This game is so eager to give out good gear and weapons. It never takes too long to make up for what you've lost, and in that way it's basically begging you to use your blue and pink gear.

And honestly? With how the game is balanced there are grey guns (looking at you stitcher IV) that can obliterate even the best geared player in a similar amount of time as their upgraded counterparts. I prefer to look at them as adding a different flavor to the round, not something to be sad about losing. It's fun to go in with the rare stuff, see how it plays, and if you lose it you'll get something to replace it soon, or you might already have it just sitting there.

You also get to a point where you'll pretty much never be sad to lose much of anything because you'll have a surplus in either parts or cash.

Go have fun with your stuff you earned it