QUOTE(Alfsaw @ Aug 14 2015, 09:29 AM)
Prestige scaling is great. Let's everyone join in regardless of prestige difference.
But then there lies the cons as well. I attempted Okki Island on Easy (for a really quick run). Went in with my near 12k mastered Knight, and 2 Cryomancers (5xx & 7xx). The lack of abilities was obvious.
Thankfully though the knight class is a sponge. Had to even coach them for the bosses and/or mini-bosses.
The concept itself is great , but in practical it isn't .
It allows players to quickly find a group , but whether if you can complete the dungeon is another matter.
The prestige scaling also always ensure that the difficulty of the dungeon is ' NORMAL " which is highly discouraging because most of us get our gear upgrades from " Impossible ' difficulty. Therefore you rarely see anyone above 20k + in the dungeons these days since they rather solo it or spend ages to look for high prestige members from the chat.
The prestige scaling itself is also pretty terrible especially for DPS since you only gain bonus damage and health from the scaling itself. A dps role needs high % of crushing blow, high acc% , luck/valor which you only get from leveling up chapels and unlocking symbols from high end nodes.