I agree with a lot of what Sandersson said, and I do believe everything is more or less balanced at the moment, melee wise.
Polearms do not need a buff. They could use some internal balancing, sure, but that's the case with every weapon type.
@Jona, Cyr, Slip & Matey
I'm surprised there are people who don't understand Castoring this late in the game, but that's the price we pay for less communication on game mechanics in the server.
Mostly, less communication on what we're doing in duels, really, and less duelists in general. In part because not everyone likes to share what techniques they use. Either they don't really think about it that much, or they don't really want to tell you how to beat them- for me, and some other players, I know more than half of every battle is understanding an individual's playstyle.
It might also be due to the fact that a lot of the people that discuss this sort of thing don't make a habit of announcing stuff on the forums a la Waltf4.
There's always e-peen involved, but man, does every other duelist seem to be there just to prove he's better than you? There's a lot less experimentation than I remember, as well as a lack of mutual discovery and willingness to teach new (or old and not widely known with the new playerbase) ways to use this old engine. Without Cyranule, Matey, Gmnotutoo, and Kaelaen breaking down the mechanics of some new technique or what they or someone else is doing to win, I doubt I'd have learned a lot of this stuff. EVERY AVERAGE PLAYER (like me) NEEDS THIS FEEDBACK AND ANALYSIS in order to understand and fully appreciate the combat system.
It's easy to blame (he grinded more, he hacks, she's a 2h spammer) the system, but in this game (and I believe there are very few games that can say this) you've really never got an excuse except yourself.