No he do not, its a fact. At begin of ur lvl 50 time u maybe right, but as u progress ur gear u will grow far off. i dont have much pvp gear and have 16k life unbuffed, a bolsted player from lvl 10 to lvl 49 will get max 12k life and no expertise, even if he had all his usefull skills, in a 1on1 he almost can't win...
And competitive is something else. WoW isnt competitive for example, its just nonsense. SC2 is competitive and thats a whole different Level of gameplay. ToR isnt competitive either, as ur stats get boosted and u cannot even fill a Warzone with it 8 max players, u have to deal with random players...
(sry for my bad english, but i think u got the point)