[KissBlade]

I don't see where anyone mentioned "very short games". Perhaps you're gasping because you're making an exaggerated point in attempt to refute something. Especially because if all you do is /wait/ when someone has death scales than I really hope you don't let them get a jump start with their extra points and take the extra provinces to fuel their extra gem income AND regular income just because of the extra provinces. I don't think I've EVER heard of anyone's argument going, "HMM... he has DEATH SCALES, maybe I'll just wait him out!" To attempt to use that "strategy" against someone isn't to say they're clever, it's to say they're idiots.

I mean you have to really ask yourself this, are you arguing against balance or are you arguing against change? Because let's face it, currently the scales in base are just not balanced, neither are some pretender choices. How often do you start a pretender and the first thing you do is take Order 3?