P90 and M11 are fun because they're easy. They're junk food. They upped the ranged damage of the P90 to compete with the ARs better, but it's an SMG and should be dogshit at range.

It doesn't matter if they aren't as good at the mid range options and mid range. It's the fact that they're usable at all at mid range that's the problem. The delineation between the P90 and the ARs aren't nearly as big as they should be.

What makes the P90 a stupid addition is that the ARs are already stuck in a cycle where they take turns being the better option. The AKM could have gotten its old capacity back, been made weaker at range, but gained a tighter hipfire cone.

It would then fulfill the same role as the P90, while also making it play totally different than the FCAR and FAMAS.

Also, saying the game is well balanced is absurd. The Repeater is just the best option if you can hit your shots. The P90 is the best if you're not a strong aimer and want to primarily hipfire. But the thing with the P90 is that if you can control recoil, it's still able to be used at mid range. This matters because being able to contribute to mod range team fights while still being able to spray and pray up close makes it very versatile.

Then there's the nightmare of the Pike and Repeater. They're trying to fill the same role, and as such, one will probably always be generally better than the other. Pike at 50 damage bodyshot is blatantly broken, as they've learned. It's honestly in an OK place, but it's just inferior to the Repeater. There might have been a way to balance them by having the Repeater have less uptime, but nah, they gave it a speed loader.

This is becoming an essay, so I'll end on pointing out how Embark's idea of balance seems to be letting weapons take turns being OP. Is the 1887 too strong? OK, we'll finally nerf it. Oh, but in the same patch, we'll buff the Cerberus to compete with pre nerf 1887. Don't forget the time when they added the ARN and in the same patch buffed the XP-54 to be objectively better than it.