You keep all your slots, but the enhancements get reduced.
The reduction is based on your current level vs the level you exemp to, and it is uniform across all types of enhancements - ie, if you are reduced down to 10% effectiveness, that would be 10% of a DO if you had DOs slotted or 10% of an IO if you have IOs slotted, so larger is usually better.
When exemplaring down to 1st-2nd level, you are probably getting 1-2% of the effect of the enhancement. It's probably less of an effect than you would have with TOs, but you make up for (some of) that by having more slots.
There's a chart somewhere, but what you need to know is that when exempted to level 1, enhancements are basically nothing.
See Exemplar Effects on Enhancements for all the math behind it.
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If you start at level 32 or higher, and exemp to level 1, your SO's would be 2.2% as effective as normal.
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What happens to slots and higher level enhancements (SOs) when you exemp down to level 2-5 for a Sewer Trial?
I use my second build just for Sewer Trials. I thought I could 6 slot all of the level 1-8 powers and make them strong in Trials. Do I lose those slots when I exemp? Do my SOs become TOs?
Thanks for any help understanding the mechanics.
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