Ragnarok requirement level

[Maroon]

At level 39 the marketplace equipment, mearly damages them, a level 39 player is more a hindrance them a benefit to a rag team

And thus all level 39 characters should be unable to join? In my opinion, upping the required level is the same as, for example, disallowing every supporter of a football club to go to a game, because some of them might cause trouble. It's an overreaction to a problem that isn't all that big, and it affects way more people than just the ones causing trouble.
The same goes for disallowing all characters under 50 or 52 from joining. While it is true that most players at that point do not have high-end gear, if we're talking about people who just got their first character up to 39, those same people will not have gotten much better gear at level 50, simply because of the investment required for it.
Not to mention the fact that most transitions between tiers of weapons and armor aren't all that big. Yes, a Swadian Halberd is more effective than a German Poleaxe, but the differences aren't substantial.
And finally, how many people with top tier equipment are required to get far in ragnarok? You need one or two shielders, preferably two or three people bringing in short heavy's, someone with a tome, two or three decent slashing weapons, and some decent shooters. If we combine all of that, you end up with 7-8 people. It's not like you instantly wipe when you do not get 16 people bringing in blue weapons and armor.

TL/DR: level requirement is fine as it is, because raising the requirement excludes people that weren't the cause of this 'problem', their stuff isn't that inefficient, and you don't need a full hero-class team to succeed.

And please, don't try to add a poll about this. 90% of the people on these forums are far beyond hitting level 50, including myself, and as such do not represent the entire NI community.