karonofborg13 wrote:In OTF, of course?
I always assumed the ban originally happened because it was part of the Holy Hexany, and I always assumed it stayed there because it is
really good to draw three cards at interrupt speed. (Even if they're necessarily non-personnel cards.)
Also, why hasn't What Does God Need With a Starship? received errata in order to come off the banned list, as it's a perfectly reasonable counter to the God dilemma?
The card was banned, not for game-balance reasons, but because Design found it annoying to account for it every time they wanted to design a ship, or a ship-downloading mechanic. "Does this stack dangerously with WDGNWAS?" Even though the answer always ended up being, "No, it's fine," at least on released cards, I think they got sick of having to ask it -- and they did have to ask it, because WDGNWAS always seemed like it was right on the
edge of being completely broken without ever actually winning any games. I
get the thinking behind the decision, but I never think it's good to banhammer cards that aren't breaking the game.
Now, I have no inside knowledge here, but I am
hoping that the Errata team is just waiting for the right time to send What Does God? back to playtesters unchanged, then show the positive feedback to Design and convince Design that it's okay to unban the card without changes. (Of course, that depends on playtesters giving positive feedback!)
But more likely they're just waiting for the right idea. Errata takes the attitude that you shouldn't errata a card unless you can fix its power level
and preserve its flavor. That's tough, takes time, and I think they're 100% right to do it.
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