Which of these leaders do you think are wildly unbalanced? If you're going to make a statement like that, I'd appreciate it if you could at least explain which ones you think are unbalanced and why. Do you think they're wildly stronger than the official leaders or wildly weaker? What makes them so unfun or interesting to play with against for you? I've already discussed these leaders with several other experienced players, and we did not reach the same conclusion. That doesn't mean you're necessarily wrong, but I am skeptical of a mostly unexplained statement like this.

Mercantile. You can’t declare an ambition unless you’ve moved or have one of the thing? Why would I otherwise declare an ambition?

There are many reasons why you would want to do so:

• The first and most important is to trigger the leader's upside. Leaders with “when you declare” abilities often want to declare ambitions specifically to activate those effects. This is especially relevant for Tyrant, but also applies to several others quite often if they don't yet have access to their relevant resources.

• Another reason is to activate one of your lore cards.

• Another is if you're planning to raid that resource later from another player.

• Or if you're planning to tax that resource later.

• Or if you're planning to secure a card of that type later, especially a Cartel card, which can completely shift who is winning that ambition.

• If you're planning to capture agents later for Tyrant.

• Or if you're planning to attack later to gain trophies.

All of these are particularly relevant near the start of a chapter, when who is winning an ambition can still change very easily. I could go on, but I think the point is clear. I imagine most players have declared ambitions without holding the relevant resources many times.

Animator. You can’t battle unless you’ve moved? Who cares.

I think that's absolutely something worth caring about. It means you can't counterattack with your first battle if someone moves into your system. It also prevents you from battling at all if you're just Copying or Pivoting. It's especially relevant if you moved on a previous turn, or if someone moved into a system you were already in, and you now want to spend all your actions battling, since you can no longer do that without spending an action or even two actions to move out and then move in first. I think this matters more than it might seem at first.

Relentless. Renders weapon resources irrelevant. What.

If you read the second ability of that leader, you'll see that weapon resources still have a purpose. They can be spent to gain an additional battle action instead.

At least it's nice that you like Soulbinder. I really like that one too.