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[–] Grasswalker [S] 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
Nothing is locked by level, it's locked by your skill. If you're level 1 you can go and fight a level 10, and assuming you can dodge / avoid most of their attacks, you can kill it without much difficulty at all. You can pick up quests with a recommended level of 40 at level 5, it's up to you whether you can complete them that early or not. You can go to the highest level region at level 5 too.
If you don't like items being level locked, there's a mod on Nexus to disable all item level requirements.
A level based / level restricted area system is pretty good in my opinion, far better than games like Skyrim where everything is just scaled proportionately to yourself, and therefor levels and progress doesn't matter because if you're 5 the boss is 7, but if you're 30 the boss is 33. What's the point leveling up if nothing changes? No new items? The same relative strength enemies?
The game is extremely good and I recommend you give it a second chance, you get large amounts of XP from the main storyline / main quest, play the game as if levels don't exist, do the main quest, then realize "oh, I'm level 20 now" and then go do whatever you want afterwards.
[–] whiteface 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
He meant the gear is level locked, which you covered - mods fix all problems :)
The level lock even caught out CDPR, the wolf armour (I think it was) levels changed between patches so they provided people with a potion of decreased level requirements to let them level for an hour while using higher leveled gear.
Still seems like a bit of a lazy way of extending gameplay though, in an otherwise fantastic game.
[–] Grasswalker [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I didn't know CDPR messed up levels and stuff with the Wolf Armour, I actually have that potion still in my inventory sitting there and I had no idea when it'd be useful to me.
I don't consider gear being level locked a problem, I love the idea of grinding away to get the next tier of items (then again I come from World of Warcraft where that's super normal) and being rewarded when I get there with the new items. Having a Sword 3 levels above me in my inventory drives me to keep going, but then again that's just me.
I'm still working on finishing Witcher 3, I've barely entered Novigrad, and basically finished Velen after 90 hours.
[–] cum_on_the_curtains 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
that mod sounds good, i may give it a try another time. Technically you could take on high level enemies, you just did no damage to them whilst they could kill you in one hit, and yeah i could dodge and all that but it just seemed tedious and ultimately unrewarding when i got locked items anyway
and skyrim, iam really getting tired of single player rpg games scaling to keep up the challenge, iam not going to play it forever and ive played this game enough already, had my challenge now make me a god, so obsessed with balance restrictions they forgot to make it fun
[–] Grasswalker [S] 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
Then you'll love the Witcher 3, where the game isn't scaled, but there are level specific zones instead. :D