All4, I'm affraid, I kind of enjoy the level of power I've seen in that combat that just ended. I will try greater power in some other game, so far I have enough problems giving a proper challenge to low powered charactar. if you haven't seen my denver missions, they are run for 400 BP + some 50 karma, and I am having A LOT of problem to properly scale the encounters so they will not all die, when a samurai falls.
Having the team amped up, is (yet) too difficult for me. you don't want to get into game, that GM isn't comfortable with as this will affect all players.