How is power level of loot determined?

[s0uthbound]

I'm playing with 3 friends, we all started new characters, but after the the 3rd mission I already have power level of 220 while all 3 of them are around 90-110. I haven't played without them on this character. Now playing at Recruit is too easy, but they can't even get their power above 115 in order to play Veteran difficulty.

Why is there such a huge difference between the loot me and them receive?

I have another character which is level 20+. Could it be that power level is determined by the average power level of all characters, and not independently for each character?

How can we resolve the issue with huge loot disparity?

Any tips are welcome!

[Armoth]

Best way for your friends to gain power level is by leveling up and use whatever new loot they get that has a higher power level regardless of what it is.

If they have 5 chests in their inventory for example, have them open one at a time, equip the best items from the batch, and open the next chest. This will help get the most out of your chest items and boost power level.

As for the power disparity. Are you using any trinkets, amulets etc from your level 20 character? Other than weapons, the three support items carry over across all characters and is actually a great way to boost the power level of a character that may not be as high of a level as others. I hope this explanation helped or made sense. Thanks.

[Kotzi]

Your item level is shared among chars.

[Adelion]

The power level of loot is determined by the number of loot you received/crafted. Everytime you open a chest, there is a range from -5 to + 10 (not sure on exact numbers but the gist is correct) to your current item level for the new loot. This means if you open more chests and craft more items than your friends, you will most likely have a higher power level on items.

Or in short: Item level is roughly proportional to the total number of items acquired across all careers.

[Kotzi]

To clarify, you may have the same hero power as your friends as you are the same level, but if you have another char playing alone your item level will be higher if you have played without your friends.

Total power is hero level * 10 + item level power. Item level is accountwide. So if you have an item level of 200 on Sienna. Your level 2 Kerillian will open chest and get stuff level 200 and your friends will only get sutff in the range of their actuall item level -5 to +10 of that. Thats the disparity.

[cape]

I thought it was -5 to +5 (if highest item is 100, you can get between 95 and 105 when looting/crafting). Did they change it?

It's not necessary to equip the highest item before opening a chest. It's the highest lvl item you've ever looted/crafted over all characters. Even if you salvaged that highest item you'll still keep your "high score".

[Kotzi]

-5/+10 has always floated my mind, cant tell for sure if it has been changed, been max level a long time cant check.

EDIT: Nonetheless, the exact numbers dont really matter, its as you said, your highest score +- if + that sets the next score.

[cape]

Did some testing and it seems to be -10 to +10. Was at 30 power level and got a 20 item. A couple of chests later when I was at 40 I got an item of 50.

[radz741]

If you want to power up fast scrap everything you get and use all your dust to create new gear.