As long as it's clear that they're not supposed to be able to beat those things yet, anyway.
Aemon Send a noteboard - 26/10/2011 09:37:48 PM
I've definitely played games where I was stuck for an hour trying to get past something when, in fact, I wasn't supposed to be there at all. 
I agree that danger can be an important element, though. I think that's actually why I played so little of Cataclysm. The game is just flat out easy these days. It's virtually impossible to die. In Classic, I remember fleeing as fast as I could the very instant I heard the sound of an additional enemy noticing me. In Cataclysm, I died twice (not an estimate) from level 1 - 85. Both times were attempting to solo a world quest designed for 5 players (one of the Northrend giants). It was also the only 5-man quest (outside of instances) that I wasn't able to solo.
Sigh.
I agree that danger can be an important element, though. I think that's actually why I played so little of Cataclysm. The game is just flat out easy these days. It's virtually impossible to die. In Classic, I remember fleeing as fast as I could the very instant I heard the sound of an additional enemy noticing me. In Cataclysm, I died twice (not an estimate) from level 1 - 85. Both times were attempting to solo a world quest designed for 5 players (one of the Northrend giants). It was also the only 5-man quest (outside of instances) that I wasn't able to solo. Sigh.
Not sure if this has been told here or not but Skyrim is going to be a port for the PC
- 26/10/2011 03:26:57 PM
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At least PC players get mods to fix the terrible decisions like level scaling and bad UI. Oh well.
- 26/10/2011 08:35:54 PM
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Re: Level scaling
- 26/10/2011 08:47:14 PM
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Or they could just design a game that includes dangers you can't overcome.
- 26/10/2011 09:22:09 PM
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As long as it's clear that they're not supposed to be able to beat those things yet, anyway.
- 26/10/2011 09:37:48 PM
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I don't entirely disagree.
- 26/10/2011 09:43:19 PM
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My issue is mostly with equipment and enemy types scaling, not so much actual level.
- 26/10/2011 09:55:29 PM
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I'm more interested in item scaling than enemy level scaling
- 26/10/2011 09:53:55 PM
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I'm not sure.
- 26/10/2011 10:07:54 PM
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Did Fallout 3 and New Vegas have Level scaling?
- 27/10/2011 08:40:54 AM
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NV didn't have scaling. Try walking down the road with Cazadores once you leave Goodsprings. 
- 27/10/2011 02:27:40 PM
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- 27/10/2011 02:27:40 PM
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That's the first thing I tried to do after the goodsprings quests.
- 27/10/2011 02:31:32 PM
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