I'm discovering a lot of things were bad that seemed good at first after playing some different games . Level scaling has good and bad elements . NPCs that level scale could still be a challenge if th PVE is scaled correctly . Some things should not be level scaled all the way like Lead Monsters , NPCs and Bosses . This keeps older content and areas challenging .

Fast travel . Fast travel seems good until I realized it shrinks the world down into a theme park . Super fast mounts do the same . Worlds feel bigger when you have to travel and the NPCs are challenging every where . There's more but I don't want to derail the topic .

Bots have been around before level scaling. Level scaling may have caused some players to leave but it also brought many back like me.

I quit ESO about a year before 1T because I was out leveling everything as I did zones. Quests were 4 or 5 levels below me. Where is the challenge there? No way could I dare play any DLC because I would get even further ahead.

I love that I can revisit old zones and not just one shot kill everything. Level scaling is not perfect but in my opinion it is the best thing ZOS has done to this game.

I think ZOS has demonstrated with its decisions within the past year that they don't really care about 'endgame' players... I think they know the majority of their players are quest/adventurers and that's where they are devoting the majority of resources to pleasing.

Good idea but improvments needed. Difficulty slider for overworld and get rid of the bots.

It is great!

People want to explore when they play a ES game. Level gating or creating no go zones for low level players is terrible for exploration. And pushes people away from the game and doesn't allow people time to get hooked.

"oh no I want to visit Riften again but I got 1 shot by a mudcrab this game is stupid I am gone."

Yes I know older ES games have had some level gating... like It was terrible in ES3 everytime I wandered into a cave and got insta gibbed by an unfathomable horror.... that is old school RPG thinking that isn't how it is in modern games are designed.

They need an easy learning curve and to appeal to lots of different players. You don't want the game to be gatekeeping people from doing what they want to do. yeah I know the game still does that to some extent. And gatekeeping until you earn it is part of MMOs nature. But this game is never going to compete with other MMOs by being a classic MMO. It needs to appeal to non traditional MMO players and bring them into the fold.

The issue isn't the level scaling the issue is there is no reason to learn advanced techiniques from people used to crushing everything in skyrim and everything in the quest zones. I am thinking we may need an Undaunted training quest instead of the "go into a dungeon" undaunted quest... things like how to tank, heal and dps effectively. There is just a little Healer symbol on heal skills and tank symbols on taunt skills and that is all the help given.

Overland zones scaling is ideal for freedom of exploration that is actually expected in a TES game. Veteran level content is another topic. It's mostly dungeons and trials at the moment, but ZOS could turn all daedric planes into higher difficulty content.

Bad. Not just my opinion, but a fact.

It was/is great the issues come in where dlc was added...that content should’ve been higher like level 30 or so.

That’s level 30 for dungeons and access. Morrowind should not be accessible until completing the main story

One thing I didn’t like pre one Tamriel was out-leveling a zone. Now that is no longer a thing.

Bad. I think there should have been multiple tiers of level requirements available in a single zone. The zones wouldn't get boring and you would still have a reason to come back to them later on in your gaming career.

The idea that a mudcrab on a beach in Bal Foyen is just as much of a challenge at CP160 as it is at L4 isn't just odd, it's insane. The world loses all sense of verisimilitude.

It definitely adds replayabilty. Only thing I wished they added another higher level phase where say all mobs are CP 300 or so. Even make it optional

Just like maelstrom arena, they should have a toggle for PvE difficulty overland as well, so that we can have a go at old content and find a new challenge, the higher difficulty would also warrant better reward system.

Current me as a casual player going towards serious can literally kill overland mobs in less than 2 seconds.

The scaling needs to be revised a little bit in my opinion, but not removed, it's a very unique aspect of this game and I like it.

I love two things in particular about the level scaling.

First, I can do the DLC content at any time and in any order, without worrying about being over-leveled when I return to the base game content.

Second, I get level-appropriate rewards and materials along with xp when running through earlier overland zones.