[quote]Eh. It's not halo that I'm feeding off of. It's battelfield. I get pretty much destroyed by people who have played the game MUCH more then I have and have insane perks. If exotics could be changed so they have only a medium advantage it would help. Then again, I've never started a game at the same time as the rest of the country. I've always bought games after the release date. Never had equal footing.[/quote] Theres no real perks in battlefield at least not for the character itself. Benefits from weapon attachments is a different subject all together. But most of your highly skilled players in battlefield 3 and 4 started off playing with their gun of choice with no attachments to learn how it handles then they add attachments to tweak it for any weaknesses they feel it has. There is also the player skills that come into account such as situational awareness, map layout memorization, reading and understanding the flow of combat. And those are just the fundamentals to pretty much any shooter. For example I play a game called Blacklight: Retribution. Originally I played on pc now I play on ps4 the community on ps4 hates me cause I dont talk to anyone and im always highest score and my average kills to death each match is 25 killls to 5 deaths with the stock starter gun no upgrades or attachments in the basic starter armor. Im assuming you are an xbox player so this game maybe a moot point to you and I bring it up with no intention of boasting. Rather I mention it to prove my point in shooters ingame mechanics mean little compared to the fundamental skills the player hones. If you happen to play on the ps4 add me xXNetCodeXx and we could play together and ill do what I can to teach/mentor you. Hell that goes for anybody. I dont have bf4 for ps4 yet reluctantly xmas ate my funds up but perhaps soon ill have it and we can play there.

There's an answer, but I have yet to see it implemented in FPS and that's Forza 4 's competitive race format. If you take a player and just pack him with power weapons then you rate him. He can only engage other player or events of the same rating. That way if you're working and can't keep up with the grind you can at least compete with others in the same class and those players who are tricked out well they can drop some gear and engage at the lower level if needed. I'd rather that system than destroying the time investment and satisfaction of finding and developing an Exotic.