Yes but I also remember it being some hall effect or some other tech which makes it harder to drift. I might be wrong.

At level 100 now defeated Astel/void boss, cleared lake of rot and both the eternal cities and siofra/ainsel areas. Yet to explore deep root depths, that looks like even more tough. Now onto finishing ranni’s quest. Even at level 100, the glintstone dragon is being difficult. The game is huge. I think I’ve put in some 80-90 hours so far, still there are so many locations in mt gelmir and Aldus plateau that I’ve not yet cleared. Even north caelid is unexplored yet. I’m yet to move towards leyendell story area. Looks like another 50-60 hours of game is left out maybe another 100, if the bosses next are more difficult.