Does AreaLevel affect MLvls both up & down?

[Bullet-Tooth Tony]

1) That' s the main question - I know that the Area level rises the levels of monsters that live there, but if, for example, monster is Lvl 85 in monstats.txt and Area level is 83, will the monster be it's normal 85, or drop to 83?
2) Another question - does Area level affect MLvls of Superuniques?

[Orphan]

1. Yes. Infact, that's what happens with Pindle and his troops. The reanimatedhorde5 monster has an mlvl of 85 in the monstats.txt file, but the Temple entrance has an area level of 83, so they're all thrown down to that level.

2. Yes and no. If the superunique is marked as a 'boss' in monstats.txt (such as Nith) then they use the mlvl in monstats.txt as the base. If not, they they use the area level as the base. In both cases, they get +3 to their mlvl (along with the minions).

[Hrus]

1. What Orphan said is true in the case of NM and Hell difficulty. In normal, monster level is taken form monstats.txt and is not affected by area level.

[Orphan]

1. What Orphan said is true in the case of NM and Hell difficulty. In normal, monster level is taken form monstats.txt and is not affected by area level.

That's true, I should have mentioned that. This also applies for question 2, with regards to superuniques.

[Bullet-Tooth Tony]

Thanks a lot. You've guessed right - I was thinking about Pindle and his MLvl.
"In both cases, they get +3 to their mlvl" - If I understood correctly, this means, that Nihlathak is MLvl 95, despite he's got 92 in mostats.txt?
What about Mephisto? He's a "boss", which means he takes level 87 from monstats.txt, but does he get a MLvl of 90 with a 3 added?
Another question: the record for Baal is, probably, "baalcrab", because it has the stats and skills data of the real Baal, while other "baalxxx..." records are for Baal on the throne and Baal that casts spells on you, when you're in WSK.
The problem is that "baalcrab" has the level of 99, which with 3 added would bring us to 102. So, how should I understand this? A - for act bosses we don't add 3 to level from monstats.txt, B - we don't add 3 for anyone, who's marked "boss", C - there's a cap of lvl 99 on level upgrade, or D - levels of act bosses are by 3 higher than it's thought?
For Pindle... Argh... I've already written on another forum that Pindle's MLvl is 88... I'll have to go back and admit I was wrong... :sad2:

[Orphan]

Act bosses are different, they only use their mlvl listed in monstats.txt. Hell Mephisto is mlvl 87, Baal is 99. I think it might have something to do with the "primeevil" flag.

Edit: And yes, Nith is mlvl 95 on Hell.

[Bullet-Tooth Tony]

Thanks a lot.