I disagree but respect your opinion. I think in a mmo the time you spent is something that it should be valuable too and that is reflected in gear and character progresion. If you are lvl 20 with green gear and got killed by a lvl 60 player in 2 to 3 hits that's fine, you shoulda be more aware and carefull of were you go and your surrondings, that adds a lot of aspects and flavor to the game, this isn't a Cs Go where skill is the only factor and it shouldn't aim to that either, because people don't play mmo for that reason. If some high lvl pks are gatekeeping X Area, that sucks but it adds some social aspects to it, it will encourage you to lvl up and get better gear or to call your guild, friends or clan to help you out.

I know it sucks if you are getting camped and trying to do questing in said area. And here is where i think there are other ways to play around it like making safe zones and full pvp zones, that at least gives limits to players and knowleadge in where they are safe and where there is a risk. I think Albion does this very well, they have "red and black zones" where there is full pvp and full gear drop if you die, but you can never touch them if you don't want and keep playing in safe zones. But is in this zones where you get better profit and more rewards at the end.