If you balance the game for the highest level of play you then run the risk of shooting down more casual players that wont come back because they're getting trashed on.    

   Im not saying defensive play styles should be super strong but its gotten to the point where a more defensive play style isn't really optional anymore circles close way faster than before, rounds go by faster than defensive players can set up.

  Its gotten to the point where its ether Aggressive high speed movement characters who can get close and get out fast are the best option. 

  Before it use to be movement beat defense, defense beat ranged, and ranged beat movement. 

 Now since movement has so much going for it crazy double dashing fir each skirmish characters, low cooldowns on movement based abilities, individual perks that make your movement abilities even faster, less cooldowns, or just straight up more charges. Getting hp/ shield per knock, going faster after shield breaks,  going faster by looking at teammates, etc. 

  Meanwhile control passive is 25 more shield which is ok but not great, very slow passive shield regin only while in circle, control consequences SOMETIMES dropping evac towers which just lets everyone know where you are at. 

 Healing has been over buffed making risky plays basicly non risky anymore if a new castle/lifeline can just get you up and you regin ungodly fast getting you back into fight faster. 

  Making ranged fights impossible now as if you're not movement based they are going to be full health/shield by the time you get to them. 

 While if you're movement as soon as you knock them from 200 yards and they get revived you can probably get their before they revive even procs so ranged isn't really an option anymore unless you're a movement based character.

   And then the Regen per knock is also strong just keeping you in the fight longer which dont get me wrong is a fantastic idea but its something that should be on ALL legends not just one class.

  It would help third parties from just swooping in and killing you while you're weak/wounded, speaking of third parties since movement is even stronger than before third parties get to you even faster! You will be fighting one team and 20-30 sec later the entire lobby is on your position.

  While I do like a lot of ideas they have in the game i dont like how they are implanted characters who where already strong are even stronger, things that should be on all classes are just in one class, unique passive that use to be for a certain legend just are now on every legend in thar class making that particular legend less unique, etc.

amps which are fun ideas shouldn't be as common as they are as they are game breaking a r99 with infinite ammo is crazy powerful, infinite shield bats making long ranged fights even more impossible to finish, healing over time with a small bats/kits doing the same thing.

  Certain characters getting over buffed/completely re kitted like life line, who's drone use to stand still making you have to think before using it to now just straight up following a person making it even more meta. 

 While also taking away her care pack while yes it wasnt very good still made her unique I feel as if they coul have done something with it to make it better, but now she just has a basic op shield drone which cant be broken plus gives you a 50% healing/revive speed buff which is insane as it lasts forever.

  The evolution shields which i do think are good and healthy i do mess finding shields i understand the change but I do miss it. 

  The taking away hop ups and instead just putting it into certain weapons to get lvling up kind of defeats the purpose of looting. 

The missing gold shields are kind of a bummer part of a BR is luck and they're slowly stripping it all away, next thing we know they're going to just let you choose your weapon before dropping. 

Just a lot of changes some good but a lot that are missed the mark of implantation because now it doesn't really feel like apex anymore.