On another similarly related note. As seen in the OP, there are do nothing leechers. Buuut, there are also above and beyond players!
Earlier today, I searched for another Gold match. And there was a couple of N7 20's or so, the leader of the party had it set to Reapers on Reactor. I said to myself, now this i gotta see! There was a lvl 15 Asari Adept, a lvl13 I believe Human sentinel, and a lvl 19 Vanguard with a Javelin and Talon. (He was the most amusing) And last but not least, myself with my lvl 16 Drell Adept. The AA had an Arch pistol if I recall, and the HS had a Phalanx. Both like lvl1. I brought along my Arch pistol X. (I love how fast I can shoot that thing)
Believe it or not, but we beat it, even with a circle hack on wave 10. It was VERY hairy, but we managed to pull it off. We almost didn't get a full extration, I made it back into the circle after dying with 0 seconds left on the clock, but it gave it to us anyway! And to top it all off, I was NOT the top scorer. In fact, I was third! Only leaving the Javelin wielding Vanguard at fourth. I can't quite recall the scores, but they were something along the lines of 70kHS 60k AA 50k Me and 40k HV.
The Human Sentinel was Warping everything, and the Asari would throw, while I would Reave and Grenade things like Brutes, and the Vanguard would shoot at pretty much anything that moved and charge only to replenish his shields. It was a damn good match. Hard as hell though, I had my Drell specced fully for Grenades, Reave and Pull. So I only had 250 for barriers.
But that just goes to show you, N7 doesn't mean squat. This here N7 1200 got outscored by a couple of N7 20's, and I'm damn prould of it! I think I'll put this in the OP, show both sides of the gamming community! The extreme bad and good!