Scaling Broke in some weird ways please look at text and watch the video below to see. Please do not go off or freak out in what you are about to see below in the writings and video this is not to cause conflict or outrage it was a test I took on myself to find out how off it was and then to show my findings. Not only for the players but also to help A-net see what they might not see them selves.
So I did the testing to find out how and where down scaling goes off track and have found that everything before maps level 70 and below is where things do get off scaled that we do not scale down right after that. What happens is all runes loose there stat not the percentage bonus just the stat bonus. That is any runes but we do get the percentage bonuses we also scale on a percentage of the base stats of the level we scale to. So at a level 20 or below we scale to a lvl 1 character with a +4 to one stat or less from even exotic gear and even less with others. After 20 to 60 we scale this way as well but at 60 we scale up closer to some one of that level just on the stats alone but still do not have the bonus from our runes.
What I mean on the scaling to 60 we gain a percentage of that stats on gear of the level we are in but it puts our stats at a lower stat then some one in greens or even less if they have rare gear but the closer we get to lvl 60 our stats get close to being exact same as gear to that level like it was before the patch. At lvl 70 our gear is only off by a point or 2 unlike say level 50 where we get like say 35 pow 18 per on gear of that level we get 16 pow and 8 per as a down scaled player. So we have lower stats of some one of that level this also effects our weapon strength and armor value in our gear as well not so much armor but the others more.
Now when you level to 70 on a toon you retain all stats from runes on your gear and everything else scales right till you get to level 70 then you scale as stated above. But Down scaling a toon leveling they seem to not suffer as much to downscaling as we do till they get to say level 50 or 60 then they start to get this same down scaling in there stats and gear at lower levels.
This video explains some of the steps and things I tested to see how far off it was. And you can see in it that it is off not by a small margin but by quite a bit depending on how low a level you scale to. This might explain Teq fight and even some of the other world bosses. Plus dungeons and so forth.
Yes all testing included test with and without traits and even with gear equiped and not equiped. Along with as many other differences I could try with out the tools A-net has.
Again the Video is not created to start outrage or anything it is to show that yes down scaling is off. Yes it is not perfect that there is something off and to help show where that issue is and to what degree. Please do not flame A-net for it.
Video is almost 1 hr long but shows testing done in PvE zones along with WvWvW in up scaling.