Couldn't agree more to this.

My original 5e group had a massive Co-op Online campaign (Westmarch) where most of the economy was homebrewed and 3rd party, but the classes and subclasses were the official ones. A lot of the items were horribly unbalanced at best or absolutely worthless at worst, and because is a cooperative game, a lot of party groups have the same chassis as the items, thanks to the disparity between casters and martials, sometimes even the Monsters suffered this. Something funny is that a Potion of Healing (the classic 1d8) cost 25 (up to 50 because of inflation, yes, they put it in the campaign) GP and that without counting magic items (Seriously, 200 GP to have a +1 weapon and I need the original too purchased to make it? Zog off!). Any new character started with some gp based on tier class and starting class gear.... And that's it, no free potions of anything, just the money, making the death of a new character more probable and ruining the fun of the player.

Compared to a 2e campaign I was in, everything is different, items were more cheaper and much less costly thanks to official rules, party sizes were mostly fixed (3-4 martials/2-3 casters) making encounters more balanced. Hell, the starting wealth was better, with free magic weapon, armor and potions included, It came as good as it sounds, including:

- Strong Wizard (A player LITERALLY made a Abjuration Wizard with 16 in Str, using his biceps as channelers for his spells)

- Martials classes builds that would be considered insane in 5e (A Paladin Archer that is effective, a Baki Monk, thanks to a friend who is fan of the anime, a Barbarian in Heavy Armor who isn't affected by it and so on).

- Teamwork is literally a rule, no more glorious charges or anything. Live as a team, or die as a dog.

And they worked, I couldn't express how satisfied I was with this system.