I actually think FEI is one of the more balanced maps. Dwilight and post-Invasion BT are definitely on the lower end to my mind.
The thing is, Dwilight was so large in size and travel time (which is very important, as it determines how far you can travel from your realm without equipment damage becoming a huge factor) before the monster invasion that Luria being so much more powerful than all the other realms didn't matter, because no matter how powerful they were, they could really only influence D'Hara, Swordfell (someone tell me if that's the right name, been a while since I've been on Dwilight), Fissoa, maybe Corsanctum (when it existed) and maybe Morek. That left the entirety of the west and north completely outside of their influence.
However, that is no longer the case because the west is gone. All of it. Meaning now Luria is able to influence just about every realm on the continent. So you basically have an Arcaea scenario.
