2. Banning Galtran is, overall, a half-measure, and therefore pointless. Either he should be completely removed from the game (as in HotA), or all bans on all templates should be lifted. The situation where someone snags Galtran in the tavern while starting with another hero is much more absurd than the crazy bidding wars for him. In the bidding wars, each player knows exactly what they're getting into and what they're paying for.
2. Banning Galtran is, overall, a half-measure, and therefore pointless. Either he should be completely removed from the game (as in HotA), or all bans on all templates should be lifted. The situation where someone snags Galtran in the tavern while starting with another hero is much more absurd than the crazy bidding wars for him. In the bidding wars, each player knows exactly what they're getting into and what they're paying for.