Loot scaling was a concept introduced to Guild Wars in as part of Game Update 20070419 (19/04/07).

The idea was to provide a way for people to still enjoy the challenge of completing areas in small groups or solo, whilst limiting the ability to ‘gold farm’.

Although the concept has been live for a few months now, there are still some misconceptions about loot scaling, what it does, and how it affects you. This spotlight aims to relieve some of these misconceptions, and hopefully turn loot scaling into something that works for you, rather than against you.

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