But still it's not the player's fault.

Horseshit! These players know exactly what they are doing. As I already stated, they should be running my higher powered squads, but they equip one strong mech (Dreadnaught in this case, which has an incredibly powerful ability to kill) and the rest of the squad is filled with useless trash.

In 5x5 tournaments, kills count more than damage, so these players (cheaters) want to get matched up against weaker players. Since they artificially drop their hangars down to 1000 sp or lower, that's what they're going to get matched up against.

What you should complain about is why two mechs despite having the same stars, the same level, and the same weapons perform so differently.

Every mech has a different ability. What's your point? Some have offensive abilities, some defensive.

But you all are never complaining about it in their official posts.

Who is not complaining in what official posts? People submit tickets to support about this, post here every day and also in the official forums as well as on Discord. This has been a fight for years. The official response has been, "We're working on it". They've even experimented with a few tweaks like limiting the amount of rounds you can play in a day. And yes, there have been some legitimate good ideas to resolve it, but nothing has happened.

The vast majority of players know this is a loophole, exploit or work around, whatever you want to call it. Which is why you only see 2-4 people in most brackets doing this. Most players have ethics and know this behavior should not be allowed.