Whichever way ships, stats, weapons, etc are bumped up/nerfed, you are always always just going to have people who are great at adapting their skills and setups to maximise the effectivness of what's on offer (myself not included)
Even when I have played vanilla servers where everyone is in an Eagle, outside FP9, loadout of 2x nomad blasters and 2x nomad cannons, there were always those who are just better at what they do!
The great thing about this server and mod is that there are any number of setups which can highlight really how bad you are (myself included) when you are killed even quicker by your opponent. There are usually always setups to counter or at least match what the 'better' players have on their ships, it often just comes down to pure skill and often luck in determining who kills who.
An example of this is when the Outcasts went on a wee raid to Gamma one day, for some bizzare reason, I was the last one alive in a bomber, against 3 battleships and around the same number of fighters. I managed to survive 10 minutes there, even taking out one of the capships - pure luck!:)