>>719051353
>it enhances the IQ of the game
From a purely pragmatic standpoint, having a second fucking queen as your king would let that person dominate every other player they come across, and the super duper high IQ chess wizard players that would refuse a pragmatic upgrade on principle are a fraction of a fraction of the population. In fact, you could argue that letting a king swap to a clone of any other piece expands the amount of strategies to account for, which many would probably be open to at least dicking around with for fun.
>rebecca has her fans
and plenty more people hate her, or have no attachment to her. For a main character in an RPG, YOU WANT THE PLAYER TO BOND WITH THEM. making them weak hamstrings this effort.