It's not the rules, it's the fact that a lot of people try to one up, one another. And if you have something better than most people's equipment, then they whine about it. Like for example, one of the new design points for my character's ship is using 20MM gatling guns modified with rail technology. Instead of using traditional rounds I'm using armor piercing bullet head design packed with white phosphorus and aluminum iron oxide. The back casing houses a high explosive. So when fired, there'sa ssecond of armor piercing and then the force of the explosion, then the shrapnel from the round exploding, and last but not least, the phosphorus and aluminum iron oxide are used to burn through armoring upon ignition from the explosion. Something low tech beats high tech stuff.
But that much aside, the thread's up. Of Blood and Vengeance.