Guild Quest Scaling?

ADarklore

We've always been told that 'solo instances' are scaled to your level, but last night I was on my new character at level 26 and decided to complete both Mages and Fighters quests. With previous characters, I typically waited until I reached whatever zone/quest hub to complete the mission, this time was the first time I decided to do them all at once, so I really wasn't paying much attention as I've completed these missions many times. Yet, after dying once in the second to last Fighters Guild mission, I noticed and recalled that when I'd visited a merchant for repairs and to sell collected items after each quest, I was selling several red-highlighted items. Sure enough, these were items that were not scaled to MY level, but were instead scaled to the level of the zone where you receive the quest. I found the same thing when I completed the next Mages Guild quest- which happened to be the final quest which apparently is also not a 'solo instance'. Yet, in the Journal it said Level 26 rating- my character level- but I get into the mission and I'm facing level 43 enemies. I was able to defeat all of them except for the two storm atronachs guarding a node, they wiped me several times before a group came along and I joined in the fray to beat them. However, I guess I should pat myself on the back for being able to beat most of the enemies 17 levels above my character, including the other node bosses.

I just makes me wonder if there have been some inadvertent changes to these quests? Because solo instances are supposed to scale to your character's level, but these solo missions are not.