set aside extra sets of gear for different levels, which would be your personal choice, of course, but not very manageable, I’d imagine. I don’t know if a feature like this is even possible technically speaking.

TheNecrosanct.4028:

Sounds like a nice idea to implement more (optional) challenge into open world. However, what would happen to your gear if you set your character to a lower level? Usually that implies you’d need gear that doesn’t surpass that level, making higher level gear suddenly incompatible with your chosen level. So it wouldn’t just be a case of setting your character level lower. It would have to be extended to your gear as well. Or you’d need to set aside extra sets of gear for different levels, which would be your personal choice, of course, but not very manageable, I’d imagine. I don’t know if a feature like this is even possible technically speaking.

Your gear already automatically “resets” its stats to accomodate the level change when entering a lower leveled map. I don’t see how this would necessitate changing that feature of the game since it works. You would just get to choose which level you are scaled to instead of the game choosing it for you

that is an awesome idea

would be sort of a “hardmode” that you can voluntarily try for the challenge and the fun

+1

You could always try wearing lesser quality gear. Blues and Greens might mean you’d have lower stats after the dynamic level adjustment from going into a lower level area than if you went into that same area with rares/exotics/ascended.

I’m not 100% sure that’d be the case, but it wouldn’t be very expensive to test.

~EW

OriOri.8724:

TheNecrosanct.4028:

Sounds like a nice idea to implement more (optional) challenge into open world. However, what would happen to your gear if you set your character to a lower level? Usually that implies you’d need gear that doesn’t surpass that level, making higher level gear suddenly incompatible with your chosen level. So it wouldn’t just be a case of setting your character level lower. It would have to be extended to your gear as well. Or you’d need to set aside extra sets of gear for different levels, which would be your personal choice, of course, but not very manageable, I’d imagine. I don’t know if a feature like this is even possible technically speaking.

Your gear already automatically “resets” its stats to accomodate the level change when entering a lower leveled map. I don’t see how this would necessitate changing that feature of the game since it works. You would just get to choose which level you are scaled to instead of the game choosing it for you

I forgot about that, but yes. Still, I get the feeling that something about it would be to complicated for ANet to implement it.

Make a new toon. Go through the guild halls to Tarir and the north passage of Verdant Brink. Than, see how much of HoT you can get done starting at level 2. Some classes it’s a little easier due to run speed or stealth, but it is a challenge. I can get every waypoint in both VB and AB without a death starting a level 2 and without using teleport to friend stones.

It is both challenging and good XP. It also has made playing the HoT maps really, really easy at level 80 because I know everything that is there and exactly what can kill you and how.

the point is not in creating a new character but playing ur favorite character on any map and remain still a challenge as beeing under-lvl

or when u join friends and u feel u are ruinning the fun as beeing too good equipped or beeing to high lvl u can just set ur self lower as u like it can only be positive to add this

who not like can keep the default matching lvl there is no loss to anyone