I played classic and now I play zone. Classic is definitely fair for all players as everything does the same damage. But experienced usually beats unexpierenced, it really does take skill. Although some may think zone is p2w it's really not. With a decent gun and experience I've been able to get 15k gralats in one sitting from showdown, but that's from as I said skill and a decent gun. But starting off you can easily get around 3k in an hour from ship repair to get a decent gun (Best guns cost 6k-6.5k) Sorry era but you're costly af. Just some input from someone thats played classic and zone for extended amounts of time.