Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10870829-20130706015706/@comment-4057437-20130709151758

Dasvildanya wrote: Right. No one should have to exploit the game to make the game work. If that is necessary it means that a fundamental game mechanic is broken and thus it is a fault. Not to mention items scale with you so that "ebony armor" you mentioned isn't actually as strong as ebony until you level up. Regardless no one should have to "cheat" the game to be able to play the game that is just bad design. Using a basic feature of a game isn't cheating. The leveling mechanism of a game is a basic feature of that game. He who knows the rules best wins.

p.s. For all practical purposes, Umbra's armor and the Honorblade aren't scaled as much to level as they are scaled to skill.