avv is highlighting the real problem ; you still think you NEED to be level 21 and to have a super stuff to do PvP (LSW, CA, Sniper Rifle, shitloads of ammo, and so on). Try to think that now, with everything being quite rarer, you don't need to come in CA to fight well. Grab a leather armor and a rifle, because your opponents won't have great gear neither.
Miniguns are painful ? They are rare. Instant Kills are painful ? That's the proof you don't have to take your CA in fights, would be too risky if it's not a big battle.