I remember playing T2 LD one time and the other team had a player complaining about my "Tier 3 gear". Tier 3 gear for him was my dusker coat with a gunslinger hat (both 3 star items).

You're experiencing a really rare and consistent bug or you don't understand the concept of tiers and gear. Tier 3 doesn't mean a 3 star set.

The star level of all current equipment, along with all equipment in PvP-enabled loadouts, determines the tier that a knight plays in. If the highest star value of all these items is 4 or 5, the knight will play in tier 3; if the highest is 2 or 3, they will play in tier 2. Tier 1 covers 0-star and 1-star maximums.

Also, insulting the developers is not going to help, it just makes you sound really rude.