I dunno, there's the idea of it and the mechanic. Strictly speaking here I think the mechanic is the biggest problem.
My opinion: Dropping with white items is a huge improvement in the game. But like Arms race, I would also let people drop with a P2020. Sometimes, a punchfest will destroy a poor P2020 but I would actually take punching out of the game, or reduce its damage to like 20, even 10. Does it make sense if you're armed with an heirloom axe? No. But in the context of the mechanic, I mean...a punch is doing as much damage as a thrown arc star uh, whatever. Just give everyone P2020's and then you have to put it away before you start punching for 30 a hit. Which at least gives another player time to shoot you up.
Getting ganged by 3 is never fun, but I think it's worst when yes, you're just starting the game and it is seconds into the match.