Ducimus: Well--I'm certainly not going to tell you what to do LOL. But--you can check out my latest creation and it might make your tweaking a little easier. I found that some of the things I tweaked for the 1st version didn't have as much effect as this time around. (at least that's how it seemed). I lowered surface factor quite a bit but it seems to be working, ie--I can get away from 1 elite SC in perfect weather without feeling like I should just fall on my sword and be done.
As many hours of tweaking it took me to try to balance things, I wouldn't wish that task on top of everything else you're doing
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