I am about to start Tyrants of Lothal as the IP. The rebel players of course want to invest on the small boxes to enable the expanded campaign.
I have a concen regarding balance when using the expanded option. I guess some may see this as a spoiler.
The core missions of the mini campaign reward the players generously (2-3 xp and 300 credits per hero) which means that the rewards of the basic mini campaign add-up to something comparable to a regular campaign. My assumption is that those missions, and the threat level they provide, are balanced around that resulting power level.
My worry now is that adding the three expanded missions, and their rewards will upset that balance. Heroes scale better with more credits than the IP with more influence (especially with the 4 card limit) and that's why the threat per round goes up. But now with those added missions the rebels will scale to a higher power level in later missions, while the threat level does not increase.
The rebel scum are going for the juggular: CT/wildfire, Diala, Mak and Drokatta. At least we banned Gideon.
I seriously worry that this will snowball out of control.
Anyone here has experience with the expanded campaign balance, and how it compares to the basic mini campaign?