It was a great idea, but poorly implemented. I realized this when I took over a power plant and was churning out power for my mech armor, when bam a max level player killed me and my defenses in 10 seconds.
i have had similar encounters. joined a new server and got sniped in no less than 2 minutes. still fun as long as you have 2-3 guys you play with from time to time. And the bugs are annoying but you kinda get used to them.