[Boron]

Originally posted by Vynd:
This thread has drifted somewhat off its original topic. And yet I think it proves Arralen's point that Tien Chi S&A is a relatively weak theme that could use some help. If S&A's national troops and required scales are so bad that you may as well forget about buying them and just pour all of your points into a Pretender, then S&A is not very good.

yeah i agree now too . but barbarian kings is also 1+ forced turmoil but has much worse mages and only very slightly better troops so i think they should be at a higher priority list with balancing . similiar candidates that come to my mind are Golden era arco and caelum RoTr .
but before balancing themes adding themes to nations without themes (e.g. machaka ) or adding the 3rd water race i would even wish more for .

but balancing weak themes a bit is probably much easier to do than adding a completely new theme/nation .

the final problem with improving a theme by strengthening it is imho that they may get a too good boost and become too strong .