[wakey]

your #1 point is presisily why designing the stats is impossible really. The balance of stats does depend alot on the distribution of the races and without having the game force people into a certain race to keep the distribution fairly even your always going to find an inbalance. One race will always seem more powerful than another and will get increased number of people using them and terran will almost always be the most popular as its pretty much the default choice

Oh and Cochese I dont really think you have a case of saying those designing stats do have a greater understanding of them, if you have designed them you will have a better understanding of how they work than someone who doesnt. Ofc you are right that its something that can be reduced over time but they do get an initial jump and can also give their alliance an initial jump on everyone else