Quote Originally Posted by Rein_eon_Osborne View Post
Bozja's ranks and mettles are not synonymous to Eureka's elemental level. In Eureka, level difference is one of the factor that determines the amount you deal and take damage. Flat level everyone, then you'll neutralize every older eurekan player's 'efforts' they put into the content to this point, because now they will have to work harder again to spawn the lower end NMs whereas currently any of them can single handedly prep one even without elemental bonus gears.
I was only using mettle as an example to seperate elemental levels from character levels.

Maybe they could turn elemental levels into a sort of buff that increases in potency as it levels?

Honestly I'm just throwing crap at the wall to see what sticks, but I am trying.