Gear definitely should matter I agree. But so does skill. I agree that it probably should be adjusted a little bit more. I'm not expecting to be able to one body shot lower levels though. Let's see what Bungie does to tweak it. Give them a chance. I don't think it was noticed in the beta because most people had maxed at lvl 8 before the event started. On top of that there would have only been a 4 level difference since you had to be lvl 4 to get into Crucible if I remember right.