Level scaling?

[Dudeman]

Level scaling?

[slartifer]

Originally posted by BATTLEMODE:

I love watching people flail about over one element of games design taken out of context with the rest of the game. It's like people at a dinner table arguing that their meal is too small not realising only the starter has been served.

This is an example of what I'm starting to call "Steam-Meme Thinking". If you're gonna get angry over something like level scaling in a CRPG, at least consider the rest of the choices in the game and see if that choice actually fits the overall design or not.

This. 100%, this.

I hate level scaling too, but it doesn't have the kind of impact here that it has in more classic wtf-scaling examples.

[Omega]

Yep I really hate level scaling too but... I can' tell I felt it ,to tell the truth in this game level scaling fit perfectly ;)

[paladin_66]

I detest level scaling. One of the worst scourges ever to hit rpgs. Only started game now though so hopefully it is not noticeable.

[Count von Bunnyhopven]

Is there level scaling? I never noticed it before. My party at lvl 8 faced lvl13 enemies in random a encounter. They later faced lvl 4 enemies when at lvl 14 in another random encounter. Where exactly does the level scaling happen? Because as far as I can tell the random encounters are based on location rather than the party level.

All the reavers in the first city were lvl 10 except for a few at the end who had lower levels. I think I was also about lvl 10 when first entering the city. But I had a higher level for most of my stay there.

[Rik]

Each enemy type (combination of race+class_archetype+class) has 3 values that affect their level:
Level
Max Level
Offset

Their level is bound between level and max level. Once they spawn, it calculates the actual level by adding offset to your level, and staying within these bounds.

Offset can be positive or negative.