see, point in case. Someone with a s*** ton less activity, exp & prestige & I still lost with divine blessing on

It's not wrong though, he technically just has better equipment than you at the same level.

I'd be more inclined to mitigate this by adding more items / skills

Edit: There was another thing I was thinking about though... Like we have login streaks, if you do a lot of attacking, you could get buffs that make you stronger than those who aren't as proactive. That could give an edge as well. And it's nice, because anyone /could/ get it, so it's not unfair.

I can understand the frustration. It's good that the gap was reduced giving lower level players a chance to win and higher level players a bigger field to attack, but I agree with tweaking it a bit.

needs more than just a little tweak

I think the caps are a good beginning to new incentives to grow.
It'd definitely be great if prestige gave something, though diminishing returns would be sensible.

If I could request just one thing: please include prestige on the leaderboard 
I only grinded so I could flex up here

That's fair. And since DJ had to go over the top and say it needs "more than a tweak" when I tried to meet him in the middle, I'm perfectly good with keeping it as-is

Actually, getting PP could add another incentive by making those players less vulnerable to higher "prestige" people.