The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Walkthrough Team, List of Endings and How to Get the Best Ending. i think pounded it for a good 30 min before it finally fell, and I didn't even bother to wear armor as any hit would kill me anyways. UNINSTALL: Remove the mod from your mod folder and remove ES_Menu from '.\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt\bin\config\r4game\user_config_matrix\pc'. Keep in mind that even turning it on and fighting enemies while you are underleveled will not downscale their level.
I'm pretty sure I defeated the giant when you first enter at a mere level 58 while it was level 87. Lurking gfaq since 1998 member since 2013. The Witcher game is based on the prose of Andrzej Sapkowski. My understanding is, like quests, monsters give more exp if they are higher level than you or your level, if they are lower level than you you see diminishing returns. I can't be sure, but I would guess there's a cap where fighting overleveled enemies doesn't grant any additional experience compared to enemies slightly higher level than you. Enemy upscaling can be detriment and will be needed to be turned off in some encounters.
Every time I play the game I turn upscaling off for that one battle.