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How would you feel about the main games having rare battles with major NPCs that vastly outleveled you for where you were in the game?
For instance, you've got a badge or 2 but encounter the evil team. You tear through most of the grunts as usual but the admin's team are all level ~40. If you lose (which you're most likely to) then they say something like "You were delusional to think a runt like you could face me/Evil Team." If you win (either through luck or bringing an overleveled team for that point in the game) they can comment on you being impressive and a potential threat down the line.
I don't know, just a thought. It always struck me as forced convenience that top executives in these teams would be sent out with teams around just level 20.