Guild Wars 2

Can someone please explain to me why your critical damage stat takes such a hit when your level is scaled down?

I took a character with 69% critical damage into AC earlier (L80 —-> L35) and noticed the stat was scaled down to 16%. What gives? It’s a horrible waste of the traits and gear that go into builds that augment DPS with critical damage. And I run a more supportive build, so I rely on that critical damage stat to make up as much DPS as I can. Having it so severely gimped means feeling very weak in doing lower-level PvE content and lessens my contribution to dungeon parties.

I can’t see a reason for scaling the critical damage stat at all, since it’s directly affected by power and precision – both of which are scaled down “appropriately”. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Most likely because the stat dosnt exist on low lvl armor or upgrades.