Is mechanist weak early on or I'm doing something wrong?

[Aldath]

Scaling of classes is kinda whack at the lower levels and isn’t always great

For example SMN absolutely destroys every other class at level 70 because of the way their kit works but is on the lower end of DPS at level 90

In general the devs don’t really maintain kit balance at levels other than the level cap so if you notice a class feels kinda weak at lower levels just keep pushing through because outside of specific situations they are all well balanced at 90

This seems like good news.
Are the mobs in early HW areas overtuned, or that's just me? From what I remember I could kill them but I would leave the battle quite damaged, and my RDM took a little longer to kill mobs than my Summoner. At level 60, my DNC, SMN and RDM pretty much take on the Dravanian Hinterlands level 60 mobs at the same speed, take less damage, and need less button presses.

[Supersnow845]

This seems like good news.
Are the mobs in early HW areas overtuned, or that's just me? From what I remember I could kill them but I would leave the battle quite damaged, and my RDM took a little longer to kill mobs than my Summoner. At level 60, my DNC, SMN and RDM pretty much take on the Dravanian Hinterlands level 60 mobs at the same speed, take less damage, and need less button presses.

Mobs more scale based on ilvl than level itself and ilvl is messy because there is strong vertical progression at the level caps

For example

Lvl 1-49 = ilvl 1-50
Lvl 50 = ilvl 50-130
Lvl 51-60 = ilvl 130-200
Lvl 60 = ilvl 200-270
Lvl 61-70 = ilvl 270-290
Lvl 70 = ilvl 290-400
Lvl 71-80 = ilvl 400-440
Lvl 80 = ilvl 440-530
Lvl 81-90 = ilvl 530-550
Lvl 90 = ilvl 550-660

Every 40 ilvl’s is roughly equal to an almost doubling of your overall character strength, so youll likely notice more changes in your classes based on changes in your gear rather than changes in your level even if upping your level gives you more skills