I went into cyrodiil last night on a new character at level 18ish. That character has 16 points in magicka, 0 in health, 0 in stamina, yet while in cyrodiil both my magicka and stamina values were identical.

This tells me there is something very wrong with the way stat scaling works for lower level characters i cyrodiil - I had initially assumed that your 'boosted' artificial level 50 stats were derived at least in some part from the points you had placed, but apparently that assumption is wrong. When you go into cyrodiil at pre-50, your stats are just some generic number that doesnt take anything about your build or character or gear into account.

I'm sure it's obvious to everyone at this point that the scaling system sucks, if you're under 50 in pvp you're going to be nigh useless. Even a vet 2 will have a significant statistical advantage over you, despite technically only being one level above what you're supposed to be 'scaled' to.

If you dont want players entering cyrodiil before vet rank, then dont allow them to - but it seems like a very poor design decision, to me, to allow characters to venture into the zone when their stat scaling is so poorly done that they'll have zero effect against anyone in the veteran ranks.


If I've got 100% of my points in magicka, even at level 18, the extroplated values should tell the game that, when in cyrodiil, my stats should reflect a level 50 character who has put 49 points into magicka, 0 into health, and 0 into stamina.
If I have a level 15 magicka enchant on my chest piece, the game should assume that I would have the equivalent of a level 50 enchant on that item instead.
Rings and amulets that give stats should be boosted to their level 50 equivalents for magicka regeneration, reduced magicka cost, so on and so forth (and this all goes for stamina or health as well).

Then, MAYBE you'd be giving those sub-50 players stats that are 'equivalent' to an actual level 50/vet1 character. Perhaps then they wouldnt be useless in cyrodiil pvp, eh?