i play this game at a skill level that puts me somewere between 200 and 1500 on the ladder depending on practice.
[1.]as of this fact i feel that i have very little to say about the balance of this game. the skill range of my opponents is variating so much in my ladder game that it is just impossible for me to judge wich part of the outcome of a game comes from imbalances and wich comes from luck, strategy or differences in skill.
[2.]if i was able to judge the balance of this game it would automaticly put me in a way higher position on the ladder. it is simply impossible to have such a deep knowlage of this game that you are able to notice the nuances that diferenciate the factions in terms of strength and still and be ranked below lets say position 50 on the ladder.
my guess would be that a lot of people that have posted here might be as incompetent judging balance in this game as i am -[3.] making most of the ongoing discussion pointless.
1. so nobody should be able to judge balance, because everyone has to play vs the occasional (actually its quite frequent) rank 1000+ guy, even the ppl on the top of the ladders (although for them even rank 100+ should be considered unevenly matched)
2. what? how? so, refrees cant judge sports (including e-sports) matches because their unable to perform on the same level as pro sportsmen/gamers...
3. yep, just close coh2.org to everyone who isnt top 50
other than that -> what dasheepeh said