I think that elite can be deleted altogether now. Classical gameplay should be normal/veteran+ultimate. And a new game mode should be created on the level of veteran/ultimate where you would play only once and still receive all rewards. One playthrough should be enough with the new expansion. And then the ascended ultimate as an end game option to play the campaign again.
At level 1 you would have normal res. At level 50 they would drop to elite level res and at level 75 they would drop to ultimate level res for example.
Also it would be nice if solo self found option could be created and you would just start one character that finds its own stuff and can’t acces the shared chest and starts with no blueprints found.