game takes two months to get into the elite ****. And I feel your pain.

I have been running militia gear mostly against these prototype players. Is it a challenge? yes. Is it impossible? NO!

and here is how to make the difficult possible:

First: The personal level.
1.) Use the standard AR, it has the same damage as the militia AR but with 12 bullets more in its clip. Necessary for people with higher level gear.
2.) Modules. Stacking the appropriate militia and standard modules will make a huge difference. Speccing into the proper skill points will allow you to get these modules faster.
3. Those Lotus grenades do 400 damage. You can cook them with a small amount of practice and toss them at enemies hurting them... A lot :)


Second: The group level.
1.) This is a FPS meant to be played with a group. Find a group to play with to be successful. Multiple players rushing the objectives together with mics can clear away Prototype bitches with coordination.
2.) Join a corporation! with forums, with clear guides, with helpful members (KEQ for example).