Quote Originally Posted by lololink View Post
Level (and ilvl) is at the same time a skill progression and a story progression, you won't be stronger at lvl 60 than lvl 50 story wise, you will fight primals that are as strong as the 2.0 ones but will be of higher level because they are farther in the story.
That's not really true, though. For example Garuda Story Mode is described as being much more powerful than Ifrit or Titan before her, and she is appropriately higher level. Then Ultima Weapon comes along and displays itself to be significantly more powerful than the primals, and is again a higher level.