Date & Time: 30May2021
Frequency: On Death
World name: Behemoth
Character name: Deceptus Keelon
Party or solo: Both

Steps:

1. Zone into Bozja Southern front above level 15 Resistance Rank
2. Die to any attack
3. The mettle death penalty will be whatever level you are above rank 15.

This has the following repercussions:

If you are Resistance rank 25 and go into Castrum Lacus Litore. The end mettle gain is 195,000 for completion. The death penalty for lvl 25 is 61,300. After 3 deaths (common), the entire run is worthless from a mettle perspective. This wouldn't be the case if you went into CLL at lvl 10-15 which would have been normal. Those death penalties are MUCH lower.

If you are forced to sync for content, then the death penalty should match that synced content.