We all here knew there would be imbalance but NCWest's neutral stance to address the issue (they only did during server launch) shows they have no plans whatsoever to actually help.
Probably. I started as Elyos back with 4.9, then changed sides around late in 5.0 or 5.1. If you've heard the name Vitahjort on IS-E, that's how we became buddies once we started RPing with each other.