I've still never made it out to a war on account of it being too far from me (Nebraska). Other than the small games I host, there isn't much going on here NIC-wise. I'd totally road-trip it to Missouri! Probably bring a few buds too!
I've had a lot of experience running casual indoor games with N-Strike vs Vortex and the balance has always been interesting. Players tend to adapt to whatever strengths or weaknesses they start to catch onto mid-game, so there weren't really any continuous trends that I could follow. From trying to out-range opponents with disks to trying to overpower opponents with a flurry of darts, each side tried to take advantage of the obvious differences in each system.
We held our first N-Strike vs Vortex game shortly after Vortex was launched. It was 5 on 5 indoor games. You can see more information on how that initial game went down to get an idea of what it was like. N-Strike vs Vortex Game