Currently Pestilence affected map areas scale by increasing their level for each corruption (or Pestilence) level up to 5 (+1 for P1, +5 at P4). This means that The Shallows/Mariner’s Keep/Orban Glades are always at most level lvl 26 area, while Lowland and Marin can reach lvl 30. I would prefer if after upgrading corruption an area just turned into max level zone - currently lvl 30 (in the future whatever max level will be).
At the moment fighting in these lower level zones is significantly easier for the same rewards as opposed to higher level areas. It means that it is either:
- preferable to complete these areas for easier rewards
- skip them if you want actual challenging gameplay from highest Pestilence
I believe that increasing level to max at either Pestilence 2 or higher would give players agency to get gameplay and rewards they want while not taking away an option to complete easier Pestilence zones for upgrade materials for players who can’t handle higher levels yet.