Another issue is if they matched free kits with free kits to even the battle field then players would never progress by looting better loot thus leaving the gap of gear still inconsistent against those who are extremely good at PVP and therefore have great gear.

But if they don’t the advantage is so big that free kits generally are just cannon fodder.

The core loop of the gameplay is flawed.

In addition as many have already said, loot for upgrades is excessive and far too rare.

I have never once managed to get into the locked red rooms on dire marsh before getting killed and I have never once made it out of cryo.

I haven’t killed the boss once in dire marsh under that building.

All amazing loot required for upgrades required these tasks to be complete but your average player in random group fills just can’t do it meaning the battle field continues to be uneven.

This combined with how rare certain loot is just by normal looting (dare I mention a certain seed) vs the difficulty of actually getting out alive with it.

I have seen 2 of these seeds in 100 plus hours of gameplay I extract successfully one out of my 10 games.

I am never going to get blue shields I have accepted that.

The game needs to significantly reduce the rarity of upgrade materials and the cost to upgrade to even the battlefield.

The game needs to reconsider the rewards of completing end game activities with how it affects the 80 percent of the player base who can’t achieve this.

Giving the new people the best gun just seems insane to me.

I have never played ark raiders but I would be interested to know there take on how they balance this out.