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Re: Anyone else annoyed by Improved Logistics?

Posted: 29 December 2020, 22:58
by obsidian_octagon
I personally prefer playing with the whole deck, including all the contentious cards such as Improved Logistics. For me, they are all just a part of the game, and add some spice to it.

As I'm sure some of you are aware, the 2nd edition of the base game included adjustments for card costs and powers for balancing purposes, and the cards on BGA were updated to reflect this. Based on some forum posts I've seen on BGG from the game designer (Tom Lehmann), I get the impression that there are no plans to adjust or remove any of the expansion cards, which includes Improved Logistics. I think only the official version of this game is allowed on BGA, so it may not be possible to have an option to exclude certain cards.

If the expansion cards are ever officially updated for balancing and then adjusted on BGA, I'd certainly be fine with that though. But until that time I will continue to enjoy the race with the current complete card set, which for me typically includes the Brink of War expansion with Takeovers on, as it's my favorite way to play.

Re: Anyone else annoyed by Improved Logistics?

Posted: 28 March 2021, 23:35
by la gratouille
I met a player on BGA that let me know about the Alien Artefact expansion (I've never played it).

Apparently the author weakened a lot the Improved Logistics card in this expansion. Of course, I would prefer to remove totally the card, but it is an information to bring to players interested by this topic.


Answers to previous messages :
Pocc has a good idea about dev strategy, but it would need a kind of beta version to test it.

I agree with Kesterer.

Re: Anyone else annoyed by Improved Logistics?

Posted: 29 March 2021, 08:57
by MoiMagnus
la gratouille wrote: 28 March 2021, 23:35 Apparently the author weakened a lot the Improved Logistics card in this expansion. Of course, I would prefer to remove totally the card, but it is an information to bring to players interested by this topic.
The main change is that you can only use it to settle two low or mid-strength military worlds.
(No settling non-military world, and no double high-strength military worlds either)

Imperium supply convoy. (Development, Cost 3, 2 VP)
Settle phase: After conquering a military world, may conquer a 2nd military world using excess military (cannot combine with "settle military world as a non-military world" powers)
Produce phase: Draw one card

Re: Anyone else annoyed by Improved Logistics?

Posted: 29 March 2021, 12:16
by la gratouille
Thx a lot for this complete information :)