in answer to OP:
native is very very very well balanced for competitive play (clans, tournaments etc), and not so well balanced for public play; if you're a good native player it's likely you play more clan wars than you do public play
when you come from an environment like this where skill and teamwork mean everything to an environment like cRPG where skill and teamwork have
much much much less impact, and you see people getting 30-1 scores who are
no where near as skilled as the people you're used to fighting; yet in their eyes are the best players in the world ...
.. it's extremely frustrating. (you start to think, if i could get this guy into a native clan war i could show him what skill is and bust his overblown ego a bit)
don't get me wrong,
crpg is better for public play and i do love playing crpg, but crpg is
definitely a lot more public focused than native; the balance is no where near as focused for competitive play; which, like i say, is why people coming from the extremely skill focused environment of native often have disdain for cRPG and cRPG players; cRPG players are basically a long running joke in native clan circles as being noobs.
I say all this without meaning to upset anyone, but as a long time player of both native and cRPG i feel i am qualified to answer this
... hope it helps!
on a different point
What is skill for you exactly ? In cRPG, the cRPG duellers will beat Native duellers. That even with the exact same build and equipment. In Native, Native duellers will win. Just how much skill it takes to fight any opponent directly depends on the skill of your opponent at the game you are playing.
To adress your second point, I have to say that to me, everybody and their grandmothers using invariably a Greatsword to duel even when alternatives are not forbidden just tells how much better it is than everything else, that is, how much imbalanced those weapons are.
seriously man i used to be a great big duel whore (ask oldschool native players i was a duelmy old friend), and back in the day i was pretty good; i would absolutely love to see whoever is the best cRPG duellist duelling against M or Tobi on cRPG; give either of them a few hours practice on cRPG first and it would only go one way
believe me these guys are on another level to most cRPG duellists. me and chase were duelling against m and tobi a few weeks ago, chase got his arse kicked, i barely even landed a single damn hit