Ez fix, make Pulse Wave do 2 damage to single figures.

Edit: oops, didn't mean to necro this thread. >_>

Honestly i think they are just going to retire or redesign it. I have to imagine they are getting sick of putting "Protected: Pulse Wave" on nearly every defensive trait/power.

Although it may be true that some potential new players turned away due to the complexity of the rules, I think it is extremely optimistic to think that dumbing down the rules is going to cause this mass influx of players that will outnumber the number of existing players to the point that the opinions of the existing players will not need to be respected. A better idea would to have sold stickers of comic book characters they could stick on checkers, and tell them to play that, instead of messing with a great game.
And if your intent was to make the rules less complicated, then you would think it would be a resulting plan to stop adding complicated rules, yet since we have received "Rally" and "Krackoan Revival", and more scheduled on the way. Looks like delusional double-talk to me. I appreciate the vigilance to fix things that don't work, but I am not seeing this with the rule changes. But they just have to touch it and can't leave it alone. And the paint jobs I've seen have just as many bad ones, as the ones before the size change.
Sorry, this is a burr in my saddle I can't let go. Thank you for letting me vent! But I do get it. "Why do they do it?"------"So the money can happen!" Keeping it new, and fresh. UGH!

We can only hope.