We left out the radio operator for our playthrough of the prologue and our first attempt at January and lost both times. We swapped the radio operator in for the instructor and haven't looked back. We tried to use the instructor like the researcher in regular Pandemic but the differences and restrictions (once per turn, only on the instructor's turn) along with the amount of duplicate cards allowing for ease of share knowledge anyways meant that we rarely actually used that ability.
The radio operator's ability is far more useful as being able to distribute out cubes to make sure people who need them have them comes into play nearly every turn as opposed to the situational use of the instructor.
I will say that I find the farmer to be very powerful as well and very useful. Anything that saves an action is a good thing.
The radio operator's ability is far more useful as being able to distribute out cubes to make sure people who need them have them comes into play nearly every turn as opposed to the situational use of the instructor.
I will say that I find the farmer to be very powerful as well and very useful. Anything that saves an action is a good thing.