I never said I was bothered by not wearing the best gear.
Here's what I suggest: Rewards for winning a game. You earn multipliers by winning rounds currently, sure, but what about actually staying and winning the whole game? I've always found it strange that it means nothing. There should atleast be a small gold and experience reward, and it will discourage quitting. Also, Upkeep could be lowered by a small fraction since I find that I can even lose money with mid-tier gear.
Yes you did.
I don't want to downgrade or lose my gear just because I put time into into the game, and kept fighting even though I was losing, in fact I should be rewarded for that. We don't deserve this garbage, there's plenty of better alternatives. It's such a chore.
Advancing my character should be fun, but instead it's difficult and hardly possible. I shouldn't have to save my money through 4 generations to be able to even bankroll a full plate armor set.
As people have said, you can roll in 48k worth of gear on what is considered the average multiplier of 1.9 (something like that) without losing money. You won't make it either. But my shielder uses 32k of gear and makes money:
Piggface Klappvisier
White Mail with Surcoat
Mail Mittens
Iron Greaves
Long Espada Eslavona
White Heavy Norman Shield
My HA uses 33k of equipment. With this build I always have a buffer of 15k for the bad days. If it gets below that I switch equipment. But even with this I get enough x5 to make money to the point where I now have 40k saved:
Barbed arrows x3
Masterwork Horn Bow
Champion Courser
Steppe Armour
Nomad Boots
Leather Gloves
My 2h uses 16k of equipment:
Kerghit War Helmet
Mail Chausses
Sarranid Guard Armour
Dadao
So my question is, what gear are you trying to use? Please post a list, because unless you are very unlucky, or have some misconceptions about what 'mid tier gear' is, I don't see how you can be losing money.