precisely - port raviel<->sallowtown was never a direct route. Now in a single stroke Port Raviel and Raviel gained multiple 1 hop routes like that whilst Port Raviel lost its 1 hop to Paisly. You don't think that on balance, D'hara has come out on top already? If Port Raviel<->Paisly is to be changed into 1 hop, surely the same argument can be applied to make all those new 1 hoppers into 2 hops.
bear in mind, I play trader (from time to time) in D'hara.
All realms gained quick hops around their realm. Aside from Astrum to a minor degree, none are losing shorter paths.
