gear will only take you so far, you can have some1 with an ilv180 outdoing a i200 person, simply because they put time and effort into learning the job. and lets be honest, every1 will have seen at one time or another, a "highly" geared person suck really bad at their job.
enrage timers are not there to -only- make you strive to get better gear (you're not supposed to be thinking, i need a whole team of ppl in i200 to beat this), it exists to make the team strive for a better sinc of play style, to learn better the job you're playing.
the end point beeing that the problem isnt about the community beeing EU, or NA, even JP. its the bulk of the players. we need experienced players to be willing to teach, and non experienced players to be willing to learn. people need to be willing to adapt to the others, be it through PF or DF, doesnt matter. give people a chance. its a snowball effect. a player that gets taught by someone else, will be more willing to teach others.