drop rate doesnt change, btu you will get significantly more inf from a 54 than 50
If you use a lot of Knockdown (Super Strength, Stone Melee, Ice Patch, Earthquake, Oil slick, even the Ragnarok proc), you may suddenly notice a lot of enemies flying away from you, because Knockdown becomes Knockback against greys. If this doesn't apply to you (or doesn't bother you if it does apply), then there's no reason other than Inf to raise your level; as Necrotech said, everything has the same drop rate at any level.
The one place where difficulty DOES affect drop rates is the "Bosses while solo" setting: Bosses have a higher rate than Lts, plus they have a chance to drop Gold Roll (ie, random Merit Roll) recipes.
@Roderick
According to the Issue 22 patch notes, higher level mobs have a higher chance of dropping threads:
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| Enemies in this zone and its missions range from level 50 to 54, with higher level enemies providing more XP and greater chance for Thread drops. |
Octavian Vanguard
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No, yes, no, no.|
Originally Posted by Ultimus
Is there any point to me raising the difficulty? Will I get more chances at purples, threads, recipes, special drops (Is there any?), or anything of that nature?
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Higher levels gives improved odds of threads and improved iXP.
Your odds for purples, recipes and other drops are unchanged.
Paragon City Search And Rescue
The Mentor Project
So deciding to give the new Issue (to me at least, was waiting for new content) a whirl. So I am in Dark Astoria doing missions, everything is grey because I am +3. Is there any point to me raising the difficulty? Will I get more chances at purples, threads, recipes, special drops (Is there any?), or anything of that nature?