-1/x1 Setting a Little Screwy?

I took advantage of the new -1 setting in Praetoria to get my Dark/Dark Corruptor from 13 to 20 as quickly as possible. Now she's at level 20 and in Paragon City. Unfortunately, I'm running into a problem with her setting. I just attempted mission from Ray Cooling that had her facing all Yellow and Orange SWAT Team members.

My Corruptor doesn't have the firepower or the tools to handle this level on her own yet, and died a bunch of times before I just quit for the night. (Also, the cop who I think is supposed to help her in the mission never made it into the sewers. He disappeared and never returned.)

It's a level 20 mission, so enemies should be Whites and Blues, right?

Some missions have internal difficulty adjustments that cause them to ramp up or down in level. I couldn't say for sure if that is one of them, or if it is working correctly. Try going deeper into the mission to see if they drop down to the appropriate levels.

Very true. This is the first alt I tried -1/x1 on, as I wanted to get her out of Praetoria. I forgot to bump it back up to +0/x1 before starting the mission. That's why I was surprised to see the mission looking like +1/x1 instead of -1/x1. I wasn't sure if the mission was "confused".

I'm at work right now, so I don't have my build available, but at level 20, I have Dark Blast, Gloom, Tentacles, and Night Fall as my damage powers, and Twilight Heal, Tar Patch, Howling Twilight, Shadow Fall, Fearsome Stare and Darkest Night. Also, Hover and Fly.

My problem with the first 3 Yellow minions was twofold. Though slotted with 2 DO Accuracies each, I was missing 50% of the time (all 3 times I fought them). Despite using FS, Tar Patch, Tentacles (tohitdebuf), and Darkest Night, I was getting hit 90% of the time.

After my eventual victory against these 3, I hovered around the corner to encounter the Orange Lt. and Yellow minion, who started in on me with the same success. I quit at that point.

Bad luck getting hit. Bad luck with Missing continually. Bad luck with higher-conning mobs than normal. That's why I had to question the settings. I have better luck with "normal" difficulty settings.

These Rogue Police have debuffers which cause your accuracy and defense to go to spit. Take them down first and move away from the glue and acid mortars.

Good question. I didn't check with Freedom Corps, but I did double-check in the Missions header list, and it showed -1/x1 right above my mission. The mission is definitely a level 20 mission, too, which is why I was confused as to why I was encountering all Yellows and Oranges instead of Whites and Blues.

I'll try to change my sretting to +0/x1 and see if it actually "improves". If I suddenly find myself fighting Oranges and Reds, then I'll KNOW I'm in trouble!

One possibility is that the critters you're fighting don't exist below level 20. I don't know how minimum enemy levels interact with difficulty settings, but if there's no such thing as a level 19 Rogue PPD, it may be bumping your difficulty up to +0/x1.