I thought loot was going to scale? Why am I getting so much underleveled loot?

[Stiler]

I thought loot was going to scale? Why am I getting so much underleveled loot?

Do I'm loving the game so far but one thing keeps bugging me, I am currently level 6 and I'm traveling around Velen, going into places that are guarded by MUCH higher level enemies (IE lv 14 wryvern, lv 12 balisk, etc) and the "treasures" I'm finding in tihese places are literally level 1-3, I am not even finding things for my level, all of the items I have are better then what I've found (still rocking the Spikeroog Aketon you find early on when you first get to Velen and that was literally like 10'ish hours of playtime ago for me.

Just wondering if scaling only scales down and not up, and even then why would they put such low-level gear guarded by much higher level enemies?

 

[Ethemos]

I do not know for certain, but I only seem to have the issue your referring to when I visit lower lvl mobs, caves or quests.

When I walk around, fighting mobs my level or higher any where in the world, or do quests my own level or higher, I've never had lower level loot drop.

 

[Riven-Twain]

It seems all I ever find is diagrams for level 20+ swords and armour, but I'm still only on level 7. Rather frustrating, that.

 

[3rd_earthling]

Next time you do a "hidden treasure" type mini encounter, try saving before opening the chest. The level of the loot is determined when you open it, and in my experience can vary between your current lvl and several below. It wasn't until i tried doing this that I found a sword at, or even near, my current lvl (when I was about lvl 10)... lots of high lvl blueprints but that was it! The randomness was not kind to me.

 

[Gerudon]

Loot becomes basically meaningless as soon as you get the Witcher set you want. After that you won't wear anything else anyway...

 

[Qaddis]

Loot becomes basically meaningless as soon as you get the Witcher set you want. After that you won't wear anything else anyway...

Yeah, kitten armor for the win