I feel that the current way kits work is detrimental to the game. I get that the game is free to play and making credits hard to come by and such gets people to put money into it, but those who truly enjoy the game (myself included) will spend money to support the game we love.

Without a premium account, 1 kit at the level you are at costs almost as much as the credits you'd receive for winning. If it's a close match and the opponent uses some, I might too just to deny them the win. If however, someone pops 2 resistance kits or something at the start of the match, I just quit and laugh. It's either spend more than I'll make in kits just to have an even match, or quit with nothing lost and face someone who isn't so worried about losing next time.

Kits should be reworked so that they cost much more, but once installed, provide 1 activation per match and are not lost. Maybe even have the option of having multiple kits installed but limited to 2 total uses in the match, so you'll have to strategically think about which ones you should use. With this setup, kits would be used in almost every match and would add another level of strategy to the game overall.

Just a side note, if someone purchases the premium account it should be active forever -_-

If kits were a lot more expensive, but a lot more powerful once bought (because they are usable in every match) wouldnt that'widen rather than narrow the advantage of a premium user who could afford the high cost easier?'

Rethink your approach to kits depending on your state of play;

when farming for a new build (I mean saving up, as money is required to buy a mech) its not unreasonable to give up a game if he pops a couple of kits - but if you quit, you get nothing right? being loser you get a reward - not sure as I have never quit a game (well I did once, but I forgot if I got a reward). So its better to pack up your droid and drop your shield and die than quit, and its better to fight than do that
I enjoy trying to beat him when he used a kit without using one myself

When not saving for a specific item or set, a kit is easily paid back by a couple of wins without kits and hopefully a win in the match you used the kit.

Simply put; kits are not game-breakingly expensive.

I agree with what you're saying, but at the same time it seems a shame to not be able to use them if you're saving up.

I'm not proposing that they be made more powerful by themselves. Yeah I could lose because I don't feel like spending my kits, but if everybody could use 2 per match and they didn't cost anything other than the initial purchase price, most people would be using them.

It'd make it more interesting I think to have every match evened out by the usage of 2 kits allowed. It's almost like having extra modules that take an action point to use. More depth without the needless cost, in my opinion ha.

Honestly even though I do not play that much there is a small amount of people that I need to use a kit against. So maybe every 10 opponents I run into one that I really need to use a kit against so really I am gaining about 20k before having to buy another kit so I still come out ahead.