Balance Problems in 1.09

Are you for real?

It probably depends on whether Berserkers can be considered as a boss type...

We can always dream 

Yeah, they start around 20K on plat. I did sort of chuck them in with the bosses...

I think the core of the Scathane-Sinobiwan debate is perception.

There are more low level enemies in absolute terms on platinum, but there are fewer proportionately.
20 grunts and 5 bosses versus 25 grunts and 10 bosses. (assuming beserkers are bosses)

It's relevant. But at the same time the amount of damage you can deal to the bosses by killing all the mooks in proximity is dramatically less impact-full.

OP was excellent so the only thing I will add is the following.

Here is a discussion comparing maximum power damage output to maximum gun damage output. TL; DR: guns are way, way better.
(Also FWIW this question is on the list to ask in Twitchy Questioning.)

Also has anyone done math comparisons like:
* Gold enemy HP vs. guns DPS, and then Platinum same comparison
* Gold enemy DPS vs. Player HP, and then Platinum same comparison

Also do we know actual wave composition for Platinum? Would be useful to be able to say it is X% armor compared to Gold which is only Y% armor.

Ehh, disagree. The lifesteal on Siphon ramps up so much that it makes a major difference in firefights after 3 kills. I've survived many skirmishes where the lifesteal kept my alive while constantly under fire such that normal regen didn't kick in. And I'm not following your other point - Siphon will top off your health from 50-100% where you'd typically only regen up to 50%.

Point taken that concussive is the only offensive option in a mode where dps is the most important stat. But I'm not seeing how 1-2 explosions at 70% damage or whatever over the entirety of the boss's lifespan compares to siphon's benefits overall. And for ascendants, it's the orb that's the issue - once it goes down the ascendant melts pretty quick with the right builds and focus fire.

We can always try to compile a Platinum wave composition ourselves.

It might be easier to record the kill-feed. It would also be nice to know how the 'pool'-size is.

What we know is on non-Outlaw matches, there's always 2 Berserkers at the same time every wave apparently. Respawning in your face as soon as one of the dies. But how often do they respawn? Does Platinum have a wave budget similar to ME3MP's?

Oh and shitload of Saboteurs on certain waves...

↑↑↑ This, other than reducing the Cool Downs of some abilities to make them more spammy I don't really know what else could be done that wouldn't make every class ridiculously OP on Gold and under, which is kind of already the case.

I would rather them make all characters more tanky in general than buff skills more, I mean compared to ME3 the tankiest class in this game is like a quarter as tanky as some of the guys we had access to in ME3. Geth Soldier + Fortification + Stronghold Package could sustain something like 4200/2800 points worth of shield and health damage before going down, put on a Cyclonic Modulator IV and you were basically unkillable. Tankiest big boy in Andromeda has like 300 shields and 750 health, what kind of BS is that???

Personally I feel only a few skills need tweaking, Flame Thrower still feels rather weak at least compared to how absurd it was in ME3. I do also feel that veteran ranks need an overhaul to effect either classes differently or each character individually, because having a melee bonus benefits almost no one.

Tech Power bonuses do not effect Constructs, nor do we have construct based bonuses on equipment. Why is that?

Bulwark and Concussive both need huge changes

Bulwark at rank I should provide at least 80DR when near the other 3 members of your team, going all the way up to 120, make it worth using. (This is 40% to 55% damage mitigation)

Concussive, get rid of the headshots and make it a percentage chance when that weapon kills a target to cause a detonation, this damage should be whatever the Biotic Combo damage is and the percentage chance for a detonation should increase with rank. Starting at like 30% going up to 50%

But I thought caster classes like the fury, Valkyrie etc. worked fine because BEs had high enough base damage (and good multipliers) to be a primary damage source. Flamer also toasted enemies well and could put out really nice damage on Platinum. Even ignoring that CC powers are worse at CCing than some damage powers, MEA is behind on this.

BioWare's dedication to keeping players duly and properly staggered is truly impressive.