by gmg159
Are these numbers based almost entirely on 4 player with no extra final scoring tile? It seems like those are 2 major factors in determining the value of a faction. I would guess number players can be a 15 point swing between two factions all other things being equal. Having a final scoring tile may be another 4-5 points delta to a faction's relative expected score.To me worrying about a few points isn't worth it since the other factions in the game tend to have a bigger impact (like picking witches into DEC is about minus 10-20 for engineers while picking Mermaids/Swarmlings would be plus 10-20). So if you can get factions within a few points of each other on average that should be good enough as other factors will be a bigger player.
I'm willing to try the new VP offsets and have played a few games with them on the app. It's hard to say how much better, if at all, they will prove to be in the long run. At least in the near to mid term they will add matchup variety (without the need for auction) as players figure out what is strongest given the new offsets.