If you guys dont want to listen to a bunch of words being rambled directly from thought just skip to the very end sentence. I ran some tests in the crucible about the level advantages disabled. What i ran into was and im sure everyone knows this feeling of WTF when you are a level 20+ getting beat out by a new player level 10- well i tried 2 theory's of mine and they where that all stats dont matter in any PvP match the only stats that do matter are Armour, Recovery, and Agility. The other theory is that all equipment either level 1 common or level 20 exotic has no change on how a player takes and gives damage. the first test i did was a crucible match with the very beginning weapon (KHVOSTOV 7G-02) a level 1 weapon with 20 attack good impact for an auto rifle. I played a couple matches with this weapon to find that i was beating level 25+ players and still coming in first on my team so we know that weapons and armor in the crucible are set to certain stats that arnt displayed on the weapon more likely based on general statistics via by each weapon class. let me sum it up cause it sounded a little random. Weapons in the crucible are all the same weather you have a level 1 auto rifle or a level 20 all stats are the same per class such as all auto rifles will do the same damage based on impact, say my level 1 AR has 25% impact with 20 attack and a level 20 AR with 25% impact and 200 attack they will both do the same damage to a player. Then i tried the matches with low level armor and still had the same results as the weapon tests there is a set armor rating. just try out a crucible match using the tutorial starter weapon and you will have some fun trust me :D