It seems the community believes that a level 30 in AC will do significantly less damage than a level 80, not saying groups are not taking a level 30, just indicating a perception and asking is the perception accurate?
In my experience running dungeons with low level characters, it’s less about damage numbers and more about knowledge and utility of the character. At level 30 you have fewer unlocked traits, fewer utility skills (potentially), and you don’t have the experience of build tweaking/optimization that you get with a level 80 character whose been around the block a few times.
Gear is a factor, but I’m always an advocate of utility over brute force.
