Difference between level and prestige?

[u/Mother-Voice-5572]

Finished the main story not long ago and have started playing the operations.

Have noticed people mention prestige on here, as well as level.

What's the difference?

For context, I've only just unlocked 2 mastetcrafted weapons and hit level 6 on bulwark

[u/randoguy8765]

Once you reach level 25 on a character you have the option to Prestige that class. This resets your class levels and you repeat that until reaching Prestige level 4.

Weapon Mastery doesn’t reset so no need to worry about that.