Numerically you're wrong. Flat out wrong.

At best, if you can get close enough you can out maneuver and outshoot someone in better gear.

Out maneuvering and outshooting, Let's say I bring in an advanced suit with about 300-400 ehp. A lot of assault players have 700-850 ehp, and my Logi suit has about 300 ehp. With the same DPS, I will have to shoot him more than 2-3 times for every shot he lands (this is a whole number system because you can't take 1/2 a shot) in order to win the confrontation. So even if I run up behind them, a player has time to turn around and drop me. And this is assuming they have no complex mods, no weapon proficiency etc..

So numerically, to beat a proto wearing, shield tanked scrub with a TAC ar, I have to get in close, and be more than twice as good at shooting with the same weapon a new player doesn't have access too, with skills the new player doesn't have, with modules the new player can't fit.

For those saying "Get Gud", know that the largest numerical advantage I've seen in Halo, COD, BF or any AAA shooter, between a maxed character and a new one is ~50%. In Dust it is often 200-300% discrepancy in health and damage.

I'm not complaining, as I have a lot of fun playing this game, but feel for the new players who have very little chance at taking down a couple of guys running around in the open. There is too big a gap.