Chapter 51: Dauntless
Coop rested for a while, slowly catching his breath despite his injuries. He idly considered if he had learned anything.
When he and Jones had first battled an elite they had come to the hard realization that there was a significant difference between normal and elite monsters, even when they were the same type and same level. When he was on the oil platform, Coop had spent several days fighting elites that were as high as level 40 in order to retrieve the spectral relic. At this point, he felt like he had a good idea for how strong elites were. He felt his stats matched up favorably against elites of an equal level to himself and maybe even a bit higher.
If elites were ten times stronger than normal monsters, then he would say that the Field Boss had been at least ten times stronger than equivalent elites. Most likely even more. Coop was thinking that monster stats might escalate the same way the number of kills grew during each stage of a quest chain.
Coop remained on his back and checked his notifications after defeating the Primal Tracker Field Boss.
[You defeated Field Boss: Primal Tracker (Level 35)]
[+40147 Basic Credits]
[+3 Blighted Destruction Gem (Legendary)]
[+2 Blighted Guardian Crystal (Legendary)]
[+6 Perfect Blight Fang (Rare)]
[+4 Perfect Blight Claw (Rare)]
[Congratulations! You have leveled up!]
[Congratulations! You have leveled up!]