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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 7724861" data-attributes="member: 46713">Well, I'm not a WoW player, but iirc, you're wrong about WoW having 'false leveling'. The game's divided into 'zones' meant for different level ranges. But there's nothing preventing you from visiting zones that aren't appropriate for your level. If your character is level 50 and you enter a zone intended for level 10, all monsters will appear 'grey' to you, indicating you won't get any xp for killing them. If you enter a level 80 zone, all monsters will appear 'purple' to you, indicating the monsters are extremely likely to kill you without taking a sweat.This isn't much different from your typical D&amp;D (sandbox) game: The areas around the PCs home base will usually be populated by low-level threats, and the farther you travel into the wild, the tougher they get. For 'epic' level threats you journey into the outer planes.You're definitely right about Skyrim, though. It's one of the reasons I don't particularly enjoy the Elder Scrolls games: Since everything around you is leveling up whenever your character does, you're encouraged to avoid leveling as much as possible in order to have an easier time to solve the overarching quest line. If you don't make attempts to slow down your character's progression, you end up with a ridiculous game environment where liches and vampire lords prowl the city streets at night and every farmer's root cellar houses an ancient red dragon with a bunch of iron golem bodyguards...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 7724861, member: 46713"] Well, I'm not a WoW player, but iirc, you're wrong about WoW having 'false leveling'. The game's divided into 'zones' meant for different level ranges. But there's nothing preventing you from visiting zones that aren't appropriate for your level. If your character is level 50 and you enter a zone intended for level 10, all monsters will appear 'grey' to you, indicating you won't get any xp for killing them. If you enter a level 80 zone, all monsters will appear 'purple' to you, indicating the monsters are extremely likely to kill you without taking a sweat. This isn't much different from your typical D&D (sandbox) game: The areas around the PCs home base will usually be populated by low-level threats, and the farther you travel into the wild, the tougher they get. For 'epic' level threats you journey into the outer planes. You're definitely right about Skyrim, though. It's one of the reasons I don't particularly enjoy the Elder Scrolls games: Since everything around you is leveling up whenever your character does, you're encouraged to avoid leveling as much as possible in order to have an easier time to solve the overarching quest line. If you don't make attempts to slow down your character's progression, you end up with a ridiculous game environment where liches and vampire lords prowl the city streets at night and every farmer's root cellar houses an ancient red dragon with a bunch of iron golem bodyguards... [/QUOTE]

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