Context:
We got Allies about two months a ago and have used it about a dozen times. While initially i was excited to get this expansion, my interest after playing has waned.
Split Piles:
How often in games where you have a four-card split pile do you even have the opportunity to buy the fourth card? We have never had a game where the fourth card was available to buy. I even had one game where i used four of the six, while most games had one and maybe 1/3 had none. I wonder if part of the issue is the pile does not scale to player count. I wonder is part of the issue is that four different cards is too much for one pile.
Allies:
The consensus at our house seams to be "unimpressed". We have never used the same Ally, but they were fairly meaningless in all but one game.
