Half damage in PVP?

rathelas

Hi Everyone,

I'd like to inquire about PVP damage.
I'm currently playing a level 49 GWF and when I enter PVP it seems my damage is halved, is this normally the case?

Example:
Restoring Strike usually hits mobs for ~1200

in Log it says:
fighting Foxy Megan in PVE (Foundry Quest)
[Combat (Self)] Your Restoring Strike deals 1221 (1336) Physical to Foxy Megan.

vs in PVP:
[Combat (Self)] Your Restoring Strike deals 620 (628) Physical to Geronimo Stilton.

My Armor Penetration says:
13.8% resistance ignored

Basically, how I understand is the damage you were supposed to do, before resistance is in the parenthesis, so why is it only 600? if its cause of opponents defense, it must be godly to mitigate 50% of my damage >_>

Someone please explain this to me

soulwarrior78

Lowbie PvP uses a boost system, and right now that boost system is bugged. There are a whole lot of threads here on the forums about this bug. Often people make posts about this bug in the Bug Reports forums.

Basically, the higher lvl you are, the more you are screwed. Once you get lvl 50, it'll normalize and it'll get worse again as you level up, and it'll only be "normal" again at lvl 60.

rathelas

Ah thank you.

That actually makes a lot of sense.
Basically since I'm playing as a level 49 vs "possible" level 40s, my damage is halved while theirs remains the same to be able to make up for the difference in gear. I did notice that when I was level 40 my damage was doing its "normal" amount