forget i ever said anything about poor/rich players in game, what i really was meaning but didn't convey correctly was this; Assuming the price to purchase a revive is 'decent' or even fairly 'cheap' on normal mode, then elite mode could cost more (e.g. 100 ->500g or 500->1000g) "with great risk comes great reward." Better drop rates of good gear, so why not have more risk involved.
I really like the previous two ideas however more than the original too
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