Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27666888-20160922114535

Hey guys

So since removing a paragraph of largely-unrelated flavor-text from Stealth Device a few days ago I've been thinking: do we really need the flavor-text on every entry? And if we do, does it need to be as long as it is?

For example, take a look at N'dru Suhlak: three paragraphs, and I don't think I've ever read it before today. We don't really need to know that Suhlak was once a rebel and that he's always trolling Fett to know that his pilot ability is good, and that he's worth taking in a squad.

Take a look at the new pilots: Jess Pava, for example. The lack of flavor-text doesn't negatively impact the page or the pilot. Likewise, contrast Snap Shot and Flight Instructor: the lack of flavor-text doesn't negatively impact discussion on Snap Shot, which has eclipsed the older card in interest in a matter of days.

I'm not necessarily advocating a complete purge of the flavor-text, just wondering out loud if we really need it all, especially on Upgrade cards. Personally, I vote to remove all of the flavor-text from Upgrade cards, and enforce a soft limit on flavor-text on Pilot cards (say, 200 characters).

I've created a strawpoll here for this topic, feel free to vote. I don't know if the boss wants to make it an official poll or not. You can pick more than one option. Interested to hear people's thoughts. 