The more I consider this, the more I think the situation should be normalized to all loadouts being available at bronze stage.
Its not really about whether a particular loadout is strong/must-have in comp.
The only thing that will matter is players perception, and if some loadouts are bronze-exclusive game will look like P2W. Regardless of all the decreases in grind, renewable missions, free rotation, etc. etc. Nexon seems to have a really bad P2W reputation, and no ammunition should be given to the haters.
Imo its just not worth it, for every one player who will buy into the must-have exclusive gold card, there will be 10 leaving with a P2W whine stuck on their faces. First make the game grow as large as you can, and try to cash in second! : )
Since the new loadout preview screen, I hear a lot of people going ‘ooh’ and ‘aaah’ over the sweet rare skins, so you’ll get plenty of cash that way to be sure!