It is always somewhat bothering when I want to build up a new char as I need to go over the same stories triple times. So far I have experienced 20 chars from the first when I got admitted into uni and now I am working. Every char I own have to climb up the same ladder, normal-elite-ultimate and finally end game. The process is supposed to be joyful as I can feel my chars are growing.
However recently I started to feel that going through the story lines is a painful process, it is somehow dull - especially when I push the chars to Elite level. You can’t image how on the earth I can still be passinate when I go over the same storylines and routes three times.
The basic idea, for real hard core players, Elite is the most annoying phase. Not much exciting lootings, hard to collect legendaries apart from the comparably low exp gains. Running through the same streamline for not much gaining. The elite level, to me, is a transition period before ultimate, you could get some exp but again, not much, and perhaps reputations, and you have to pass it.
What I expect is to add one option of “Jumping over” the Elite level, after making this selection the char could enter into Ultimate level with some level ups, devotion points, and matching skills points and stat points. This could save time and energy by escaping from this bothering trip, it is simply tired.