How I feel about the game

I want to star this by saying this is my opinion (shocker) and i really just want to put this out there so i can express how i feel and see what other think.

I started this current wipe late by about 2.5-3 weeks and ive been playing it for something like 30 days now. It was actually really fun at first but I just keep finding these little changes that make me really frustrated and not want to play at all which really blows because I love this game.

Basically my biggest gripe with this wipe is how slow the progression is and how hard it is to get stuff done as a lower lvl PMC. Battlestate made changes last wipe to help slow down progression and make it more fair to casual player but now it seems like this wipe they did the opposite. Like why is it harder to build everything in the hideout and why are most of the good budget crafts or barters for weapons/armor/ammo so much more expensive or further down the line in terms of lvl?

I feel like there is a huge gap between the majority of players who are more casual and the 16 hour players who unless you dont have a job and can afford to play that much chads. Like I stand almost no chance versus anybody I find anymore because a. my ammo is shit and I cant get any good ammo until Im lvl 30 and b. my armor is shit and I cant get any good armor until Im lvl 30.

It feels to me more and more as if they want to alienate the casual players by nerfing loot and making everything harder to get so that unless I spend an extreme amount of time or get super lucky I i cant even compete for anything. especially with some of the quests it feels like its impossible at least in my experience to find certain quest items because there is so much less shit.

I know this sub has had a lot of people complaining recently but overall the game is in a good state gameplay wise for me I just think there needs to be something done to make it feel less like im constantly at a huge disadvantage unless I spend 16+ hours a day grinding and looting. I understand that you should be rewarded for playing a lot and stuff thats just how this type of game is but I just wish it was more fair tbh.

Hopefully other people feel the same way or maybe can open my eyes a little more to some ways i can combat this feeling but for now I feel as if the casual playerbase is being treated pretty poorly.