I have done several random TFO's on normal now that definitely weren't on normal difficulty. I even got injuries and damages and I am pretty sure one of them was elite difficulty.
Just ran into this bug myself today. Qued up for a normal random for the complete a random task force endeavor and got put into an advanced version of the Leviathan TFO. Didn't notice at first but when a plasma ball nuked me I got a ship injury.
This bug is still present. Just got put into an advanced version of Storm Chasers after joining a normal level random for the Universal Endeavor complete a Random TFO. Wasn't too big of a deal and we completed the task force, however if someone with poor gear would have it happen to them, they could run into problems.
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