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Galactic Investors
Posted: 09 July 2025, 14:28
by YonniF
Dearest gurus,
Could we please not play Alien Artifacts in arena if we're unable to ban Galactic Investors. It's a fun expansion otherwise but Galactic Investors really ruins the dynamics, imo.
Re: Galactic Investors
Posted: 09 July 2025, 19:24
by ColShaw
I don't, on the whole, hold with banning specific cards. But YonniF has a point. Investors MASSIVELY skews the entire set. I wonder how that card ever made it through playtesting. Combining it with, say, Frontier World or Industrial Robots turn 1 is pretty much game, and that's pretty disheartening.
The pity is, I love the rest of AA. But in 2P, Investors is pretty seriously borked.
Re: Galactic Investors
Posted: 10 July 2025, 16:38
by banished
Ya this card is definitely overpowered. Can go on serious dev runs with a few cards that is unstoppable.
Re: Galactic Investors
Posted: 16 July 2025, 02:07
by TheReignOfChaos
Ruins an otherwise perfect set of cards, indeed
Re: Galactic Investors
Posted: 04 August 2025, 03:03
by FrankJones
I think I've only played Alien Artifacts once, and no one had that card.
Seems ban-worthy to me. But I also think that about some other cards that I feel can single-handedly ruin the game.
Re: Galactic Investors
Posted: 14 August 2025, 20:03
by MopsSamson
Yes! The investors are deadly, in financial and gaming terms. I love to have them in my deck, though. My only chance to win against ELO400 people.
Re: Galactic Investors
Posted: 29 August 2025, 16:59
by eviljuzu
Is there somewhere actual data that shows the win rate spikes for players who have played Galactic Investors? I would be very interested to see this data if anyone can point me to it. I do not have problem with the card itself since it is a 5-cost card that still requires synergy with other cards giving develop bonuses to gain a big advantage. I am guessing that the main issue here is that Galactic Investors makes the most unfun strategy, namely develop spam, more powerful. And I agree that it would be good if develop spam strategy would not be encouraged.
Re: Galactic Investors
Posted: 12 September 2025, 15:12
by Mort1mer
It may be that Galactic Investors is overpowered only when it comes out early: I used it in a game recently and still found a way to lose!
Re: Galactic Investors
Posted: 19 September 2025, 13:36
by YonniF
eviljuzu wrote: ↑29 August 2025, 16:59
Is there somewhere actual data that shows the win rate spikes for players who have played Galactic Investors? I would be very interested to see this data if anyone can point me to it. I do not have problem with the card itself since it is a 5-cost card that still requires synergy with other cards giving develop bonuses to gain a big advantage. I am guessing that the main issue here is that Galactic Investors makes the most unfun strategy, namely develop spam, more powerful. And I agree that it would be good if develop spam strategy would not be encouraged.
I don't think it's terribly OP compared to a lot of other strong cards. But you hit the nail on the head. It leads to an unfun strategy that also depends on a lot of random luck - you need to draw cards that score from your dev slam.