[PvK]

I'd say I sort of agree with most of the points on both sides, and end up thinking it's balanced enough, although I would really like to see better fog of war in the form of only seeing the Last known information, which would probably be taken just before homeworld placement for Ancient Race players.

Personally, I tend not to like to choose AR because to me it's more fun to have to explore than to know where most things are already. Even purely competitively, I'd prefer to buy advantages like speed, combat, and production/maintenance bonuses.

All in all I think it's an interesting advantage and not generally undervalued, although clearly a player can either make a lot of use out of it, or not.

PvK