Stats are scaling in stronghold

kronus

I don't know if it's WAI (hope not b/c that would just be stupid) but my stats are scaling in SH. The drop isn't much but why would a level 80 toon lose any stats in what is now a level 80 map? I am not saying that I should be able to one shot stuff, but where is the incentive to upgrade equipment, enchants, runes, pets or insignia if the upgrades no longer matter. You guys need to remember that buying the wards ect. is what pays your checks. I'm doing less damage now at almost 22k then I was at 17.5k. I had a minor HE fail on me due to time and it had almost 9 mins left. I think a better answer to the difficulty issue would be to scale the maps up to increase the maps up like was done after the EE fiasco, and yes guys that was a fiasco. Newer players/toons should not be able to run the newer content so scaling them up is null and void. I've been at this game since before icewind dale and have stuck it out through the ups and downs. A lot of the problems that you are now seeing reported have already been reported during testing and you wonder why most don't put in any effort to the testing.