refuting common wisdom on scales everybody knows

[Omnirizon]

how come everyone is stuck on (over)analysing order/turmoil and luck/misfortune?

what about heat/cold scales?

3 cold can fund 3 order with a net return in gold, and you have a great built in defense against C'tis and Hydras. The only reason I see never to take 3 cold is if I need to maximize gold income and can't afford to lose it on the cold scale, or if I'm playing a nation with cold-bloods I plan to use. You can also take 3 cold 3 order and 1 growth and have a small net gain on gold, but also get the long term gain of growth, and help alleviate the supply reduction of cold (if that is a problem, typically it is not). Lastly, consider that random fluctuations in the temp scale will often put your provinces at 2 or even 1 cold, helping to remove that gold penatly. However, you can never fluctuate above the cold 3 you already have. Thus there is an actual increase in return for taking cold 3 (ei. the points you get from taking it are worth more than the penalty, relative to when you take only cold 1 or 2, becuase the cold 3 cannot fluctuate any higher, whereas cold 1 and 2 will often fluctuate up to 3.)

[Endoperez]

Omnirizon said:
how come everyone is stuck on (over)analysing order/turmoil and luck/misfortune?

what about heat/cold scales?

On the other hand, all your troops and mages have +2 encumberance in Cold 3, while cold-resistant opponents (Jotun, Caelum, undead, LA Atlantis and perhaps few more) won't. It's only when you are at full Cold 3, of course, so not all the time.