A question about Thrones and balance

[Parasol]

Organizing a 5 players FFA, I wonder if this configuration can be reasonable (it's not super competitive game), considering the thrones distribution is as such :

Ascension points required for victory: 5
Number of level 1 thrones: x4
Number of level 2 thrones: x3
(Total: 10 points)

Forget the fact that defending 2 thrones is different than defending 1 throne (which is, I believe, a rather minor balance issue).

Can it be considered as balanced ?
Can we say, "2 thrones lvl 1 have on average the same worth value as 1 throne lvl 2" ?

[oldrocker99]

I consider that ratio to be pretty close.

[BoboYagga]

whoever is next to the level 2 thrones is going to have a much easier time winning, and it will be hard to know who is in the lead/ might win, so you can easily have someone win when no one was expecting it.

Also a bless nation might be able to throne rush early. but if everyone is aware of this early then that's no problem.

[Parasol]

Thank you for your replies.

@Bobo: You need a lucky start to have two lvl2 thrones closeby, but this could happen I guess.

[BoboYagga]

even just one is beneficial, also if you are a water nation, you might easily touch enough. Just saying.

[Parasol]

With 3 thrones lvl2 for 5 players, every player will have a decent access to at least one of them, hopefully. (ps: no water nationes here :))

[Zonk]

I think it's fairly standard to require a total number of throne points equal to (total/2, usually rounded up) +1.

As for level 2 thrones, they tend to vary significantly in power. Water throne, for example, provides +3 defence (in addition to other benefits related to W magic), which is great on most sacreds. Others are not so exciting.

[oddball]

Think 4 level 1 and 3 level 2 thrones is fine for five players, but I would suggest 6 or 7 victory points is better than 5 give those settings.