Leveling debuff query

Triipzzz

I'm just looking for someone to clear up some concerns I have with leveling through non-vet. It appears if I craft set gear for my non vet characters then level them up, I lose wep or spell damage every time for no apparent reason. Shouldn't it just stay the same and make me craft more gear if I want the extra damage from higher leveled gear? I find this decrease strange to say the least. As since you can't craft level 49 gear... the strongest characters in non vet would be in theory level 48's if they have level 48 gear.

Basically what I'm asking is why our stats get worse when we level even though we are wearing the same gear?

I play on XB1 NA btw.

lolo_01b16_ESO

If you enter pvp with a character below v15 your stats will get increased. This buff depends on your level and the difference between your level and your gear. So the lower your level and the closer your gear to your level, the stronger will be the buff you get.
If the scaling would stay the same when leveling, you'd have a lot of v14 players running with blue lvl15 gear and being as strong as a v16 in epic / legenday gear.