User blog comment:JAlbor/Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Q&A/@comment-24756040-20141014212058/@comment-1187559-20141014223453

In fairness, they're likely going to say they believe it to be balanced. It won't be until public release when the "OP" guns will start to show up. I guess it can be hard for a lot of devs to predict how certain set ups will be made and perceived. Like I don't think IW ever predicted Marathon-Lightweight-Commando-Tac. Knife would take off as much as it did.