Forum:Rebellion Balance Issues

So, now that we've all had some time with Rebellion's new characters and weapons, I wanted to ask if anybody else feels the new content is ridiculously unbalanced. Krysae Sniper Rifle is all I see anybody using lately, and in practice, I'm not seeing any drawbacks. Reegar Carbine is even worse: why they didn't just give us a Firestorm in MP, I don't know, but this thing lacks the drawbacks of limited ammo that a heavy weapon would normally have, and it's decidedly a heavy weapon. Phoenix unique powers have like, no cooldown at all, and Smashspam is my new least favorite thing. The worst is the sheer number of paid-rank players I'm seeing who dumped tons of money into packs, so they've got idiotically high-ranked gear but they play so irresponsibly that I'm pretty much babysitting (I also suspect that the game puts more black rarity and DLC stuff into paid packs, but maybe I'm paranoid because I still haven't got the Justicar unlocked). I'm seeing players at N7 >1000 who play at a totally beginner level. It just seems like all the new stuff is game-breaking.

Full disclosure, my wheelhouse is Designated Marksman with the Mattock, and since I got the Harrier I'm on cloud nine. Even so, it's an automatic Mattock that does more damage than its counterpart. It just seems like the game is horribly unbalanced now.