Higher and Lower Levels Working Together

One of the biggest complaints people have with MMORGPs is that the casual player cannot compete with or even play with the dedicated player. City of Heroes/Villains had a system that helped lower level characters play with higher level characters (and vice versa). I liked the idea enough that I wanted to make it a core part of DA -- higher levels taught lower levels by working with them (and giving them quests). For example, a soldier would be more effective and learn faster when working with a sargeant than when working alone, and a sargeant would be more effective with a few soldiers to back him up.

A lower lever character working with a higher level character should be able to fight closer to the higher level character's ability and learn faster. A higher level character that is mentoring a lower level character would gain the benefit of having extra support, and should also learn faster. Both win. In a skill-based system this would be harder to quantify, but it could still be done.