I absolutely agree on missing server balance is the 2nd major issue next to gaming chair users. However, I tend to disagree reducing it to a casual vs. try-hard situation. Most high skilled players I know (on PC that is) are as much annoyed of unbalanced games as you are. Finishing a round of Conquest with a "low" kill count of something like 30-0 in less than 7 minutes is simply not satisfying for competitive players. I know high skilled players who leave unbalanced rounds and even witnessed some trying to join on the losing team inviting some friends over to balance out. Enjoying an unbalanced victory is rather a semi-skilled player thing.
IMO balancing sides is even possible without removing the ability to join on/with friends. There are enough skilled clans playing to balance them and most big communities are willing to split up on 2 sides.
On the other hand I often see casuals raging in chat in actually perfectly balanced matches with tight outcome because they can't compete with high skilled players. And as much as I understand and know the frustration when you keep losing 1v1 or even 3v1 situations against a high skilled players, there is no way to balance this out in FPS games. Battlefield is learning, training and mastering to become better than others. Its not a game to please casuals who want to enjoy 2 hours on Sunday afternoon once or twice a month.
So let me get this right. What you are saying is the average player that only has time to play the game a few hours a week and can't put in the hours to learn and become a better player should just find another game to play because this game is not for the casual player and only skilled players who put in thousands and thousands of hours to master the game mechanics etc should play this game?
The riches of Battlefield produces all sorts of delicious Fun, of all kinds .
Yet, without adding ones own 'blood sweat and tears' to those lands . . .
All one gets is the dry dusty kind .
there are ways of improving your skill without having to put in massive hours, the biggest mistake casuals make is not settings up their mouse sensitivity correctly & then not building their muscle memory up, there is plenty of info on the subject, it can be as simple as matching your BF sensitivity to your desktop sensitivity, that way technically you dont even have to be playing to improve
there are plenty of sites that will convert the sensitivity from one game or application to another
