diff --git a/test/e2e/generator/generate.go b/test/e2e/generator/generate.go
index 78da8ed4a..4db1914d3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/generator/generate.go
+++ b/test/e2e/generator/generate.go
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ func Generate(r *rand.Rand, opts Options) ([]e2e.Manifest, error) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if opts.MaxNetworkSize > 0 && len(manifest.Nodes) >= opts.MaxNetworkSize {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		manifests = append(manifests, manifest)
 	}
 
@@ -98,9 +102,11 @@ func Generate(r *rand.Rand, opts Options) ([]e2e.Manifest, error) {
 
 type Options struct {
 	MinNetworkSize int
+	MaxNetworkSize int
 	NumGroups      int
 	Directory      string
 	P2P            P2PMode
+	Reverse        bool
 }
 
 type P2PMode string
@@ -159,7 +165,7 @@ func generateTestnet(r *rand.Rand, opt map[string]interface{}) (e2e.Manifest, er
 		case LegacyP2PMode:
 			node.UseLegacyP2P = true
 		case HybridP2PMode:
-			node.UseLegacyP2P = r.Intn(2) == 1
+			node.UseLegacyP2P = r.Intn(5) < 2
 		}
 
 		manifest.Nodes[fmt.Sprintf("seed%02d", i)] = node
@@ -184,7 +190,7 @@ func generateTestnet(r *rand.Rand, opt map[string]interface{}) (e2e.Manifest, er
 		case LegacyP2PMode:
 			node.UseLegacyP2P = true
 		case HybridP2PMode:
-			node.UseLegacyP2P = r.Intn(2) == 1
+			node.UseLegacyP2P = r.Intn(5) < 2
 		}
 
 		manifest.Nodes[name] = node
@@ -221,7 +227,7 @@ func generateTestnet(r *rand.Rand, opt map[string]interface{}) (e2e.Manifest, er
 		case LegacyP2PMode:
 			node.UseLegacyP2P = true
 		case HybridP2PMode:
-			node.UseLegacyP2P = r.Intn(2) == 1
+			node.UseLegacyP2P = r.Intn(5) < 2
 		}
 
 		manifest.Nodes[fmt.Sprintf("full%02d", i)] = node
diff --git a/test/e2e/generator/main.go b/test/e2e/generator/main.go
index 8ec373944..6e39be820 100644
--- a/test/e2e/generator/main.go
+++ b/test/e2e/generator/main.go
@@ -41,25 +41,11 @@ func NewCLI() *CLI {
 			var opts Options
 			var err error
 
-			cli.opts.Directory, err = cmd.Flags().GetString("dir")
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			cli.opts.NumGroups, err = cmd.Flags().GetInt("groups")
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			cli.opts.MinNetworkSize, err = cmd.Flags().GetInt("min-size")
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
 			p2pMode, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("p2p")
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+
 			switch mode := P2PMode(p2pMode); mode {
 			case NewP2PMode, LegacyP2PMode, HybridP2PMode, MixedP2PMode:
 				opts.P2P = mode
@@ -71,12 +57,16 @@ func NewCLI() *CLI {
 		},
 	}
 
-	cli.root.PersistentFlags().StringP("dir", "d", "", "Output directory for manifests")
+	cli.root.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&cli.opts.Directory, "dir", "d", "", "Output directory for manifests")
 	_ = cli.root.MarkPersistentFlagRequired("dir")
-	cli.root.PersistentFlags().IntP("groups", "g", 0, "Number of groups")
+	cli.root.Flags().BoolVarP(&cli.opts.Reverse, "reverse", "r", false, "Reverse sort order")
+	cli.root.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&cli.opts.NumGroups, "groups", "g", 0, "Number of groups")
 	cli.root.PersistentFlags().StringP("p2p", "p", string(MixedP2PMode),
 		"P2P typology to be generated [\"new\", \"legacy\", \"hybrid\" or \"mixed\" ]")
-	cli.root.PersistentFlags().IntP("min-size", "m", 1, "Minimum Network Size")
+	cli.root.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&cli.opts.MinNetworkSize, "min-size", "", 1,
+		"Minimum network size (nodes)")
+	cli.root.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(&cli.opts.MaxNetworkSize, "max-size", "", 0,
+		"Maxmum network size (nodes), 0 is unlimited")
 
 	return cli
 }
@@ -95,7 +85,7 @@ func (cli *CLI) generate() error {
 
 	switch {
 	case cli.opts.NumGroups <= 0:
-		e2e.SortManifests(manifests)
+		e2e.SortManifests(manifests, cli.opts.Reverse)
 
 		if err := e2e.WriteManifests(filepath.Join(cli.opts.Directory, "gen"), manifests); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -104,7 +94,7 @@ func (cli *CLI) generate() error {
 		groupManifests := e2e.SplitGroups(cli.opts.NumGroups, manifests)
 
 		for idx, gm := range groupManifests {
-			e2e.SortManifests(gm)
+			e2e.SortManifests(gm, cli.opts.Reverse)
 
 			prefix := filepath.Join(cli.opts.Directory, fmt.Sprintf("gen-group%02d", idx))
 			if err := e2e.WriteManifests(prefix, gm); err != nil {
diff --git a/test/e2e/pkg/manifest.go b/test/e2e/pkg/manifest.go
index 86e571ee1..e3e5bb7ee 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pkg/manifest.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pkg/manifest.go
@@ -172,8 +172,11 @@ func LoadManifest(file string) (Manifest, error) {
 // SortManifests orders (in-place) a list of manifests such that the
 // manifests will be ordered in terms of complexity (or expected
 // runtime). Complexity is determined first by the number of nodes,
-// and then by the total number of perturbations in the network
-func SortManifests(manifests []Manifest) {
+// and then by the total number of perturbations in the network.
+//
+// If reverse is true, then the manifests are ordered with the most
+// complex networks before the less complex networks.
+func SortManifests(manifests []Manifest, reverse bool) {
 	sort.SliceStable(manifests, func(i, j int) bool {
 		// sort based on a point-based comparison between two
 		// manifests.
@@ -194,24 +197,37 @@ func SortManifests(manifests []Manifest) {
 			leftScore += (len(n.Perturb) * 2)
 
 			if n.StartAt > 0 {
-				leftScore++
+				leftScore += 3
 			}
 		}
 		for _, n := range right.Nodes {
 			rightScore += (len(n.Perturb) * 2)
 			if n.StartAt > 0 {
-				rightScore++
+				rightScore += 3
 			}
 		}
 
 		// add one point if the network has evidence.
 		if left.Evidence > 0 {
+			leftScore += 2
+		}
+
+		if right.Evidence > 0 {
+			rightScore += 2
+		}
+
+		if left.TxSize > right.TxSize {
 			leftScore++
 		}
-		if right.Evidence > 0 {
+
+		if right.TxSize > left.TxSize {
 			rightScore++
 		}
 
+		if reverse {
+			return leftScore >= rightScore
+		}
+
 		return leftScore < rightScore
 	})
 }