I think it can operate with half as many RoLs as the light version. On fire queen, I'll usually only play 4-5 RoLs, which leaves me room for enough dragons to overwhelm the empathics.
Lobotomized leaf dragon/rustlers is problematic. On those gods, I wait and play 2 at once, so when one gets lobo'd the other can still turn all the light to life quanta. Since leaf dragon is unlimited power, you can all the quanta you need in one round if you have enough light.
I tried the light version...it's boring.
I'll admit that it's more stable.
Paradox from maxwell's isn't usually a problem. Since you can put out 8 dragons at once, the opponent is usually dead before it's an issue.