What he’s saying is that the game not really starting till you’re level 60 and have endgame gear is fine in PVE but sucks for PVP. It would be cool if skill gave you a chance against a fully kitted person when you just have normal armour and a normal two handed sword. you could jump straight in and start fighting. But that’s not possible in CE at the moment. Even you just admitted you don’t need it all, but you need at least some endgame/Siptah gear to compete. Stone daggers are a weird exception.
There’s a thread here about this if you’re interested: Competitive pvp in Conan can it exist