Is it possible that these people reached that high of a level already? The game just came out last week. No way there level 26. I'm only a level 6 from doing missions. I see people with high level weapons. Legendary weapons and armor. Maybe they're hackers? With the exception of the bungie employes. I haven't played the crucible yet(except beta. Even then the crucible was a little difficult lol.). Based on what I've read on other sites I wouldn't want to get matched with people that are a lot higher than I am. I only had a short amount of time to play since I got the game this past Saturday.