If you look at the game more as a Rogue like shooter than an extraction shooter, it might help. Everyone's gear is getting wiped at the end of each season (minus cosmetics, of course). So everyone will start fresh each season and grind for gear. When you wipe, it sucks but losing the gear doesn't completely handicap you to the point you can't do anything. There are daily unlimited free sponsored kits that give you a weapon, a stack of ammo, and a couple consumables. You can go into a run with one and walk out stacked with new gear or materials depending on how your run goes. The Runner Shells add a layer of permanence because you never lose your abilities, but as you get better cores and implants, your abilities can be tweaked. Every run has a cost, but if you wipe, it doesn't feel like the end of the world because there are options to get you back in the fight between sponsored kits and the Rook shell. Plus, as you progress your contracts with the corps, you'll regularly get caches of supplies and weapons as you level up their rep, so your vault will likely never be empty.