1 fewer hard choice to make in the game. You could argue that the improvements you've mentioned have made the game more difficult - you are even more aware of possibilities and those choices are even harder than before, along with the increases pressure of all your dialed in allies making requests/demands.. A hugely predominant theme is managing Max Characters across the team to ensure Maximum Order capability.
Here's a good spotlight - Northmen and Woodmen, and Eothraim, for that matter, get as many "Champions" as the Noldo. Ah, political correctness run amok, IMO... 
A key consideration is - do you believe this will 1) lengthen games and/or 2) increase the player base..?
I think that the game has changed. So with that change we need to keep pace with the modern gaming world. Also we're able to put effort into development of the game, that GSI ran out of steam on. So I'm looking to make a better game, and my thoughts on characters that are special is that they are fun to play. Lots of experienced player pick DS 1650 over FP 1650 due to the options of DS characters, and so it caters to that desire.
I also think it's an improvement and more fun. So then that leads to a better game, which leads to players having more fun, playing and enjoying the game more (I cf with the impact that King/Prince characters had in FAS, nearly, it not, fully 100% approval) had on the game.
As an opposing "argument" I'd say that keeping the game to the same format as before is a recipe for slowly dying games/player apathy. I point to our success of KS where it's our most popular module now. So change, although not invariably always good, is with fore-thought, and consultation, a good thing here I think. I've got other plans for 1650 but I've got around 11 projects on the go with ME alone, (I'm working on our other game legends as well btw) so I thought the best way to test it is to try it out.
Clint
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>Not a fan of making the game easier.
How does it make it easier? It makes it
different. JO makes it easier, email makes it
easier, sSource materials on the web make it
easier. I think it makes it different. So
easier in terms of it's easier because you have more orders yes.
Clint
>Brad
>
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>So I'm playing with the format a little, may aim is that every other
>game will be a variant of some form or other. So next 1650/2950
>games will have Champions in them all.
>
>So some Christmas homework for you all whilst supping on the mince
>pies (if you can sup mince pies).
>
>both 2950 and 1650 list the Character from each nation you think
>should be a Champion (or you'd like to have as one!)
>
>Eg 1650
>1: Osric
>2: Beawyn.
>...
>25: Ovatha
>
>2950
>1...
>25... you get the idea.
>
>I'll use it as the basis for each game, and in each game I'll list
>the character that is a Champion.
>
>Games Filling
>Kinstrife GB 2 wk (Game 675) 1/6 duos nations available (2 nation game)
>1650 2 wk (Game 79) 22/24 nations available. Minor variant
>game. (Upto 2 nation game, aligned neutrals 12v12. I'm also making a
>character from each nation a Champion.)
>
>1000 GB variant 2 wk (Game 47) 5/8 positions available. (3 nation
>game with Racial Mods - see below)
>Kinstrife 674 6/14 nations available. Aligned game - Tirkhor Loy and
>Khazad Usurper. (Upto 2ntn)
>
>1650 GB 2 wk (Game 77) 12/12 positions available (2 nation game. One
>Champion per nation.)
>1650 GB 2k (Game 80) 7/8 (3 nation game and 1 champion per nation).
>2950 2wk (Game 240) 12/25 positions available (upto 2 nation
>game. One Champion per nation).
>2950 GB 2wk (Game 243) 12/12 positions available (2 nation game. One
>Champion per nation.).
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