Bronze is the new Gold?!

It's because microtransactions. And reload cancel. OH ANd heavy melee.

Also because remember like five years ago when the same thing happened on ME3 for probably the first ten hours? I bet you 100 andromeda points that you will git gud.

Nah it's just not being used to having such sucky weapons and no gear. I've been playing all day, even a bit on silver and discounting a black widow I which I'm not using as i'm a level 14 Adept, my best gun is still a Katana III.  I wouldn't be seen dead with that in a ME3 lobby.

It seems artificially hard at the moment but it's all relative and it wont be long until your gear and weapons catch up with you you'll wonder what ever you found so difficult. Silver didn't really feel that much harder except for the add'l damage-sponge-y-ness which makes Kett and Remnant really challenging with noob gear as you get over-welmed very fast. Remnant on silver atm feels almost as hard as Plat Geth with a decent loadout to me.

Base enemies on Bronze definitely feel tougher than ME3 was. Plus, combined with having no kits, weapons, consumables or stuff in general again and you are in pain until you start leveling up.

You get the hang of it pretty quick, though.

ME3MP had only 8 enemies active at one time, because the old consoles were shit. Anyone who has played husk mode on PC will be comfortable with more enemies at once. That is, of course, if our guns didn't hit like wet noodles.

Getting better weapons and weapon mods (especially penetration) will make a world of difference.

Everybody is new to the game. Meaning new players who never played Mass Effect 3's multiplayer. And everyone just has basic gear, grade one common weapons and practically zero equipment.  :rage:
Within the first several weeks/month as people flesh out their manifests and learn the maps, the PUGs will naturally improve. For the most part.  :rage:

I'd always say it plays into that the weapons compared to those in the ME3 MP just feel really weak in the MP

I'm aware, but thanks so much for pointing it out again. Nice to see you, Mo.

I found it a lot more challenging but I think it will get better once the game is out. Most of my pugs were using the avenger but when I was grouped with others who were 10+ and had other weapons unlocked, I had the Talon which could one and two shot most things, it went smoothly,

If you are just starting out I suggest doing Outlaws. they are by far the easiest.

The Remnant aren't too bad. The Nullifier's attack cannot be blocked or hidden from but they are easy to take out if you flank them. The giant walking turrets have a mega shield that requires a rapid fire weapon and tech abilities to take down. My talon and biotics did nothing against it.

The Khett have the most annoying/difficult enemy in the Floating energy ball guy. You can only damage him after you shoot off a sphere that rotates around him. Once that is down you only have a short window to damage him before he puts his energy encasement back up and you have to shoot off the sphere again. He shoots giant energy balls that travel across the map and can only be dodge, no hiding. He will sync kill you if you are too close. Any time exaction failed it was because of him.

People are complaining about the lack of guns and all, and for sure the struggle is real.
But aren't there kits that can get by with powers only and don't rely much on guns?
I am not playing this trial because reasons, but I had imagined that kits that have powers such as Overload, Energy Drain, Flamer, Incinerate and self-detonating Biotics could make do without guns. Obviously starting off as level 1 doesn't help, but once you get to level 16-20... Doesnt it get much better?

From what I played, you need weapons for sure. Powers on bronze do damage, but you have to use your guns especially when you have so many things all around you. I was dealing with this games version of a mech of some kind and had dogs swarming me as I was trying to find some place on the map to retreat to. Not being familiar with the maps at all, not knowing where ammo crates where, trying to deal with the jet packs which I finally decided to only use if absolutely necessary, and have no consumables because I blew them all in my last bronze, it was kind of crazy. It was fun because I had to really think a lot more strategically at points.

I was a sentinel and we had those download/upload missions (I forget what they are called) which now move from location to location and have the worst spots imaginable to do them. I was dropping my blockade (I think that was the name of it) just to give us any kind of cover because any cover we had was exposed from the rear and there is always something at your six in here. I was beating up those damn dogs with my omniblade. You have to actually hold a key down to get them off you, while you are getting shot up on all sides.

Those dogs, they are a pain. And I think every faction has some version of a dog, even if it's some crazy remnant that tracks you through walls. Also, boss attacks feel worse than they did in ME3. Those ascendant attacks, did they go through walls? I know I was hit by one wave in cover. Knocked me right out of cover.

My first pack before I even started up the game (The ME3 reward pack) gave me Krogan Mercenary and Widow sniper rifle, so my start wasn't as bad as some others.

Krogan merc wrecks everything haha.

But this gamese MP is also way harder because there's nowhere to hide due to the map design/layout. You are literally being shot at from all angles at all times. I preferred the "Defend your position" style gameplay of ME3MP, i'm not big on run and gun call of duty gameplay.

After the one tutorial, I did pretty well in pug matches. The only problem I had was the terrible lag, that's when my teammates and I kept dying. It's was so annoying. I think it just takes a little time to get use to. Now silver..... I only had a level 7 character, so that was my mistake. I did well the second time though. I do think multiplayer (all levels) are going to be more difficult than ME3. I've only played bronze and silver so far.