I think my reply to Eshval above highlights one of the things that drives the imbalance: pure raw potential for power in evil.

That said, it is easier to play a very conservative evil that runs when things get even remotely dicey (I suspect a lot of A-P's are like this) and with the power of big axes, move stripping spells and area attacks, you can play conservative and still get a lot of kills. Paladins, probably not so much. You'd either need to play the courageous kamikaze or the defensive rescuer. One will get you killed a lot, the other won't likely kill much.

The only way I could generally play neutrals is to basically ignore the good/evil dichotomy and focus on some other aspect like order/chaos.

Plus, there's so many of you evil b******s up in Immortaldom

Anyway, it's fun to think about. I keep wondering how much evil is lurking in my students if so much of it shows up in a game like this