FFFL 2018 - Discussion / Interest Thread

Well, there are a couple reasons/issues. The original point of the FFFL was to get units that are not often used, used (at that point because there were so few units, to fill your rosters the poor units had to be drafted and were oftentimes incorporated due to build restrictions). It encourages creative drafting and fleet design in ways not usually seen.

Another issue is that power units can greatly change the course of the game. There are a lot of things that go into the FFFL--fleet drafting, fleet design, opponents, play styles, strategy, etc. So we cannot say for certain that it is the units that win the game rather than the player (both matter to varying degrees). However, there are a select few that are, in many ways, too challenging to overcome often enough to prevent them from being unbalancing. Chikuma is one, when paired with units it was never meant to be. After this year, I would say USS Johnston is another. It provides too big of a boost to builds while being such a solid unit itself that it can likewise be a tough nut to crack.

Also, I think, a lot of players just get tired of seeing the same units over and over.

That said, I like the ideas being floated that might increase the cost of certain units or otherwise place certain hardships on drafting/using them.