Talk:Soldier (BBG)/@comment-8727346-20130610142957/@comment-5645428-20130712012330

It was discovered that the Balance Beam's damage is determined directly by how much points your team is winning or losing by, each adding or subtracting 1 damage. If you are a good player along with your tea,, you might find the Balance Beam to deal a very real 1 damage, but if you're not too good and lose often, you could be reaching 10+ damage if you're performing poorly as a team.

It's a risky weapon and better suited for Plant The Bomb, but I'd always vote the Sci-Fi ASR which is a solid and effective choice regardless of the battle conditions.