Originally Posted by
Dekoda
So the other day I was on BRD going to do the ENM Bionic Bug in Mine Shaft #2716. It's still 75 cap, so I sent over a lot of my old 75 equipment that I saved on another character. When I entered, I casted Mage's Ballad II on myself, the instrument I was using was my Gjallarhorn, and it's currently upgraded past level 75. I noticed I was only recovering 2 MP at a time, it made me a little confused that it wasn't already implemented to scale down Gjallarhorn to its former level 75 stats, to give me the benefit of All Songs +2 (ultimately giving Mage's Ballad II 4 MP per tic). I really don't want to invest in/send over my old level 75 instruments for occasions like this, when I've already put in the work for Gjallarhorn, I should be able to gain the benefits from it.
This also made me question if other benefits are taken away when scaled down to 75. For instance, if one is using a level 99 Aegis, do they not receive the full Magic Damage Taken -25%, or the Shield Bash augmentation that is granted by a level 75 Aegis? Do they also not receive the hidden effect of a size 3 shield block rate(50%), despite it being a size 5 shield? Or, if someone is using an Item Level 119 Mandau, are they unable to use Mercy Stroke? Are they not receiving benefits that would otherwise be granted by a Level 75 Mandau? Say, a Mythic weapon too, if I have Item Level 119 Liberator and am capped at 75, do I miss out on Aftermath from Insurgency, or any other benefits of the weapon?
Weapons could not be the only case here as well. This part is just speculation as I haven't been capped at 75 since I did Bionic Bug, so I am just assuming I'm right here given my recent experience. Take for example, reforged relic and artifact armor. Let's say I'm a RDM, I'm doing something capped at level 60, and I have an Atrophy Chapeau. If I have it equipped, am I unable to benefit from the Fast Cast equivalent to that of a Warlock's Chapeau? If I'm using Vitivation Tights for a level 75 capped event, do I miss out on the bonus to Spikes spells from Duelist's Tights? If I don't, maybe have it scale down to that. Or, maybe have the Atrophy Chapeau just scale down to a Warlock's Chapeau +1 if this is the case, as the game probably doesn't know which version you turned in, and if you upgraded a Warlock's Chapeau +1 you should still be able to benefit from it, regardless of which version of the Atrophy Chapeau you have.
Of course, you could go and obtain all of these again and store them, which sounds like a pain and seems unnecessary when you've already done it once.
ENMs aren't the only case of level 75 cap occasions, I know of several people who love to level sync to 75 and do old events for fun, such as a run at the gods in Ru'Aun Gardens. And also, as mentioned earlier, 75 cap isn't the only situation, as Artifact armor should also apply for things capped at level 60 too, such as certain BCNMs and other ENMs, and so Reforged Artifact should give full former Artifact benefits there as well if this isn't already the case.
I would appreciate it if something could be done about this, to make things such as these scale to 75 and below as accurately as possible. Thanks!