Elytra - to level the playing field, either make easier to obtain, or remove them

READ COMMENTS This season, core-raiding was a pretty level playing field (my rank gave me very little advantage here). Destroying a core mainly came down to who saw the coords in /f who first. Next season, core coords are being removed from F who. I see this as a very good change, but it does introduce one concern - it means that elytra are a VERY important tool for finding cores. To make this clear, sprint-jumping on flat ground gives a speed of 7.127 m/s (this is an "ideal" assumption, in practice with mountains can be a lot slower). Elytra gliding has a speed of 30 m/s, so at least 4x faster than sprint-jumping. You do have to buy/craft firework rockets (roughly $4,160 for a stack of Flight Duration 3 rockets), and repair the elytra (Mending to avoid the prior work penalty from anvils). Both of which can potentially be done mostly AFK (XP will depend on spawner mechanics next season). Ranks Archduke and up get elytras in kits. Currently, the only F2P method for obtaining the elytra is a 2.68% chance from the AFK crate. It's worth noting that last season the elytra was in the NameMC kit, and in my opinion core-raiding was a fairly level playing field last season. I don't think that the only reliable method of obtaining such an important item in the context of the main competitive leaderboard should be to buy a rank/spend petals. The only concern I have (making them easier to obtain) is that it will lead to bases being found more quickly (which is why I think removing them is also a potential option to consider)