The reasons it is a problem are:
1. futility will drive new players away
2. The better gear for better gameplay mechanic actually detracts from the objectives based gameplay (This game is full of features that would make tactics and teamwork fun like drop uplinks, nanohives, team spawning dropships. However it doesn't matter how much you can flank your enemy or how much teamwork you can use if your enemy can just turn around and kill you in a third the time that it takes to kill him
Wolf

Point 1 always intrigues me, because its not the first time I've heard it. EVE has the same mentality, yet it's a consistently growing game. Obviously, is not the largest MMO out there, but who cares. DO new players join then quit, absolutely. Who cares.... The ones that stick around are the ones CCP wants. If someone joins eve or dust with the expectation of being boss and quit when they aren't, good riddance. The players that see the game for what it I'd will sick around even if they get killed a lot

Point 2: if teams were truly playing together, a few people in adv suits wouldn't matter unless it's even numbers. If that's the case, DON'T ENGAGE. Use different tactics, get them to split up and pick them off. Real military won't run in head first again unfair odds, why would you?

As a side note, people complaining about K/D ratio getting messed up are playing the wrong game. You will die, a lot, get used to it. If you are only playing for leaderboard slots, you are not an asset to your squad, corporation, or alliance.

I don't see why people care so much about being behind. I'm behind and I don't care. News flash, it happens in pretty much every game you play, someone will always have the better car or gun etc (until you max out if you want to get all technical).