Characters don't feel powerful enough in SSF

Disclaimer: This post is about solos

Gear has the potential to be absurdly powerful rn but SSF kits feel kinda.. underwhelming? I played 5 games in a row going down to HR inferno (~2h30 gametime) and barely ever upgraded my kit (had mostly purple with no rolls or blue with 1 ON roll). All legendaries I found were 1) non-meta items (it's always a goddamn Visored Barbuta Helm) 2) not for my class

IMO it should be easier, or at least not as RNG mindnumbing, to find STRONG gear for your class while the game is SSF. Finding good gear always feels nice and I never felt like the droptables in this game were so good that it got boring (I play 10-20hrs / week).

Anyways, curious for your opinions! I know some people got better RNG and some maybe enjoy that nobody feels too powerful rn.