Yeah, you are taking the right approach here... Eek actually just blocked me over an interaction about this video (on my own clans Discord, while I was talking to someone else), and the system in general.
My problem was that you could potentially spend more than it would cost to outright buy a tier 10, upgrading a single plane "How you want it", the selling point of the equipment revamp.
Infact, it could take you tens of millions, and potentially hundreds of matches worth of materials, that can only be earned in wins (an entirely different major issue).
He tried to tell me it wasn't the case, and treated me like I was just too dumb to understand how great everything was...
Even tho I personally spent more than 6m upgrading a couple planes, and only 1 has more than a single piece of Ultimate gear... 
The company is dragging its feet for far too long releasing the second half of the system, that "should" alleviate some of the burden... Not that people will be getting any refunds for mats wasted now.
Speaking of foot dragging... I stopped playing because of the boost bug, and their unacceptable delay in addressing it beyond "We know, we're working on it"...
MagusGerhardt, on 11 August 2018 - 12:23 PM, said:
A couple million in silver credits, but who cares about that?
Like I said, I spent over 6m credits trying to re-equip just a couple of planes in this new system...
While it may not seem like much to you... as a 2.0 player, with a current grand total of 0 tier 10's, and less than 500k credits left in the coffers... I assure you, they matter to some.
Edited by Cenotaph, 12 August 2018 - 12:03 AM.