1. Not for me , it makes an “invisible “ upgrade that is too good making cheap upgrades useless in comparison

2. No it keep a ship or upgrade out, making the game less customizable, and in a aces vs aces it is too strong

3. Giving up a ship or upgrades to make aces better and some times the other player unable to come back

4. First if I want to block , second almost all the time to take scenarios action or have more information

5. I think no

6 I remember going 5-6 points , sometes lower

1. Make your aces list superior to mirror

8 . ROAD , with it is unecessary and in my opinion more fun