I don't really like stats, to be honest. They make it so that newer characters are a lot weaker than older ones, and they create this large gap between new and old characters without even thinking about the skill and experience of the player. Not only that, but they separate people. If you've been playing Destiny for well over a year and you just now manage to introduce one of your friends, then you two can't really play together. Your character is so much better than his, and you have to handicap yourself in order to be able to fairly play alongside him.
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THe fact that they have base stats doesn't mean those stats have to scale, or that their even has to be any sort of "leveling up" that occurs.