The level shift doesn't affect those you are Side-kicking, they are still only level 49.
It helps to not think of the +1 as a level, but as an auto power that adjusts your combat modifiers. Because that's really what it is.
I would assume that's why it went away when you were dead.
@Quasadu
"We must prepare for DOOM and hope for FREEM." - SirFrederick
I was leading a 52ish farm and I noticed that when I died the mobs looked harder than when I was alive. I assumed this was the loss and regain of my +1 alpha slot status. So after I rezed purple targets now looked red, red targets now looked orange, etc.
So my question is this...
As the leader of the group does this +1 affect the other players? i.e. did the mobs change difficulty when I died or when I was rez-ed? Does someone less that 50 exemplar to 50 or to 49?