I don't assume people are stupid, and whether they are "up to my level". I form my conclusions of them based on their show of competence, or their utter ineptitude. I also didn't say everyone was stupid, please don't insert that in my mouth. I understand you are tilted by my phrase in whether people "possess a brain", but that is sadly indeed a broad statement that is valid for everything in life. Perhaps I should augment it by adding "and the will to use it".
Sadly as Blade and Soul stands currently, everything in the main story dies in a few hits. There is barely anything that would test the player in order to force them to learn more about their class. New players, regardless of whether lv 60 boosted or not, start at around the same skill level.
Yesterday, there were several parties in which the 3rd highest person on the dps meter was outputting 30-40k, while the party composition was roughly HM lvls 15-20 with raven 3+ and legendary accessories, and the odd the HM9's fresh out of story. Meanwhile my alt warlock went in with the base weapons you can get from story: Rift3, base legendary acc, soul and heart all from story, and I maintained a constant 70-80k dps with 150k burst. Something is wrong if my pathetically geared alt is ranked than the geared players, something is even more wrong when even lower geared people sometimes also rank higher. I am aware we are still adjusting to the new skill changes, but even basic rmb/lmb spam should average higher.
Yes I'm aware there are mechanics. Sadly I've never came upon anyone doing them.