Yes that's what I said it was both, indeed Primals EX are stronger than their HM or NM versions, but I meant the player lvl, in a matter of skills there is a time where we don't get stronger story wise, we learn new skills but our strength remain the same, and to simulate the story going on in the game it's made through lvl and ilvl, between ilvl 50 and ilvl 130 we are 2 times stronger game wise but in the reality we aren't stronger, it's just the story going on.


At lvl 60 you'll meet dragonflies that might hit harder than Garuda, are at Higher level than Garuda but not because they are stronger than a primal, but because they are farther in the story so they have to be stronger to reflect that. It can of course mean an increase in strength ( for EX primals as an example ) too but it's mostly story progressing, or else all the EX primals would be mostly the same ilvl requirement.