/agree with both of you, though I think there's a small amount of skill involved with the PvP and raiding. But other than that you could pretty much pwn anyone if you have the best gear.
The only reason for that is that while there is SOME balance between the classes, they are all dependant on eachother. A warrior is pretty much nothing without a healer of some sort, and even a shadow priest can't take on 2 or 3 warriors by itself.
If you think wow is balanced you are crazy. I, as a warrior, stand no chance against a mage. I tried over and over to beat this mage 1 lvl higher then me in a duel but I just couldn't. He would let me charge him, then he would blink behind me, I wou…