[MangaD]

Honestly though, Marti should have never added in the drastic modifier between uneven levels as that is what ruined story mode.

In my humble opinion, the whole level system is uncalled for. LF2 works great without it, so I don't see why HF wouldn't. It not only ruins story mode as it also ruins network mode. Newcomers will quit rage if they join a room with high leveled players, why? Because they'll be powerless against them. And then they either spam troops (they don't know what normalize level does) or simply quit the game.

The level system could keep players stick to the game for a while (in order to level up), but this will only be temporary. What could really really keep players stick to the game would be the ability to modify it (at least to a certain extent), such as the ability to customize story and characters.