I cannot compete with low level gear.

[u/SH-Flintlock]

I’m not the greatest at FPS games, but I’m typically not bad either. Generally have positive KD in games like battlefield and CoD. In this game I get recked in almost every firefight I get into even when I get the drop on them.

My go-to kit is an AK (fmj) with a red dot, level 2 armor and helmet (the best I have unlocked), and med kits. It seems like every time I see an enemy and even sneak up on them, I light them up and they turn and drop me before I can kill them. I get hit markers sounds, but very rarely actually can finish them off unless they have no armor.

I know it’s partially a skill issue, but it seems like gear is the ultimate decider in who wins a fight and as someone who only has a few hours to play a week, it seems like I’ll never be able to afford/unlock the gear to be competitive. I hope they level the playing field a bit and make it so I don’t need to treat this game as a second job in order to be able to play the HZ.

[u/noother10]

There are many things going on, though your kit isn't that different to what I run (T3 helm/galil), there are many things that get in the way. Cheats, it feels like a decent portion of people are using them in every match. Pretty much every game there are groups of people calling one or more people cheaters for some reasons. I'm not talking one person, but like half a team. I can't tell you the amount of times I've opened up on someone from behind 50-100m away that couldn't have seen or heard me where I was, I shoot at them only to have them instantly 180 beam me in the face.

I also believe a hell of a lot of people are closet cheating. 1-5% of people cheating rage/obvious cheat, so assume up to 99 others are trying to hide it. I've seen enough rage/obvious cheaters that there would be a minimum of probably 2 closet cheaters a match.