BIG BUMP! @Danny @Gorgo Primus @edgeofhearing @The Guardian
Sometimes it takes awhile for cards to bubble up in the wild, but it happened, and now I have questions.
Reconfigure didn't get much publicity when it came out. I don't even recall it getting mentioned. But now that I've seen it in action, I have questions.
So this card is a souped up
-specific version of
Stricken Dumb, in that it can blank keywords and skills AND affects ALL Borg (well,
personnel) present.
Here's my questions:
1.) Why enable Keyword-blanking? The only dilemma I can think of where that matters is
The Captain's "Guest", and while that dilemma does hit Borg, was it really viewed as a serious gameplay issue sufficient to warrant its own cheater? If so, why? Are there any other use cases that I'm missing that were also considered when designing this part of the card?
2.) In a set where The Clown gets a LOT of play, was it an intentional choice to have an interrupt that turns one of the best Clown dilemmas (
Guillotine) a blank card? What was the feedback during the playtesting process (if any) on this interaction? Was everybody happy to have the ability to take out their frustrations on a dilemma that has been a mainstay in the game for the last 14 years? At any point did anybody express concern that this was too powerful?
3.) How did you arrive at a single choice discard being a fair cost for this ability, especially in light of the fact that it's a
-specific card and, much like Cardassians, Borg LOVE throwing shit in their discard pile? Was the costing element given much (or any) scrutiny during the design and development processes?
My initial read of this card is that it's basically a backdoor Prevent-and-Overcome card with no real cost and the ability to turn one of the most powerful dilemmas - and one of the most not-so-powerful dilemmas - in the game into a blank (and absent shenanigans, get 3 under the mission to boot). I'm trying to understand why this was determined to be a need for the game, especially for Borg specifically, as they aren't exactly weak to begin with.
Thanks for reading and responding.