I wish this game were balanced like Street Fighter. Every character viable. Watch a pro Street Fighter tournament and you'll see every character being used. It's THAT well balanced, even at the highest levels of play.
I'd love for this game to be balanced like that. But I'm also smart enough to realize that it would be less profitable if it were. EA makes money off people struggling to run the current "meta".
My dream for this game is that once it's done, considered no longer profitable and shut down, EA should port it over to the PS4 and take balance as the main priority. EA gets 60$ from me the day that happens. I know it won't. But I can dream. Until then, unfortunately, we are left with this deliberately unbalanced mess.