I have yet to hear back from mammix about assisting with further development/merging of the two chains, so unless I hear from him very very soon I'm stuck moving forward with the code update without cross chain reciprocity, and may be stuck not being able to offer it.
In simulations, the diff filter that is to be used is doing pretty well adjusting the diff up and down so that's a big thumbs up for everyone.
If another developer wants to assist me, please do respond and maybe you can help out with reciprocity or we're going to have to forgo it for now as development should not be halted solely based on one missing component.