Respect? Meh who cares. But I think in certain topics of discussions their opinions are more believed(if it's logical). I.e. You take a 3.8kd in pvp player saying the thorn is OP, do this and that. Well, he/she obviously plays it alot. But then there's more than KD... You go look their grimoire and you notice they don't have or even use a thorn(like 100 kills). Well, do you really take their opinion that serious? Another example, same said player thinks PoE is too easy... Well, do you care about their opinion? Probably not much because it's two different worlds.