Can't believe level scaling still not fixed in under 49 battle grounds?

Ordinator199 · May 17

coming into bgs if you are under level 40 = severe handicap for you, is it how its supposed to be in devs mind?

Blood_again · May 17

Last summer I joined BGs with an Arcanist lvl15 and made horrible things with players till lvl35 or so.
The "after 40" levels are the toughest period both in BGs and dungeons, if you ask me.
Has something critically changed?

Ordinator199 · May 17

Blood_again wrote: »

Last summer I joined BGs with an Arcanist lvl15 and made horrible things with players till lvl35 or so.
The "after 40" levels are the toughest period both in BGs and dungeons, if you ask me.
Has something critically changed?

Well I came in on a lvl 25dk

my scaled health: 24k, inside i had 12k
my scaled wpn/spell dmg: 2.6k, inside 1.4k

tsaescishoeshiner · May 17

Yes, it's massively bugged and impeding gameplay. Since Update 49, resources and stats are 1/3 to 1/2 of what they are outside of battlegrounds. This is not like it was before. You can use literally two skills, or break free once, and you're out of resources.

See this thread about it and maybe add your stats or more screenshots: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/691478/battlegrounds-under-level-50-major-stat-reduction-bug-in-u49

Vonnegut2506 · May 17

Funny thing is I had a couple newer players try battlegrounds today for the first time, and they thought it was ridiculously difficult to do anything. I let them know that it wasn't always like this, and hopefully, ZOS will get around to fixing it. If you are under level 40, or have several under level 40 on your team, you are in a world of hurt.

Sluggy · May 18

As was mentioned. It's a bug. Basically, the level-scaling that normally scales a player's stats to level CP160 isn't working in Battlegrounds anymore so you are ending up with your real stats rather than level-scaled ones. This obviously means anyone below max level is severely handicapped.

It's been known about and mentioned on the forums for months but as far as I know the devs have never acknowledged it.

Ordinator199 · May 18

Sluggy wrote: »

As was mentioned. It's a bug. Basically, the level-scaling that normally scales a player's stats to level CP160 isn't working in Battlegrounds anymore so you are ending up with your real stats rather than level-scaled ones. This obviously means anyone below max level is severely handicapped.

It's been known about and mentioned on the forums for months but as far as I know the devs have never acknowledged it.

Well maybe its not a bug, and its intention of ZOS for scaling to work this way, so as mentioned prior in this thread lvl 15 arcanists do not destroy lvl 40s. Because its a double edged sword, as you lvl from 40 to 50, you notice that your crafted gear sets scales less and less the closer you get to 50. So unless you got a swap to change into between 45-50, your lvl 40 sets will be quite a bit less powerful, that goes even further if someone doesnt have pre-crafted sets at all.

I just think that Devs should've said something by now, given that lots of threads where made on the matter. I do think that scaling should scale differently depending on level of your character, however not as drastically as it is now, it seems like right now the less scaling you get the more closer you are to the starting point which I think is lvl 10 for bgs?

So level 10 is getting like 0-10% of scaling, while level 40+ gets scaled completely and as long as he has gear to swap into pretty much wields full power of an average cp160 character if that makes sense. To make it more balanced level 10 should get 25-30% of scaling to start off instead of 0-10%, if that makes sense.

barney2525 · May 18

the thing is Zos is pushing the BGs these days, previously adding them into Endeavors, and now int the Tome quests. And with all the super powerful bad guys I have to reroll, doing a BG with a lower level character is a regular occurrence.

Sometimes it's fun and I manage to get 2 or 3 kills. Sometimes ... not so much.

its just another distraction away from playing the gist of the game. these days when I start a new character, I don't even LOOK at the Main Quest - not even the 5 minute no-combat freebie explaining the background, until after the character hits level 50+. There is always something new that pops up and every new thing requires more and more Time.

what they haven't figured out yet, is the New is not necessarily good for the game.