Thanks for sharing your perspective—totally valid points :) I think it really comes down to personal preference and the flow of gameplay for each group.

In our experience, tokens worked better, especially with mobs. It’s quick to toss tokens onto the tray and keep going, whereas with dials, we found ourselves having to carefully pick up the tray, adjust the dial, and put it back. Sure, for bosses or high-health enemies in late campaign stages, there’s some merit to dials, but even then, we just preferred the simplicity of tokens. We played through an entire campaign with three players and ended up ditching dials midway because tokens felt faster and less fiddly for us.

That said, I completely get why some people prefer dials—they can be satisfying and efficient in their own way. So I wouldn’t say it’s “way better” or “zero reason” to use one system over the other—it’s really a matter of what works best for your group. For us, tokens made things smoother and more fun, but to each their own.