Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-70.61.221.194-20140424130836/@comment-13129747-20140425205523

http://blog.transformers-legends.com/post/82336689996/transformers-legends-five-faces-of-darkness-part-1

"It’s now possible to encounter level 8 (whale) bosses from the beginning. You’re chances of encountering level 8 bosses increases with the number of event points you have."

Quite possible that they got a number of L8 bosses from the beginning. That would be a big bump right off the bat.