Bonus Counter balance, data and plans

How does the "power" of the bonus counters factor into this

Eg, if Sei's "intended balance" is every 12 days right now for the current Sei power buffs, but the Sei counter is later changed to buff albinos as well, could we expect to see Sei's intended balance increasing to, like, 18 or even higher?

It... doesn't. The aspect being dealt with here is entirely based on the time it takes to fill the counters. Suri's bonus, for instance, has needed a shift due to the addition of the fourth Scour Mission, and that's being worked on gradually along with the rest of the balancing. Absolutely not. The target might be higher because of the number of Specials being hatched, but the "balanced activation time" is still the same.

Hi Niet! Could you share a copy of the spreadsheet for us nerds to analyse? :P

Sure, here you go, go do nerdy stuff :D

Compared to the averages of the time to fill counters (2019-2024), your balance changes are equivalent to: An 18% increase to Niet A 3% decrease to Garthic A 10% increase to Suriya A 40% increase to Ravyne A 42% increase to Novie A 36% increase to Shazi A 14% increase to Eltafez A 31% increase to Sei (including the anomaly year) A 42% increase to Sei (excluding the anomaly year) Also, I roughly estimated the activity and increase in bonus counters for '25 if activity continues to trend upwards: Niet: 170M Garthic: 780M Suriya: 800k Ravyne: 1.35M Novie: 660M Shazi: 630k Eltafez: 2.5M Sei: 10777 Graph for my predictions: If I were to instead use the current activity increase (Which is ridiculous, congrats!) the numbers are a bit different: Niet: 190M Garthic: 900M Suriya: 1M Ravyne: 1.6M Novie: 725M Shazi: 650k Eltafez: 3M Sei: 12777 Graph for current activity increase: All I could really make out of this is: 1. We've got a long way to go for balancing 2. The sites growing :D (Well Done!)