Confirmed. Skrym scales to your level

[Mastermind]

From a story perspective, NCR doesn't properly supply squads due to bureaucratic inefficiency. From a balance perspective, we don't want players gaining easy access to high end weapons like LMGs in the early game, so most of the troopers the player encounters early on have pretty low-end weapons. The NCR and Legion troops with high end weapons don't even spawn in the world until a certain story state has been hit. That's when you'll start seeing Veteran Rangers with Brush Guns, NCR Heavy Troopers with LMGs, Legion Centurions with Chainsaws, and Legion Assassins with 12.7mm Pistols/SMGs.

That's not level-scaling you dumbfuck. That's... story-scaling. Which isn't even a real thing.

Play the game you stupid motherfucker. The game outright refuses to spawn certain weapons, both in stores and on enemies, until you hit certain levels.

 

[Mastermind]

I wouldn't call that level scaling. When I think level scaling, i think of rats in a dungeon being replaced by Deathclaws 20 levels later. Or Raiders in Power Armor 15 levels later. Stupid shit like that. In any case, level scaling is nearly non-existent in New Vegas.

There's nothing that extreme in NV (or Fallout 3 for that matter). Oblivion is the only beth game that did that, and it looks like they mostly learned their lesson.

 

[felipepepe]

From a story perspective, NCR doesn't properly supply squads due to bureaucratic inefficiency. From a balance perspective, we don't want players gaining easy access to high end weapons like LMGs in the early game, so most of the troopers the player encounters early on have pretty low-end weapons. The NCR and Legion troops with high end weapons don't even spawn in the world until a certain story state has been hit. That's when you'll start seeing Veteran Rangers with Brush Guns, NCR Heavy Troopers with LMGs, Legion Centurions with Chainsaws, and Legion Assassins with 12.7mm Pistols/SMGs.

That's not level-scaling you dumbfuck. That's... story-scaling. Which isn't even a real thing.

Play the game you stupid motherfucker. The game outright refuses to spawn certain weapons, both in stores and on enemies, until you hit certain levels.

In BGII the stores get various new itens after you exit the Underdark, but it's "justified" in the game universe, since you were months away, rotting in Spellhold and punching Mindflayers.

F:NV keep some weapons/enemies from players, and playing I feel there are about 4 levels of "world-scaling", but it happens as you visit new towns, so is subtle. Older towns may be restocked, but you will never find a Minigun or a Sniper Rifle there. It may mess a little with the game universe, but it never gets ridiculous as in Oblivion. As "anti-Codexian" as this is, I can understand that the developers didn't wan't players to avoid visiting older areas due lack of "updates".

 

[Mastermind]

F:NV keep some weapons/enemies from players, and playing I feel there are about 4 levels of "world-scaling", but it happens as you visit new towns, so is subtle. Older towns may be restocked, but you will never find a Minigun or a Sniper Rifle there. It may mess a little with the game universe, but it never gets ridiculous as in Oblivion. As "anti-Codexian" as this is, I can understand that the developers didn't wan't players to avoid visiting older areas due lack of "updates".

The Gun Runners, Crimson Caravan, Silver Rush and the Brotherhood armory restock periodically with better stuff, including end game gear like anti-material rifle once you hit an appropriate level, even if you visited them at level 1. Probably missed a major retailer or two (I think there's supposed to be an NCR person who sells very good stuff but I never found him).

 

[oldmansavage]

Really? You didn't see any Vipers or Powder Gangers armed with energy weapons?

-Truly. Only fiends run around with energy weapons among the raider groups.

Powder Gangers have varmint rifles, 9mm, single shotgun.

Vipers have 10mm pistol, cowboy repeater, maybe a 9mm submachine gun and grenade rifles.

Enemies do get better weapons at higher levels. Not everything is scaled but some things are.

-Then please give me some examples because I have not seen ANYTHING level scaling of any sort. I mentioned Honest Hearts but I'm talking about vanilla New Vegas.

Black Mountain, if you go there at a lower level they have the super mutant brute go there later they have super mutant master. While their was a lot less level scaling in FO:NV they couldn't help but add some.

 

[Tycn]

Here's how you do it Bethesda:

<used as light> a platinum ring ..It has a soft glowing aura!
<worn on finger> a pirate's ring
<worn on finger> a pirate's ring
<worn around neck> a CorSec ID tag
<worn around neck> a CorSec ID tag
<worn on body> a tanpaw hunter's armor
<worn on head> a Rebel's piloting helmet
<worn on legs> a pair of comfortable spacer's pants with a built-in kneeboard
<worn on feet> some armored flight boots
<worn on hands> Black piloting gloves
<worn on arms> a set of pilot's armguards
<worn as shield> a neobuckler
<worn about body> a colorshifting cloak
<worn about waist> a Newbie Questor's Satchel of Brilliance
<worn around wrist> an ace wrist comlink
<worn around wrist> a leather wrist guard
<wielded> an Assault Knife ..It emits a faint humming sound!
<held>
<piloted> (concealed) an escort ship
<worn as patch> a Marauder's insignia
<worn as patch> a battle of Yavin award

I suppose you made that up and this isn't some awesome game I didn't know existed?

 

[DragoFireheart]

Black Mountain, if you go there at a lower level they have the super mutant brute go there later they have super mutant master. While their was a lot less level scaling in FO:NV they couldn't help but add some.

Huh, well I may have to try going there at a lower level.

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

Great Khans start wielding previously unique 12.7mm pistols and SMGs at lv20+. Items for sale depend on your level, most npcs are level-scaled and carry level-scaled weapons. At least one quest is level-locked.

Itemization is clearly tiered due to this. You will see an artificial 9mm->10mm->.357/5.56->4.44 etc progression in the gameworld.

 

[felipepepe]

At least one quest is level-locked.

To that point even Fallout 1&2 had quests where you "had to have more experience under your belt", something quite believable, as no one would hire an unknow "Lv 1 tribal" to help the sheriff.

Level-Scaling isn't always bad, but Oblivion left such a scar on people that no one want's to hear about it anymore. Just like horse armours. Or wanting to become a dragon.

 

[Captain Shrek]

This weapon leveling drama makes me smile. Children. :D

 

[bishop7]

I'd do her.

 

[Marobug]

But, besides of that, I really don't think she's ugly

Man, all I can tell you is you really need to pay a visit to your ophthalmologist.
She's a complete trainwreck, if she's not ugly then I'm johnny depp and brad pitt's bastard child.

Ashley Cheng is a MAN, dumbasses.

The interviewer is female, I think.

We were talking about the interviewer genius.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

If the audience worsen....then it goes the opposite? Is it okay to blame the market, then?

It's always the market's fault. Drug lords exist because there are people willing to buy drugs. Though it's more fun to think of developers as evil monsters trying to destroy the very concept of crpg, they're just making the shit people want / are willing to settle for.

They wanted to make it more welcoming. So, they can appeal to the CoD crowd and, thus, make more money. Fuck life.

Probably based on the fact that FO3 and NV had two armor slots (head and body, three if you count eyewear) and no one complained.

Also, did they reduce the number of armor slots or was it only four in oblivion too?

In OB you get

head
chest and arms
hands
legs
feet

plus 2 rings and one amulet slot. If in Skyrim we get 4, it's probably

head
chest and arms
hands
legs and feet

with probable emphasis on feet, since magic boots tend to be more interesting than magic greaves / pants. Could also be

head
chest, arms and thighs
hands
feet

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Todd on his way to the dark side...

Todd as a dark lord of the sith.