A brand new player with no gear and no clear understanding of the game has just as much right to be in that battleground as any of you. Just as much right. Possibly even more right, because the Starter Edition was made to cater to those potential new customers, not you guys.
And just a bit of perspective here: The point of the game is not to be super competitive. The point of the game is to do whatever the hell the individual wants to do, and if that conflicts with your ideals and goals, that is your problem, not theirs. If it offends you that new, wide-eyed people are gumming up your honor harvesting, suck it up. This is not your exclusive sandbox.
Time in service means nothing either. I started playing this game the very day vanilla was released, and I actually paid for the game for years and years, so if that were all that mattered, then my opinion would trump all of yours unless you could say the same... but that isn't how the world works. My voice, your voice, that new player with 800HP's voice... they are all equal. Forgetting that, and thinking you have the right to say how things should be and to negatively impact someone else's experience, is the worst kind of hubris.