I completed hard mode at 307. By the end I was @ 311. Every boss drop raised my light level pretty much immediately. I died first at the sisters. Light level should not be an immediate reference of skills. Elitist players will kick, reject or complain a lot when a low light level joins their fireteam for whatever reason. I'd say more than elitists high light level players could be or not huge jerks. A low light level player may slow down their speedy run. A low light level may make more difficult completing a challenge mode. Usually I think high light level players are dicks because they are in the raid to get those two or three missing 320 light items. So they want a quick run to get to it and see if end will give it. It's understandable I guess however they should not be jerks dick elitists if they accept taking a low light level player in the fireteam. Just say no to the low level guy if what they want is a speedy run with high light level skill players.