how does stat nerf work in multiplayer?

[hiyall]

yesterday was playing just fine with my friend and then today when i got on with them, my health is halved and my damage is only 1/4 of what i use to do. how does this nerf work? neither of us leveled since yesterday

[Deadeye64]

Pretty sure it scales you to approx. the hosts level/power. For example if your friend only has a +3 weapon and is level 40, you should be roughly as powerful as that. Sometimes it scales you even lower than them too.

I should clarify this is if you're way higher level and upgrade level than the host.

[hiyall]

Originally posted by Deadeye64:

Pretty sure it scales you to approx. the hosts level/power. For example if your friend only has a +3 weapon and is level 40, you should be roughly as powerful as that. Sometimes it scales you even lower than them too.

I should clarify this is if you're way higher level and upgrade level than the host.

i am currently 7 levels higher and the only thing i did different from last night was upgrade a staff plus 5 but im not even using that yet or have it equipped but it is on my person

[Kurnauskis uwu]

Originally posted by Deadeye64:

Pretty sure it scales you to approx. the hosts level/power. For example if your friend only has a +3 weapon and is level 40, you should be roughly as powerful as that. Sometimes it scales you even lower than them too.

I should clarify this is if you're way higher level and upgrade level than the host.

I find it hard to believe it scales weapon level and the overall scaling in general is broken. I.E summoned phantoms at lvl 50 able to one shot me with moonveil from 1k-1,4k hp while hosts tickle me with theirs.

[Deadeye64]

Originally posted by hiyall:

Originally posted by Deadeye64:

Pretty sure it scales you to approx. the hosts level/power. For example if your friend only has a +3 weapon and is level 40, you should be roughly as powerful as that. Sometimes it scales you even lower than them too.

I should clarify this is if you're way higher level and upgrade level than the host.

i am currently 7 levels higher and the only thing i did different from last night was upgrade a staff plus 5 but im not even using that yet or have it equipped but it is on my person

Only being 7 levels higher shouldn't scale you down at all, but your +5 weapon will if your friend hasn't upgraded any of their weapons, you don't have to have the weapon equipped.

[Deadeye64]

Originally posted by The Great Kurnauskis UwU:

Originally posted by Deadeye64:

Pretty sure it scales you to approx. the hosts level/power. For example if your friend only has a +3 weapon and is level 40, you should be roughly as powerful as that. Sometimes it scales you even lower than them too.

I should clarify this is if you're way higher level and upgrade level than the host.

I find it hard to believe it scales weapon level and the overall scaling in general is broken. I.E summoned phantoms at lvl 50 able to one shot me with moonveil from 1k-1,4k hp while hosts tickle me with theirs.

Idk, when my brother summoned me for a watchdog fight when I was 30+ levels ahead of him with a +15 weapon I was hitting like a noodle, less damage than him. There's something very weird about how it scales phantoms.

[Lohikaarme]

Originally posted by hiyall:

yesterday was playing just fine with my friend and then today when i got on with them, my health is halved and my damage is only 1/4 of what i use to do. how does this nerf work? neither of us leveled since yesterday

Yes, scales the most level player all the way down towards the lower level player. I play with my GF. She is lvl 20, I'm lvl 120, and i get DESTROYED by the mobs in the Tree Sentinel area. It also bumps down your spell casting speed

[Obergruppenführer]

Originally posted by hiyall:

Originally posted by Deadeye64:

Pretty sure it scales you to approx. the hosts level/power. For example if your friend only has a +3 weapon and is level 40, you should be roughly as powerful as that. Sometimes it scales you even lower than them too.

I should clarify this is if you're way higher level and upgrade level than the host.

i am currently 7 levels higher and the only thing i did different from last night was upgrade a staff plus 5 but im not even using that yet or have it equipped but it is on my person

welcome to Souls-verse, as soon as you upgrade your weapon, that is it, game does not care where the weapon is, in your inventory, equipped, in storage, or you just discarded is as soon as you upgraded, once you upgrade it is in your character profile and it has forever altered your matchmaking, cannot be undone. Only new character.