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Gandalf Parker said:
In fact, I would be critical of anyone who makes statements about balance within the first year of Dom3's release.
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Depends. I mean, if there's a "kill all other pretenders and win" spell which is only available to a specific side they might have a point
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It took me that long to stop crying imbalance in Dom2 about one nation before trying another and finding the balance was there. Trying them all is going to take awhile.
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With something like Dominions I suspect any imbalance is more than likely the player misunderstanding the full implications of a particular strategy, nation or pretender. It's easy to see why - the disadvantages of a given nation may only appear if you attempt to play them a certain way, or your opponent takes advantage of a specific troop type.
It's something you always face in a game with the depth and variety of Dominions. Most people have a preferred style of play, and if they are playing a nation which suits that style of play then it will naturally seem more powerful. It may never occur to the player that there are critical weaknesses in their style until they meet an opponent who can take advantage of them.
Multiplayer doesn't help much. It's easy to see an imbalance when a player dominates with a particular strategy, especially if you have already written off the particular strategy as weak. In all likelihood, it's probably the case that your opponent has noticed something about the strategy which you overlooked - it's something that works to their own personal playing style but not necessarily to your own.