Although I have no empirical evidence to back it up, I would imagine that
Verant will continue to tweak the difficultly of mobs as the average
character level on each server increases. Granted there will always be low
level characters on every server, but over time the average character level
will increase. This could be Verant's method to help prevent overcrowding
by ensuring there are enough creatures around to give experience. Just a
speculation on my part.

One other thing to consider, when a creature spawns, there are a range of
levels they could be. Last night I was camping the pirate captain in the
OOT who drops the Bracer of Erollisi. The first time he spawned he conned
dark blue to me (21 bard). The second time he spawned, he was black to me
(same level). The third time he spawned he was yellow. This could have
been what happened to you in Steamfont with the skeletons.

Galtin of E'ci

> This may seem like superstition on my part but the goblin wizards in
> Butcherblock seemed to have been given a boost in their nastiness. I was
> soloing these guys at lvl 12 without losing more than two bubbles of
> damage,
> then recently at level 13 I hit a few once more and almost died a few
> times.
> I know that things that con the same can vary in potency but this is a big
> difference. I've also noticed this with the skeletons outside of the
> Minotaur Cave in Steamfront, which helped me make my 12th level and turned
> promptly to conning green, only to return to blue now at 14th level.
>
> Anyone else see similar things like this happening?
>
> Bernwyn
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