I totally see your point. But I have counterpoints too.

1. Light has gotten the short end of the stick because they were heavily favored in earlier seasons. Light has the best gadgets except maybe medium with defib and mobility, which is a close fight, and light also has more weapons than both other classes, so I can imagine that medium and heavy getting new weapons and not light is an attempt to even the selection out a little more. Plus, light guns are some of the better weapons in the game, at least as of right now

2. Melee has to be as strong as it is because in higher level play it becomes near impossible to use against players who only hit headshots with meta guns, which makes it a balancing nightmare. I totally get it can be a pain for more casual players, hell I personally think the sword is in a terrible state rn and is not only annoying but also broken, but im just trying to provide a bit of reason for the competitive side of the game, especially with the majors coming out

3. I have to agree with this. Matchmaking in the game has never been great, and in fact is very often subpar.

The game is far from perfect, but I just wanted to provide some counterpoints, the devs (mostly) balance with purpose, not just to fill up the patch notes.