Hello all! With the recent update news, I was re-inspired to pick up work on a project long neglected. It basically involved me designing custom hero profiles (full credit to my wife for the actual artwork) and then printing them as stickers to apply to the 2019 cardboard discs. This would be an opportunity to overhaul the artwork with a new, more gritty and personal style, but it also opens the "golden path" to any other QOL tweaks (the simplest of which being a greater clarity between the numbers, 3's and 5's for example). One further idea was to ramp up the strength of the leaders, in order to accommodate removing or reworking spice combat, but my experience in the game qualms to that of most of the people on this thread.  
  
Could different leaders charge "flat fees" of spice in order to maximize troop effectiveness with some powerful leaders requiring a minimum amount? 3Spice = +1 Strgh, 5Spice = +2 Strgth etc.  
Could leaders have greater base strength, and spice is removed entirely from the equation?  
Am I being a wimp and should I just commit to walking new players through spice combat and its intricacies, leaving the graphic design of the leaders unchanged?  
  
Someone who has thought about this before and done the math, please give me suggestions!   
  
P.S. The art shown above is not for Dune specifically, they are some pieces she did for a previous project. The style would be similar, but the content would be better researched and primarily book-based. Though I do like some of the design motifs of the DV movies... maybe it's just me but bald Harkonnens just work.

Leader Redesign / Stickers!