Interesting idea. I mean 10pt gambit was pushed through with zero playtesting, 3-2-1 was pushed through due to NZ's remarkable playtesting with the idea. The same conditions here with Daala. Everyone is sick of this piece, it's a huge NPE and quality players are quitting the game due to this piece. Lets stop the problem here and have an enjoyable World Championship.

no Changing a character is a lot different than map changes.

It has to be after Gencon and really don't think she is that strong with top level people bring Yodabuck. The problem is that she changes the meta even without being at a tournament thats the problem I have with her. Its way too close to Gencon for any more changes.

The only change I would be okay with seeing is reserves being nerfed, but personally I would like it replaced by something.(frankly by the end if she is nerfed the card is going to be pointless because she will be so hugely different, lol) I agree with you through, at this point we have what? A week and a half before gencon, people have been building and play testing for a while. It is quite simply to close to the date to make changes or ban her.

Why would anyone bring Daala to GenCon? It will be crawling with Daala hate and even if you win it would just prove the piece is broken. It doesn't say anything about whether or not you are a good player. Where is the upside?

Daala's the ultimate crutch piece

any one who brings her to GenCon is saying"my playing skills, and imagination are sub par, so I brought the biggest NPE ever to compensate for my short comings."

Daala does take skill to play well. I don't think anyone in NZ would say that Dr Daman is a bad player with a good squad...he's one of their best players, and I don't want to see anyone take that credit away from him. My sig on Gamers includes something that David Weeks once said: "Don't give the tool more credit than the master." I think we need to be careful to distinguish between an overpowered piece and a skilled player.

Daala does warp the meta, though. That's the issue. I miss my jedi; their lightsabers looked so cool....

I would like to see her disappear, but with only 2 weeks left, I don't think that nerfing a piece would be a good idea. Changing the gambit and scoring systems doesn't really change gameplay, other than encouraging full wins more heavily (which is what should've been happening anyway). But banning a gatekeeper will completely change everything. We've made our bed; now we have to lie in it.

I am assuming that the pole he is talking about is the one that Bill started in response to members of the community having some good healthy discussions about both 10 point gambit and 3-2-1 scoring. Bills poll was a direct response to the community not even asking for a change, but discussing different ideas. (At least that is how the starter of the threads meant them to be)

Brad (I believe it's brad) even said that what got him looking at implementing the changes was the threads and all the talk that was generated. The community voted 80% to put 10 point gambit in before gencon, and 70% for 3-2-1 scoring before. We talked about it, we voted, they listened and put it into effect... Sounds better than WOTC to me. With daala, they errated her once and I don't doubt they are thinking about doing the it again.

Several people think 10 point gambit should have been play tested first. It's not that hard to see what the result is going to be. Tons of people have said 5 points just isn't worth it. Now gambit is worth it again, it's a mechanic of the game to encourage engagement. Are people still going to try to abuse it?(find away around engagement) Of freaking course! Gambit is still drawing you into the center though, like it needs to.

It is my understanding that a decision was reached based on the polls and threads preceding bills. Ie threads and polls that were started by the community.

We do have a whole new set coming out after Gencon so maybe it fixes the problem or at least maybe they can change somethings with Vset 9 rather than banning or Errata.

That being said I think people will get more create at gencon and work around her.

No worries =)