pfti wrote:Not changing fundamental mechanics of 1E: A Hill I am willing to die on
If somebody hadn't been willing to change the fundamental mechanics of 1E, we wouldn't have
in the first place. (We'd also still allow
to play during mission attempts. And we'd have 60-card decks.)
A game that stops iterating its mechanics in response to changes in its own card pool is a dead game walking.
Yeah, this might sound like a "European mob"
It's good, actually. As someone who supports this change and thinks it's good, obviously I wish Europe were supportive.
But, as someone who is aware that Europe -- especially continental Europe -- has a meta, playstyle, and list of needs that is often invisible to the rest of the world, it is important to hear when Europe has a fairly united opinion on something. It seems this is one such thing.
(On the other hand, I know Christof / Smiley supported something like this back when he was brand manager, so I'm curious what his playgroup now thinks.)
I have come to think that significant changes that take something away from a vocal group need to be counterbalanced by a significant change that gives something of approximately the same value to that same vocal group. So now I'm thinking, "Okay, I still think this is a good idea; what does Europe want that we could give them to get them on board with this?" That's healthy and wouldn't have happened without the "European mob" you mention.
I want special (disrupt play) downloads - not retarded (slower and later) downloads.
Okay. Should
be allowed to suspend play as well?
The most important thing is consistency. As the timing rules have become more and more convoluted for the average player (because more and more cards deliberately exploit loopholes in the timing rules), the massive inconsistency between how
and
work has become a large barrier to understanding the game. One way to fix the inconsistency would be to slow down
. But the other way would be to speed up
.
So, if you want
to work during mission attempts, then how about
? I keep asking this question of people who support suspends-play timing and I keep on getting non-answers.
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