I have a couple of suggestions that I think would greatly improve CTF: 1) The flag timer needs to be reduced greatly... 3 or 4 minutes maximum. 2) When someone dies carrying the flag, it should not be auto-returned to base. It should fall on the ground on the same tile as the player who died carrying it. A team member of that flag should be able to return it by double clicking it, or an opposing team can recover the flag if they grab it first. This makes for a much more fluid game, and makes defense a lot more important. Apart from the issue with auto balance, everything else seems solid!
1. The timer is currently 5 minutes, as of patch 58. 2. The flag dropping to your death location is disabled temporarily, but should return at some point.