Lord_Ball wrote:
Whether or not it would be eligible for Ally CEs really doesn't change how much consideration the character should be given in regards to new CEs.
This shows me that you really don't understand the concept of long term game/figure design. EVERYTHING has to be given consideration in the future. ALL CEs on future pieces will have to be checked against the Yammosk to make sure that it doesn't completely break something. Most times, the fixes will be simple, like splitting the CE into two sentences, a la Mith'rawn. For instance, if we made a new piece that had Mith'rawn's CE, but with it all in one sentence, that would be ridiculous if the Yammosk were able to copy it.
Same goes for the allied CEs. If you allowed the Yammosk to copy allied CEs all the time, then we would constantly have to be adding to the cost of Fringe and Yuuzhan Vong pieces simply to make them not broken in the Vong faction. We wouldn't be able to make Vong or Fringe pieces that are both a beatstick and a commander, because then the Yammosk would simply copy the CE and then the commander would be free to go beat face. Instead, the way it works now, you are forced to still play strategically if you want to field a commander in your Vong squad. Allowing the Yammosk to copy allied CEs just becomes a way to let people play sloppy if they want to, without any care for if their commanders die.
And Fringe CEs are the worst. Right now, there's a limited number of Fringe CEs that the Yammosk can take advantage of. The couple of ideas about the Nautolan BSV and Xizor that first popped up are a prime example. You build a Nom squad with a lot of Vong stealth pieces, then toss in the NBSV and Xizor. If the Yammosk allowed copying of allied CEs, then you simply copy the NBSV, and suddenly, all your Vong pieces have +4 attack and +10 damage. That would prevent us from making any decent/mid-priced Vong with Stealth...EVER.
This way, the Yammosk is allowed to be kept at a cheap cost, and from time to time, you'll be able to copy some of those Fringe CEs anyways, when you're opponent is running it, but you won't be able to depend on that 100% of the time. this allows both the Yammosk AND those Fringe commanders to be kept at a reasonable point cost.