Some Facts. (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Sunday, February 08, 2015, 03:06 (3374 days ago) @ Ragashingo

As far as I can tell both your Level and your Defense Rating matter.

I tested this by engaging the Level 20 Hive by the Seeder past The Forgotten Shore. In the beta a few of us tried running this gauntlet of doom at level 8 and would be killed in a single shot. Now, wearing the base Warlock Armor brought me down to my base Level 20 with 59 Defense. A single shot from an Acolyte was enough to push my health bar just past the first tick mark... so they were doing roughly 30% damage to me. Since they weren't killing me outright we can conclude that a player's level has a significant effect on the damage they take, even when the Defense Rating does not change.

This would seem to prove Cody wrong.

No it wouldn't. I'm talking about being higher level than your enemy. You were 8 and it was 20. You will see gains in damage dealt and reduction in damage received until you hit 20. But going to 21 doesn't improve anything.