I get what you're saying and to be honest, you have a certain point.  Weapons are spread across way too many tiers to allow for weapon grades (Rare, Epic, Legendary) to be considered in match making the same way mechs are.  The Gear Hub Tiers of items should be considered more than the grades and due to how influential mechs are and how strung out weapons are, mechs and weapons need to have separate influence on the match making.

At the end of the day, here's the biggest issue:  You shouldn't be able to buy wins over me (or any player).  If the match making system was good, we should have comparable hangers.  Right now that's not happening.  I'm regularly facing players and bots with stuff I can't get unless I make a cash purchase.  That's not fair.  I can pretty much guarentee that if many of these players ran my hanger against me, I'd have a really fair and fun match because I'd have to admit that their skill was getting them the win.  Right now, I'm facing people that have Tier 9 mechs rounded out with Tier 7 and Tier 8 stuff.  That's an entire hanger of legendaries!!  At most they'll have Aegis with 4 legendaries.  I can't compete with people who are simply out gearing me.  I can lose to people who are out playing me, but being outgeared and losing is just no fun.

The Power Rating system is fine, but ONLY IF it is tempered by the tier and grades of the items.  A low starred Seeker or Deathwalker (especially Deathwalker) is still no fair against someone who has 1 legendary mech with one legendary weapon and a bunch of Uncommons, Rares and Epics for all 4 other slots  (which is my regular setup)  - no matter what the Power Ratings may say.

Seriously, this is taking waaaaaay too long to get better.  The longer the devs wait, the worse its going to get.  Adding more systems (like mods) is only going to make the problem more and more complicated.  We are talking about basic things like tiers and item grades.  They should be the bedrock of a match making system, not an after thought.

Crystal Drew. You say you're in no way paid for moderating, and that you are F2p...but what does Platinum recompensate you for your 'services' I'm sure you get some pretty choice stuff for free for doing your parroting for well years now?

Drew I am sure you are recompensated for your time you spend on here and you can't say otherwise you're free to pay yeah but you get premium stuff given to you no doubt

Hello! I'm an official Plarium employee.

S1lence being kinda savage damn

(I'm not complaining)

You're almost never complaining, it's more so like your on their side....a little too much, just like an actual plarium employee. You always defend the wrong, and you always scold people who want a better game. You respond with no logic, just insults because your vocabulary and knowledge is limited. You make no sense with almost all of your 277 replies and comments, and this is why no one is interested in what you say. Just give up and speak actual truth. Don't be shy, we won't judge.