I'm a lvl 11 mage and I went into algeron lvl 1...but i got killed several times XD. 1 or 2 levels back, algeron was pretty easy. is there like a penalty or something? also, i set the difficulty setting to normal.

Edited by kranl (04/21/08 03:30 AM)

Can you be more specific please? What "penalty" are you refering to as the only Dungeon that has "Penalties" is HDoL's Resurrection Sickness....

XD... XD.... What is XD Please

i don't know if you can call it a 'penalty' but i think i took more damage in algernon than before... i didn't change my equipment at all

XD is a emoticon- sorry about that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon

I too have found that the same level, with the same items, everything exactly the same, its tougher to kill the monsters.

But then again, i have found the opposite as well.

There is no penalty as you level, but the monsters do scale to your level. It may just be that your gear is becoming outdated as you level.

It is important to switch out your gear after a while, but the difference, assuming you are fighting on the same difficulty and group dynamics aren't compeltely different, shouldn't be that dramatic.

Well, to be fair, mobs DID get stronger with the last chunk. If you played before that, then maybe that is what you're referring too. Not the last heave, but the last chunk I believe. Scroll back through the update notes and you'll find which one it was.

edit: Just looked real quick down the patch notes, and builds 95-100 all say something in them in some way about monsters getting higher AR, dmg, and such. Some of the notes arent specific, but nonetheless...

I noticed this recently, though I didn't think it too severe, when I started a new character recently for fun. Like everyone else asked, is your gear up to par, etc? Makes a big difference, but like mess said still shouldn't be as dramatic as it seems you say you're encountering.



Edited by Teclis (04/21/08 01:46 PM)

I didn't level I was the same, I had all the same equipment, everything was the same apart from the xp needed. They just seemed to Hit a little harder and last a little longer, of course that could be due to my lack of reaction time.

One more thing since the last Patch you really have to watch your Diff slider most times. Your safest bet i to move the slider up one notch to Formidable setting it and then moving it back to Normal and setting it. There is a problem with the diff slider showing on our side that its on Normal or on Insane and in reality on Dr's Side it is not. So when you log in do this little trick to avoid having a difficulty slider problem.