Guild Wars 2

The L80 toxic Krait in the LS instance (playing on my L80 toon) take noticeably longer to down than their L25 brethren roaming Kessex Hill.

As long as this is the case, the starter areas will be a favored farming zone after leveling, as the time pr kill will be significantly lower.

you get downscaled to a “areas”-level, often 1 or 2 lvls above the foes, maybe thats a reason?

Not likely, as i don’t recall the mobs going from threat to steamroll the moment i level up a bit.

And i have been testing this on similar mobs from different zones. Like say svanir in Wayfarers and Frostgorge. Same name, same model, taking significantly more blows by the same attack to take one down in Frostgorge.