i think if you have the time to play the game near constantly you will get to a specific point that most ppl won't be able to touch you. thats a fact. you can't really say the game is balanced when there is a massive difference between a fresh 56 and say a 60 with 300ap. hell even 250 ap for a fresh 56 is going to feel like an impossible to reach number. its doesn't take long to reach the middle ground, to be competitive with the top end is going to require a stupid amount of grinding.
can't really say the balance is that great because the near endless level scaling, the disparity between fresh 56's or 57's vs those who have been pounding this game for over a year. its no contest.
then again what is the middle ground because that changes i thought the middle ground was about 200/200, it says i've played for 18 days and i'm 142/207 before hidden stats. its more like 150/207. at this point being all pri with a couple of duo items, the game starts demanding a serious amount of investment for your upgrades. the chance of losing accessories completely means you need spares of everything you want to try to duo.
hopefully they have a cool event going on during the steam release next week, surely the ppl who get the game through steam are going to need a good boost to get upto speed. also if steam does bring in a good few thousand or more player then there will be a new wave of lower geared characters. who will be more evenly matched with one another. they are still going to get shit on by practically everyone else for a while.