If you advance the story for years without changing how those characters within the advancing stories play at all, eventually you'll end up with characters that are entirely divorced from the story. And if the mechanics are entirely divorced from the story, is it even the game's story any more?
Also you ignored my point about design space and stagnation.
But it's clear we are going to disagree. I love the direction Wyrd is taking. I hope you have a nice day.
I understood this to be the function of the upgrade cards in M2E; you could have masters evolve over time gaining new options as the result of their experiences without the need for a major overhaul that risks alienating some players. This lever allows you to affect diversity and balance more elegantly than many other games have the ability to do.
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I understood this to be the function of the upgrade cards in M2E; you could have masters evolve over time gaining new options as the result of their experiences without the need for a major overhaul that risks alienating some players. This lever allows you to affect diversity and balance more elegantly than many other games have the ability to do.