We made sure to post the event announcement 2 weeks ahead of time to give participants time to prepare. While obviously we want people to have fun and some great fights, main purpose of this event is to test thus we are not focused on preserving or enforcing any sort of equality in gear.
On top of that, better armor was added to frogs so that we don't have people get one shot by the turrets. But anything beyond that is participants responsibility, thus us advising to prepare ahead of time.