I think what was a genuine discussion may be taking a turn for a more emotional route we all want to avoid.
To some its a delicate subject but most of us here on the forums play the game the same as the rest, with friends, clan mates and allies...
Also one thing to keep in mind, players will complain about stacking and levels regardless of the situation.
My ship: Me level 45, gunner level 19, gungineer level 20(something) and main engineer 20(something) had a match on my gatling Artemis pyramidion, our mobula ally (who had double gunner) all rage quit the match, most shortly before the ship.was destroyed, the others after...leaving me and my able bodies crew 2 v 1 for a whole match against level 8's 10' and 15's, people started leaving the enemy squids when they started loosing.
Final score 5-3 to us, a single gatling Artemis pyramidion, low to mid level crew, the enemy accused us of hacks, stacking, pub stomping and blamed AI (even though they were loosing before they had AI on their ships, and we had nothing to actually hurt AIs mechanics)
We were the bad guys because our ally left and we stayed for the fight, my whom point is, as lovely as our community is, it is still part of "The Internet" and people will always complain about things, so we should avoid turning on ourselves, and be cool.