Qs about Temperature Scales

[mlepinski]

Perhaps I'm not understanding correctly, but it seems to me that it is a significant advantage for an empire (say Caelum) to perfer a +3 Cold scale. That is, it seems that, by perfering an extreme temperature scale, the empire gets many more points to spend on pretender creation (which means stronger domanain and stronger magic than a nation which perfers balanced temperature scales).

Is there something I'm not understanding?
Is there ever a reason not to take the +3 Cold scale (and extra pretender points) when playing Caelum?
Is this supposed to be balanced out by the ineffectiveness of independent troops and non-cold-immune summons?

Thanks,
- Matt Lepinski :->