I have an idea and would like some honest feedback on it. And by honest , go nuts with criticism .

Basically we create a Mod for Experts. I know people will wonder , if this idea was viable it would have aleady happened , but simply put ..we just need to kick start this idea to make it happen. As with all mods , the biggest hurdle is getting people to accept it as being widely used enough, that its worth having . Inorder for this to happen all Ironclad need to do is simply make a subforum intended for balance issues regarding this mod. That gives it the seal of special psuedo-officialdom. 

The experts can just go nuts with it themselves , agree on balance issues on it themselves and it gives the experts the freedom to update it whenever, rather then waiting for the next patch . As it is ,the expert community is quite small and thus I think with a bit of added maturity and organisation of this very small group of players , this mod can be a success and be the set standard for those who want to use it. If the competitive group was larger , this idea would probably not work , but the small size is what makes it possible imo.

What this means for Ironclad is that they can devote less time/stressing to dealing with balance issues, they only need to make sure that the balance of the patches is satisfactory for the "fun" of majority of casual players which is easier to do then the precise balancing that experts need. They can now devote more time to fixing minidumps etc.