the real disadvantage from lower levelled weapons are the lack of perks. You can have a white or blue gun that has the same impact as the next guy, but if he has stability/reload/precision/etc. perks, then you're working uphill.


That being said, you don't NEED those nicer guns if you're legit at Crucible. My buddy was levelling up an alt through Crucible, and he was on top of the leaderboard almost every round as a sub-level 10 Hunter using only white weapons/armor. Of course, he's got hundreds of hours in the game, plays with keyboard/mouse and is a gangster at Crucible, so he's got all that going for him, lol