It's usually how it goes. The Turians were far better armed than us given they'd been space-faring for quite a while before we managed to get there. But we survived the war and now have standing in the galaxy amongst the other space-faring species.
I have the guns I used in my Dreams, as well as my omni-tool that is basically a computer that's a Swiss army knife and telephone combined into one. It's always interesting to see what things crossover from the Dreams and which do not.