He had a 9K or maybe a standard with damage mods. I had a 5K shield gunlogi. It was...perfect. he could deny my access to an area, but never solo me unless I let him. I could still slaughter his teammates if he let me, but squared off against eachother, I could usually kill him, but half the time he'd get a couple of shots off and push me to another front. It was perfect. Why? BC it was std gear vs std modules. Against proto or even advanced gear I would have been 2-shotted, but this was balanced. I kept my distance to avoid AV nades, but it wasn't the 400 m distance expected. Maybe 50-200m max.

This ultimately means that either we need prototype vehicles or they need to lose prototype AV. It isn't a call for a buff or a nerf, but to fight fire with an equivalent amount of water; usually its like a campfire being put out by 7 fire trucks.

His fits cost a fraction of what mine cost. If I die once, I lose 1 mil. How is THAT balanced?

Sometimes you sacrifice your income and stats in a match to be a better use to your team. Preventing a tank from steamrolling your team, even if you never kill the tank, is effectively removing the tank from the field of battle, making it so your infantry can focus on the enemy infantry. That is a vital, yet thankless role that AV plays. Watching an AV guy go 2-5 yet watching the enemy tank only get at most 10 kills when you know they could have gotten 30-40 without your AV guy is a beautiful thing.