Guild Wars 2

Word of advice don’t go to southsun if you low lvl. Im lvl 22 on my guardian and its really hard. But when im on my lvl 42 its easier so scaling doesnt make sense at all.

Why would scaling not make sense? Because a level 42 has an easier time surviving than a level 22 character in a level 80 zone? Your level 42 character has all of his skill slots unlocked and more traits at his disposal. Southsun is challenging to all levels, even at 80.

kokocabana.8153:

Why would scaling not make sense? Because a level 42 has an easier time surviving than a level 22 character in a level 80 zone? Your level 42 character has all of his skill slots unlocked and more traits at his disposal. Southsun is challenging to all levels, even at 80.

This ^.

Also; within my 130+ 3 minute speed runs I’ve hosted, I’ve seen players come and complete NULL with level 15+ characters scaled up to 80.

I… honestly do not know where you’re coming from with this. I run around on my Ranger in Southsun all the time and she was in the teens when this recent started. I was taking on multiple reef drakes.

At the same time though, I was halfway geared in Toughness, so that probably makes a pretty good difference… What sort of gear were you running? Maybe that was the problem?

Yep, there’s one type mob ..a fat lizard type which is everywhere… that is hard to solo with an 80…and if you get an add…and as I said they are everywhere and they roam…best bet is to just run if you are alone.,

…and now with the queen there aere invincibles that can kill you in a couple hits.

This game is quickly becoming only for hardcore guilds that have been here from launch….don’t let your friends join this late

What you said makes perfect sense, and it’s how scaling is supposed to work.

Anwar.2018:

Yep, there’s one type mob ..a fat lizard type which is everywhere… that is hard to solo with an 80…and if you get an add…and as I said they are everywhere and they roam…best bet is to just run if you are alone.,

…and now with the queen there aere invincibles that can kill you in a couple hits.

This game is quickly becoming only for hardcore guilds that have been here from launch….don’t let your friends join this late

Those are the reef drakes. And man, does that tail swipe hit hard!
The thing that makes them so nasty is their Confusion that they stack on you though. If you watch and dodge their tail swipe (which has a telling “winding up” like animation) and use condition cleansing skills to get rid of the confusion when it gets higher than a couple stacks they’re not bad at all.

I find their worst skill is their “Retreat” skill, which generates a field on the ground that inflicts multiple stacks on Confusion on you (along with raw damage) in quick succession. Staying in this field is more or less guaranteed death, even if you don’t use any skills.

They will sometimes follow this with a shriek attack that pulls you to them AND stuns you for about 2 seconds. If you happen to be stuck in the field from above while this happens, you’re going down.

Yea when Southsun was level 80 only it was hard as kitten. It’s significantly harder if you are under 80, let alone under 40. I like that it’s hard, I make sure to bring guildies with me and then it becomes a fun guild bonding session.