Jason, obviously (and this is my opinion only) but your gang arming and attack/defense points are not as good as the player with 500 less gang has therefore that is why you got beat, you need to look to improve those areas and then you will be able to hold your own against players who attack you whether they are lower or higher in gang. There are a lot of players low in gang that because of their inventory and attack and defense points can beat players who are tremendously higher in gang.