The Elder Scrolls Online

Downscaling in lower-level areas?

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lecarcajou_ESO
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Having just recently revisited my starting area for some more exploring and gathering, I came across quite a few quests I'd missed the first time around. Needless to say, at my current level they posed little challenge and yielded even less XP. Kind of a shame, since I enjoyed having discovered them. One thing I'd love to see in TESO is the kind of downwards skill adjustment you have in GW2, where upon visiting a low-level zone your damage output is scaled in proportion to the opponents you'll encounter there—making it both challenging and worthwhile to pick up any quests you missed or skipped. Am I right?
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  • Shimond
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    I don't think they actually give you less xp. Less proportionate to your level perhaps but still as much xp as they always give, from what I've noticed.

    Besides which, I never found the downscaling in GW2 to be all that impressive. You were still significantly more powerful as a high level scaled down to even a well equipped natural in that area.
    Edited by Shimond on May 4, 2014 5:40PM
  • nerevarine1138
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    No, you're not right. Quest XP is tuned so that there's enough XP for you to get to VR1 by completing most quests in your faction's zones and Coldharbour.
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  • lecarcajou_ESO
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    nerevarine1138 wrote: »
    No, you're not right. Quest XP is tuned so that there's enough XP for you to get to VR1 by completing most quests in your faction's zones and Coldharbour.

    Well, I'd love to be wrong about that. But does that apply only if I do all those quests at the appropriate level, or also if I come back to them later? It's quite possible that I missed something, of course.

    @Shimond
    That's true, of course, as you still retained all of your advanced skills, but you certainly could not expect to be an utterly invincible, indestructible juggernaut.
    Edited by lecarcajou_ESO on May 4, 2014 5:45PM
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  • nerevarine1138
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    It applies at all times. You will always receive the same amount of quest XP, regardless of your level.
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  • lecarcajou_ESO
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    Well, case closed then, and thanks! I didn't see the XP bar budge much, but that may have been a misperception.
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