equipment balance

Hello any and all fellow scummers: I have recently founded a squat gang as a boredom (and wallet) breaking adventure for a new campaign at my LGS. I played a demo game at 1k credits to discover that squat shooting is B R U T A L. This leads me to a few questions, but the one I would like to...

I hear a lot of discussion on this board about tweaking gangs and equipment to be more balanced. In a controlled environment many of these nerfs or buffs may have a point. But in a campaign where random scenarios are generated is gang balance and equipment balance really that important? Many...