Norfleet has just made what I reckon to be the first sound and convincing arguement against the VQ being overpowered.
Given that I had become slightly irritated with constant defenses of "It's not overpowered you are all Newbies" and "It's not overpowered, there are counters" this is no mean feat
The arguement: That an SC VQ is not just 110 points. It is closer to 400 or 500 points.
This doesn't mean the VQ is not overpowered, but it is a good answer to the "but she only costs 110 points" arguements.
Norfleet: If you were playing against an evil twin, who would destroy the world and everything you hold dear if he beat you, and you KNEW he would play the temple/castling strategy, how would you play to beat him?
(of course, you don't have to answer, as presumably doing so would mean many people reading this could counter your favourite strategy
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(finally as an aside "Illwinter places a high value on X" is entirely irrelevant if we are talking about balance. If Illwinter decided immortal chassis should be free, to represent the fact they have less far to go to become true gods that would not mean free immortal chassis would be balanced)