Doesn't seem to be the case in my experience and I am wearing HQ gears for my lvl melded with a couple of pinks. The point is even if they are synched down to the same lvl as lower lvl players there is an obvious problem. I would actually like to be able to get more than a few hits in. I have solo'd some of the FATE bosses, even tried Cancer to see how bad that would hurt. I have no problem with the difficulty, the problem is with how fast some can kill mobs and how quickly some Fates seem to end before one can even get to it.