Are the races balanced?

[RicoMyer]

Though the 6 races are 95% the same and are not are not varied enough, there does come a point late in the game where differences arise. Below are my friend's opinions of the races in order of strength. Most ideal would be for all races to be very different but equal in strength. Takes a lot of play testing and tweaking, but it can be done. And perhaps this is all for naught because when the expansion comes out this issue may be fixed.

 

1. Empire (dark troopers are too cheap and too powerful)

2. Wookies (berzerkers are excellent but not ranged)

3. Naboo (similar to berzerkers)

4-5: Trade Federation (their unique unit is good, but the carbon collecting penalty seems to really hurt them), Rebels (an easily destroyed plane as a special unit is like not having one!, plus an easily seen, easily destroyed jedi master is likewise not much of an advantage)

6. Gungans (Mobile shield generator ok on defense, but otherwise it is too easy to go outside of the box; plus everybody still hates the whole race)

 

I would be curious to know statistics of games won/lost online, or other people's experiences.