There are people who dont like the current leveling system. I have an idea to change things without changing much.
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Instead of having the seasonal artifact level tied to xp which people just bounty farm for.
How about seasonal challenges add 1 level per completed challenge. But leave the season pass tied to xp. Then people can still farm for bright engrams with the levels as it is atm.
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This way you (bungie) will know the maximum anyone could be at anytime. You'd be able to release content based on those levels.
Then reaching the later stages of the season there is a clear and defined cap on level based on those seasonal challenge completions.