In a large galaxy, the distance to the homeworlds and MSI is extremely large; so much so that you aren't going to be able to reach some of them before the end game.
Story wise, it doesn't make much sense that MSI managed to do all it did before game start, including abducting some species from the far side of the galaxy.
Making the distance to MSI and to the homeworlds not be "randomly in the galaxy" both makes it a mid-game problem consistently, and matches the back story better.
Story wise, it doesn't make much sense that MSI managed to do all it did before game start, including abducting some species from the far side of the galaxy.
Making the distance to MSI and to the homeworlds not be "randomly in the galaxy" both makes it a mid-game problem consistently, and matches the back story better.