Level scaling and high level fights in low level areas (open world dungeons, etc).

I think that having immensely powerful characters for the area wiping out the content and fighting one another over low level areas will create an unexciting and irksome environment for leveling characters, both new players and alts.

A solution to the above problems is de-leveling characters. Now, de-leveling does not mean weak. I think characters that can one shot the strongest enemy in the area with their largest AOE while being invulnerable because the character only takes one damage from any attack is a design problem.

The results of reducing character level can be manipulated according to the goals of Intrepid. However, in my opinion if a max level character with high quality gear appropriate for character level drops a few tiers (i.e. a level 50 character drops to a level 10 or 20 area), then that character should be able to beat a few times the number of mobs that could be taken while leveling through the area at the correct level range (i.e. if the example character could have taken 2-3 mobs solo with a low amount of risk (perhaps losing 50%-80% of character life during the fight), then a de-leveled high level character could solo 6-9 of those mobs with about the same amount of risk).

In the above example, a high level player generally will not destroy the experience for players in the area. Additionally, even one character appropriate to the tier could put up a good fight if sufficiently skilled (particularly if both characters rely on the action combat for targeting) or if the rock-paper-scissors between the classes favors the lower level character. Regardless, a group of characters appropriate for the area probably cannot be griefed by just one max level character.

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hazardnumberseven wrote: »

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Amel wrote: »

Get that scaling garbage out of here.

Since I am only talking about scaling down, you must really want to be able one shot every mob while only taking 1's from all attacks.

Sounds like a blast.

If that's what he wants then that is also a valid opinion. One that makes sense, and is supported by ... the entire genre. Wanting to change peoples levels to make the game easier for you/your playstyle seems selfish to me.

If your opponent is higher level, lowing his level isn't "fair" ... It's unfair, by definition. If they have more XP, it's because they earned more XP, if they have better gear it's because they earned better gear. Taking those things away from other people so that you feel more comfortable that no one can have power over you is not a system I can imagine working in a game like this.

Play a game without levels if you want a game without levels.

If IS chooses to leave leveling as it is, then that is fine. I will still play. However, once characters fully outlevel an area, then that content is trivialized and will be ignored. This will probably make most of the content under the max level worthless to max level characters as it is in many other games.

A solution is to scale character level down. This does not mean make the character weak. I described level range suggestions in my OP. These changes essentially turn a character into a twink for the tier. Which is powerful, but does not fully trivialize the content. The twink is also very powerful against players playing in the correct area. However, the domination is not so extreme that characters with many levels over another will only take 1's in damage and one shot the lower player with any attack.

I realize that some players actually like to play with no challenge. Particularly in PVP. That does not mean that this game has to be designed in such a way even if other games have been.

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