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Down Leveling
swtorfan
Member Posts: 8
in Guild Wars 2
What is everyone's thought on the Down Leveling?
My opinion is it sucks.. Everyone has a right to feel the way they feel but when i have a very hard time doing quest and go out to level up one more level just to go back to finish a hard quest to find out i am being down leveled that really pissed me off and that is why i have stopped playing for now.
Not that i hate the game because it is a nice game just not the type of game for me.
So what is everyone's opinion on the down leveling?
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I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
The whole "downleveled because I'm one level higher than a hard quest" is kinda the point of downleveling; it would be just like any other MMO if downleveling didn't downlevel you.
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That is why i was thinking the game might not be for me. Some challenges i am not capable of doing with some disabilities so i was wanting that one extra level to do the quest.
Thanks for your opinion though.
When you are down leveled and you are still having trouble with a quest you must go find better GEAR to get better STATS.
Everybody says gear doesn't matter in this game but it's actually quite important. If you are a crappy geared lvl 10 player when you get down leveled to say lvl 5... Well, you're still going to be a crappy geared lvl 5 player!
If you have trouble with a quest you just gotta grind out basically any area for some better gear and then tackle the quest again.
It just makes me frustrated that i am unable to get past several of the class quests.
Thanks for your opinion.
This. Down scaling is gw2 greatest feature. All content is relevant as is all new added content.
like said above most likely it is your gear that is the issue
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
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you sure? i'd double check your Hero panel and unequip the gear then equip it
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
Some class quests are wildly imbalanced. They'll get nerfed eventually.
thought all content in this game was super easy? at least thats the word on the streets:P you are right though I noticed some class quests much more difficult than others.. but you can always respawn at the checkpoint which puts you right back where you were with the enemies you killed already dead so it gets easier as long as you can kill a few of them before you die:)
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
For me its refreshing and welcoming in the open world. No more level 80's boosting their guildies monopolizing an area, leaving us real lowbies scavenging for kills. It's not disruptive of others. Although I would have preferred an optional down-levelling for personal stories, since I'm only doing them alone and not affecting anyone else's gameplay. They can implement rulings like if I bring someone with me the option to downlevel is disabled (because I brought backup), or don't give me EXP if I disabled downlevelling. Just give me an option to choose not to downlevel.
I responded to your post in another thread too OP...
Were you aware you can group up for your Personal Story Quests?
Ask any friends/guildies if they can join you and you can overcome the challenge together!
I understand the point's people are making but I also agree with the OP in one respect .. For the personal story or " one off's " the down scalling could be removed .
Afaik you can't revisit your story quests once you have done them so removing the scalling for them wouldn't be an issue
I don't like it.
For the same reason i didn't like Oblivion's level scaling.
It removes the RPG of the game, then it becomes a pointless button mashing action game with no real progression.
If i wanted to do low level content... i would make a new alt and experience a different class.
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Not sure I agree. A person who chose not to downlevel can still trivialize content for lowbies who are not inherently playing cooperatively with him. Unless FFXIV has a system in place to prevent this, it's still a poor execution.
The quote under your avatar is really ironic considering this post.
I'm a huge fan of the game but I find what you said honestly repulsive in addition to unnecessarily insulting to the OP, especially if you read the thread.
There is still progression, and I really dont get what is so extremely hard for people to grasp about the downleveling. You are STILL stronger, even with the downleveling.
You have trait points spent that you didnt have at low level, giving you stat boosts, bonuses to skills, and special effects. Increased weapon damages, higher crit, faster cooldowns / faster Initiative regen, etc.
You have more skills / slot sunlocked, including elites if youre over 30.
You have better upgrades in your upgrade slots than at lower level, usually with multiple stats on them instead of just 1 stat.
You can use consumables (food, etc) that give you better buffs than at lower levels.
Does that sound like theres no progression and no advantage to being higher level? Its funny though. For all the people I see saying the game is so easy, I see nearly as many people crying they cant handle lower level content when downscaled.