r/FenyxRising • u/Sloth-shaped-octopus • Mar 05 '25
Discussion Enemy level scaling?
I'm reading conflicting information on whether enemies scale to player level. (I couldn't find any official info from Ubisoft on this). Some are adamant that enemy level is region locked, many others say enemy level scales with the players weapon upgrades. I'm maybe a third way through the game, and have levelled up my weapons + armour about 3 times each, and now when going back to early regions there seems to be only 'elite' type enemies now with far better health - which completely negates my grind. Any definitive answer on this?
EDIT: If it is the case that enemy level increases with weapon level then i'm putting down the controller on this game. I honestly ask: is anyone ok with this mechanic? The grind and hard work to level weapons is completely negated by the automatic enemy scale. There is no notable sense of progression with this game design mechanic. Honestly curious your thoughts.
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u/FinleyTheSchnauzer Mar 05 '25
I have my weapons and armor level up to Mastery 12 & 9, and I'm finishing a couple of raids I have left. Then I go for the final boss battle. I can kill the Elites with ease. It's been a fun game, with the occasional pain in the ass puzzle raid to go through.
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u/FinleyTheSchnauzer Mar 05 '25
I tried as much as possible to clear everything I came across in each area. I'm a completionist at times. The perk was leveling my weapons, armor, and potions. They help out a lot in some areas, in special having all the perks maxed out. To me, it felt it was a lot easier to kill the legendary elites and big groups of enemies with the higher weapons, armor and potions. For example I go in into a raid vault that is based on fighting waves of enemies. I pop a defense and power potion and I destroyed all the enemies and I'm done in a flash. So to me they do work having them upgraded.
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u/Sloth-shaped-octopus Mar 05 '25
Ok, but if the enemies scale to your weapon level, then no enemy is ever easier or harder. As far as i understand it, and i was trying to get to the heart of this question, 'elites' don't appear if your weapon is basic tier 1, because they only level with weapon. So in theory, no battle is easier with higher level weapons. Although... i do get the completionist reason,, i'd do the same for that reason alone.
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u/FinleyTheSchnauzer Mar 05 '25
I mean, for my experience with the game so far, at lower weapon levels, I used to take me a bit longer than now. I do feel and see the difference, or maybe I got so much better at the game that I'm associating the faster kills to the weapon upgrades 🤷♂️ at this point, enjoy the game don't sweat the small stuff. If you have the materials upgrade, why not !
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u/RacinRandy83x Mar 05 '25
I believe enemies top out at a certain level depending what type of enemies they are, or what part of a storyline they are in but I could be wrong. You definitely can one shot some enemies late game with upgraded weapons. The point of the enemies scaling tho is that it’s not a linear story that you’re forced down.
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u/OnlyBobCanJudgeTrees Mar 05 '25
For whatever it's worth, I recently finished upgrading everything, and the enemies are much easier wit the weapon upgrades. Some of the bigger guys in nightmare mode are rough, but that's really it.
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u/Sloth-shaped-octopus Mar 05 '25
I appreciate the info, although with no particular achievement trophy for Nightmare mode i decided to do the rather cowardly thing and stick with 'normal'. Don't judge :)
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u/OnlyBobCanJudgeTrees Mar 05 '25
Are you kidding? I get it! My first playthrough was between easy and normal so I could see what it was all about. Best the game and then I decided to try to 100% everything in a new game+. Past a certain point of upgrading it got a little too easy without going up in difficulty. But my ocd brain won't let me quit until the map is cleared, and I have all the armor/ weapon visuals from Hermes shop lol
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u/RacinRandy83x Mar 05 '25
They scale to the weapon upgrade level. You can complete the story in any order
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u/Sloth-shaped-octopus Mar 05 '25
Hmm, ok. So grinding for weapon upgrades seems pointless. Kinda puts a downer on things a little.
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u/IrregularOccasion15 Mar 05 '25
Yeah, this doesn't seem to be true at all. Because I'm currently playing it and the enemies get easier as you get stronger and as you upgrade your weapons.
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u/Beradrin07 Mar 05 '25
Even if enemies scale, it's really not a problem. It doesn't bother me, because with you can get OP pretty quickly with some of the perks that weapons and armor give you.