Balance Update: official thread (stage 1)

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Originally Posted by GythaOgg

Probably because:
1. PB2 gets Syrtis to Shaan or Ignis to Efe
2. PN2 gets Ignis to Imp
3. Capturing Ignis' secondary fort and taking the tele gets Alsius to Shaan
4. Capturing Alsius' secondary fort and taking the tele gets Syrtis to Imp
How does Alsius get to Efe?
We don't have a convenient bridge. Syrtis doesn't have a tele near their secondary fort. If we take Alga, we then have to cross a large swath of Syrtis, passing between two saves and crossing in front of the gate to get to the tele.

A new tele sounds reasonable, but there have also been some ideas discussed about moving castles and forts around which might also work (essentially making Syrtis a mirror image of itself), I suspect adding a tele seemed like an easier change that just might balance things out better. A lot depends on where it is, and where you end up.

GythaOgg has covered this nicely. Going with the Devs concept of fixing 1 to bring in line with everything else rather than the other way, the teleport idea is the only feasible and economical way to make Eferias 'closer' and more accessible to Alsius.
I was never on board with the mirror image method because no matter what 1 realm would always be advantaged and one disadvantaged.
The only other way in my view is much much harder. That is, move all castles to where the central forts are located so they are more or less equidistant from each other.
This is more difficult than it seems because, the new more accessible location will now require terrain remodelling, castle remodelling and defensive remodelling. Definitely not economical from a programming standpoint.