For a little experiment, as soon as I got my car from Jackie I took him for a ride to see if he would do any missions or fighting with me (he did not get out of the car), then I decided to power level to 50 before doing any of the story. This is on very hard.
What I noticed is the level system is a curve, where the first 1-20ish levels progressively get longer, then cap out at around 25, then it takes less to level as you start getting more exp from enemies around 30. Going between groups of 3 by cars I would throw 2 grenades and insta kill, run around a corner and do the same to the other set for about 13-15 seconds between kills. At the longest it took 80 rotations, about 19 minutes, but then around 30 it was getting shorter and shorter and in the 40s it was only about 40 rotations of the kills for about 9 minutes.
I also didn't put any points into my attributes or any cybernetics. Now that I am 50 and started doing the story, the enemies are SUPER hard to fight and 1 shot me. Every enemy scales with you even if they go from yellow, to green, to grey "difficulty". Guns and gear scale with you. What makes you overpowered at the later game are the perks and damage multipliers.
No real information in this post, just found it interesting on the leveling curve and the way enemies scale. Seen a few posts complaining the game needs level scaling, and well...it exists?
What I noticed is the level system is a curve, where the first 1-20ish levels progressively get longer, then cap out at around 25, then it takes less to level as you start getting more exp from enemies around 30. Going between groups of 3 by cars I would throw 2 grenades and insta kill, run around a corner and do the same to the other set for about 13-15 seconds between kills. At the longest it took 80 rotations, about 19 minutes, but then around 30 it was getting shorter and shorter and in the 40s it was only about 40 rotations of the kills for about 9 minutes.
I also didn't put any points into my attributes or any cybernetics. Now that I am 50 and started doing the story, the enemies are SUPER hard to fight and 1 shot me. Every enemy scales with you even if they go from yellow, to green, to grey "difficulty". Guns and gear scale with you. What makes you overpowered at the later game are the perks and damage multipliers.
No real information in this post, just found it interesting on the leveling curve and the way enemies scale. Seen a few posts complaining the game needs level scaling, and well...it exists?