Probably either put the other cards back in or remove the ability to discard "unwanted" cards. It's my view that the other cards were there to balance out the 'good' cards, as having them meant that one would often get card(s) that were not immediately useful, but could be discarded in hopes of getting something better.
I'd be in favor of bringing the other cards back, as what is the point of getting cards at random if they are all going to be immediately useful? Also there are situations in which the other cards can be useful. Just because something is not usable in every situation all the time doesn't mean that it shouldn't be included.
Above was mentioned that being able to apply one card to a Brood of Bio-Titans is too powerful. I agree, as does 2nd edition Epic. It was specifically mentioned (in the Effects paragraph on page 67 of the Hive War book) that any Bio-Titan should be counted as a single model for purposes of applying cards. This should be reinstated.
That same paragraph also shows that the term 'Brood' was intended to refer to any single formation, as it specifically says that single models can be affected, and that a Hive Mind card applies to everything on a single Swarm card (with the exception of Bio-Titans mentioned above).
Hi!
Good suggestions.
However I don't think the old cards can be added in due to the restructure of how cards are acquired and other changes. I will check this, but the restructure made those cards unnecessary. At least that is what i remember.
I do agree that too freely discarding cards makes it "too easy". This reminds me of the chaos card problems which were solved with stricter wording and clarifications.
Primarch
Thus with the need to reword things, perhaps:
"Any given Hive Mind card applies it's effects to all of the models in a single Formation, provided any listed restrictions apply. For example, some cards may only be used on Infantry Formations. The exception to this rule are Bio-Titans, which are always considered as their own Formation for the purpose of Hive Mind cards."