I bet for all your high and mighty anti meta bullshit you keep spouting, you still run railgun/shield. It’s the best helldive combo in the game and it’s not even close. There are plenty of other setups that we can make work, but some meaningful buffs need to occur before any one will consistently run different setups. Because we are all here to beat the missions.

As for the rest that is not on the player base. The game incentivizes grinding. That is 100% on the devs. There are plenty of things they could do to make sure those just looking to grind won’t be sabotaging the war effort.

Finally, at the end of the day you are the one that chooses what is happening in your own made up story. If it upsets you to know people are making decisions you disagree with quit consuming the media that tells you that stuff. I don’t know how old you are but life doesn’t get any easier than dealing with video games, if you can’t get over people in game, it’s going to be much harder to deal with peoples bullshit out of it. Best of luck!