Choosing one or the other will in no way what so ever break this game. People arguing that there are "build in limitations" to existing abilities such as Phoenix SS is just silly. A figure gaining regular SS from a resource is gaining a whole lot more than Phoenix improving on the one she already has. Big Barda being able to use the special Batarangs Incap is a much bigger upgrade than Batman or Batgirl or that random guy with a with a fish net being blocked because they have a standard one. The currently limitation on all of this is just pointless and frustrating.

No, that'd be fact.

- THE DARKNESS WITHIN: Dark Phoenix can use Super Senses but only evades the attack on a result of 6. When Dark Phoenix KO's an opposing figure you may heal her of 1 damage.

The normal Super Senses power allows evasion on a 5 or 6. DP's only allows it on a 6. As traits are built-in, that most certainly IS a built-in limitation.

Again, let's stick to actual arguments, and let's get away from value judgments, particularly when they're inaccurate.

Ok, I think the gist of this thread is: "when a character has access to a Standard Power from more than one source, we should be able to pick which Standard Power they get to use."

If that is the intent, how would it be worded to avoid causing more problems than it solves?

More importantly, how would this change make the game better?

From what I've seen, any attempt from GD to streamline game effects and make things easier in the long run is met with 200+ post Thread Rants on how the new rule is bad, or was fine how it was, or the system is corrupt....

It's like an 80 year old banking act?

In your opinion, obviously. And in the opinion of some others. But the fact that we've debated this to this degree says that not everyone feels it is "bad, unnecessary or poorly (if at all) thought out."

It isn't how you think it should be: you have lots of company, and lots of valid arguments in favor of something different being as effective/no more harmful. "It's bad" isn't one of them.

I wonder if anyone ever wrote a letter to chess manufacturers asking why a king can move only one square, while the queen is only limited to the board size?

Dude - you print that sucker out on some GOOD paper stock (none of that cheap Staples (R) stuff), shred it and put it in your Magic Bullet with a little bit of Orange Juice (or, if you are feeling saucy, some Lime and Lemon) and run it for about 30 seconds and you have got some GOOD clixin' drinks.

Just don't over do it. Bad things can happen.

Are you going through my mail? o_O

We're not questioning why some figures have a move of 12 while others 5.

If it's going to be changed it certainly needs to be clear.*
Something like
"If a power or ability is available from more than one source the active player may choose which source to utilize. No aspect of the other source(s) can be used."
I'd personally add some "oops" to that: "the choice is made at the beginning of the controller's turn and lasts until the beginning of his next turn. If the chosen source is lost no source is active until the next opportunity to choose." But that's because I'm not a very nice person.

*If it isn't changed it still needs some documented clarification.

You've totally missed the point. Your example of chess could actually be good, if you did it right. A queen is worth 9 points. She can move in any of 8 directions, as far as she can go. So, 9 points=8 directions. Now, suppose a rule existed that certain queens are worth 9 points, but can only move in 7 directions if they're played on boards made of mahogany or teak. Hey, that's the rule...but wouldn't you question it?

Nobody is questioning if this rule is in fact a rule:

Just the same as nobody is questioning why a king moves only one square. Every king in chess behaves in exactly the same way, and there are no circumstances that can deny certain kings that kings inherently do.

No, but I have to say (for me at least) that speaks to the (IMO) foolishness of the argument that the current rule is unfair because not every figure benefits from every effect in the same way.

No. This would be like giving a resource to a pawn that turns it into a queen except that the pawn can't move forward more than 1 square because it duplicates that same "move forward" effect granted by the resource and is locked out of being able to use the expended range.

That's actually the very definition of unfair. The outside effect is (should be) a constant since you're paying the same for it every time. Of course I mean that you're paying the same amount for the exact same stuff (three batarangs, one suit of sorrows, the scorpio key, etc).

The problem with your example is that every Queen is the same, just as every bm025 Batgirl is the same, and every bm025 Batgirl will experience the effects of a specific item the same way. Now if teak boards effected all queens but only queens...

The bolded statement is the reason I am against any game element that allows you to add more effects to a character. You can't adequately price such a thing so that it is balanced for all characters.

But you're not talking about the same Queen anymore. As soon as you add the 'resource' to the Queen, it's not the same as what it was. You're adding an element, which means you are now dealing with an entirely new Queen.

You have the regular Queen at 9 points.

Queen with Gauntlet: 49 Points.

Two different pieces, two different prices, two different sets of rules as far as that go, because the Gauntlet adds effect.

The nice thing about this ruling? It doesn't matter if I put the Gauntlet on the Queen or on the Rook - it still follows the same limitation. The Rook might have a power that's affect and the Queen might not, but they are both held to the same set of requirements. If the Queen has Prob and the Gauntlet has Prob, she can only use her Prob. If the rook doesn't have Prob, he can use the Gauntlet's Prob. If the Knight has Prob he can't use it from the Gauntlet either. They are all held to the same standard - some just bear it better than others.

These rulings aren't stopping you from doing things that figures inherently do, they are denying you the ability to do them from other sources. The inherent power is still there (barring outwit, etc). It is restricting the Gauntlet, but the restrictions of the Gauntlet are universal and held to the same standard on every single figure. That those standards weigh more heavily on some figures than others is a normal part of the game.