Guild Wars 2

If you go to an area where the mobs are higher than your level does the quality of the loot improve?

I am reading the Gw2 Wiki and it states the following:

“A scaled down character continues to receive experience and loot that is comparable to what he would receive at his real level, but it is somewhat less efficient for obtaining experience and items than playing level-appropriate content.[”

So if a character scales up (if there is such a thing) does the exp and items become more efficient?

Thanks!

in a way, I was getting higher quality gear when i was fighting mobs 2-3 levels higher (more blues, greens, and an occasional yellow)

Scaling up only occurs in rare areas like WvW, sPvP and the Mad King’s Labyrinth/dungeon. You may get more valuable loot from chests and enemies on occasion, but for the most part it will still be appropriate to your level. When I was running around the Mad King’s Labyrinth with a level 30-something character, most loot I got was still around level 26 – 30, although the chests and Champion enemies sometimes gave me level 45 equipment (which I couldn’t even use because it was so high above my level).

Trying to fight enemies higher than you is a losing proposition. Any enemy higher than you by 5 levels or more can basically one-shot you, and enemies that are too high above your level take so little damage that you can’t even hope to tag enemies that are involved in fights with higher-level players, because the damage you contribute is so little compared to the mob’s HP total that the game decides you didn’t contribute at all in the fight, and thus gives you no loot.

Long story short, just stick to areas appropriate for your level.

In the beta weekends, there was a “hint” that fighting higher level mobs would give you a chance at better loot. IME in game this still happens. I’ve gotten a higher percentage of green/gold drops fighting mobs at +2 to +3 from me (mostly greens, but the occasional gold, also — my L46 ele got a gold bow from a +2 Alpine Stalker tonight).

you get more xp from fighting above your level, but I can’t say I really noticed better drops.