Torches as weapons are OP

[The Falcon 25]

Joined a company last night and actually got to engage in some PVP as part of a group instead of getting killed without a fight by myself.  The group I was with all had armor and were higher than level 20.  One of our guys was out collecting resources near the base and was killed by one member of a rival group on the island.  We had eight players take off from our base to exact revenge only to have 5 of us killed by a level 5 character wielding nothing but a torch and wearing no armor.  WTF????  It took several waves of spawning and attacking to finally kill the guy.  Either the torch is OP or the armor is trash.  This is a scenario that should never happen.