No, it implies that McCabe is simply -better- in 10T, it in no way says that he is bad in the guild. What you choose to read into that is beyond my control. Explained already. Wardens, Ryle, peacekeepers, CONSTRUCTS......... All of these work well with Hoffman, arguably better than any other Guild leader with constructs, and ALSO the one leader I did not say a word about in a negative way. I'm sorry but I have seen more VP's scored by a Hoffman version of your list than a McCabe version, hence, -better-. Remember, I said, and you quoted, he is better in 10T, not he is incapable, or bad as Guild, that conclusion you came to all on your own. So the argument is "but Fransisco"?? I said that the guild was the test bed for other abilities, and other crews and factions have -better versions- of those abilities, barring a few specific cases. I -personally- see the guild as the most balanced of the factions, and in case anyone missed it, my favourite faction. I see them and probably the neverborn as the baseline by which I judge other abilities. I never said that he, or the guild were "bad", I said other crews do things "better". Companion certainly is a ability that pushes things in in favour of guild, if you have companion.