When death is of no consequence, there is no challenge. (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Wednesday, August 13, 2014, 23:37 (3563 days ago) @ Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316)

That only levels the playing field for weapon damage and armor defense. Stuff like your weapon's stats/perks, armor perks, that stuff still matters. All acquired randomly, giving an advantage to whoever is luckier.

Yes random loot is bad.

But luck in general for a competitive game is not always bad.

Brood War is a great competitive game, but it had elements of luck. The biggest being in the form of high ground advantage and cover. If you had the high ground or were in cover, your chance to be hit from an attack was reduced to either 75% or 50%. This has created cases where single hero units against all odds, were unable to be hit and took out large amounts of an opposing army.

That's fun to see and watch. It all evens out though, and those situations are outliers. So over the long term, the effects of high ground and cover are predictable.