Martin Anward, a developer working on Stellaris once said something that I think could be relevant here (I think it was him who said it). The point was, that players are very good at finding out what is wrong with a specific mechanic, they can be helpful in pinpointing how and why it is broken. However, the players (collectively) are really bad on giving ideas on how to fix the broken mechanic they just helped bring to light. So, I think it could be a good idea to come to some sort of agreement on what we want from the mechanic, and let them (Larian) come up with a way to do it.
