We have been giving our feedback on balance/design/features in private since Alpha, much like we did for vCoH's 2.602 patch. On issues of balance during the beta, it was a great success; Peter is a great guy, and really smart, and he knows what he's doing. But Peter has no influence on the DLC commanders until after they've been put in the game (my understanding at least), and the developers on the commander team have not participated in any discussions. Stefan Haines is the one responsible for the DLC commanders, and he has no desire to interact with the competitive community. We can talk all we want, it won't make a difference if nobody is listening.
tbh another thing is if someone only provides private feedback and doesn't put any of it out there in the public. how is relic to know that anyone but you agree with it? how are they to know that it is worth there time and investment?
after all the same group of people that largely don't/won't even play coh2. ive never seen developers cater towards people who don't play their game.