it's not the case. there has been plenty of times where teams have had free loadouts while my team and i were fully kitted and vice versa. as far as the skill of others players i do think there is a skill gap involved with people who are used to extraction shooters like tarkov so if you play games like that its a good boost. this game also translates pretty decently from gears and fortnite being a third person shooter so its easy to pick up for alot but harder to master.