It’s not balanced at all. Maybe the armor perks change things, but it’s barely playable without the armor. I’ve only seen the primeval get killed once. Playing hide and seek with envoys is a major time suck on top of way too many invasions that restore a demoralizing amount of health. And who the -blam!- thought we wanted more taken captains? [spoiler]-blam!- taken captains[/spoiler]