Then you got guys like DoctorFaust who see nothing wrong with needing over 400 hours to level and gear a character to a point where that character can be considered competitive.
It’s an RPG. That’s what you do. You want fairness and balance? Play SPvP.
As for being competitive, I jumped into WvW at level 12. At 50, I was killing level 80 characters. Not all the time, mind you, but I was able to do it from time to time with a combination of picking my fights carefully, paying attention to the situation, and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of their build based on what gear and buffs they had.
There’s more to this game than mere total stat points and player skill – there’s also the rock-paper-scissors-esque elements of different builds.
It really does sound like you want SPvP. Or maybe just an open map mimicking WvW to run around in SPvP instead of whatever random maps are available?