Is there a consensus that some empires are much better than others or something? If yes, that could be solved by VP auctioning like in many other games on BGA. No need to stick to the boring default empires.
It seems to me that the asymmetric empires reward you for taking cards that would be just bad with the symmetric empire, while certain cards are extremely good for everyone with symmetric empires. If so, then the symmetric empires wouldn't necessarily lead to any less luck-based games. But yes, I'm a noob and currently quite terrible at this game. Even if I'm wrong, the issue would still be solved by introducing a VP auction.
It seems to me that the asymmetric empires reward you for taking cards that would be just bad with the symmetric empire, while certain cards are extremely good for everyone with symmetric empires. If so, then the symmetric empires wouldn't necessarily lead to any less luck-based games. But yes, I'm a noob and currently quite terrible at this game. Even if I'm wrong, the issue would still be solved by introducing a VP auction.