I understand Endurance has it's uses, some of them quite decent and relevant.
Just saying that since the whole point of the auction is to make all attributes look equal, might as well make it more believable and push endurance up there with the rest
But its not only about Endurance and if its worth the points a player might have invested there. It's also about Warfare when compared to the other attributes.
Warfare is an offensive attribute at its very heart just like Psyche and Strength, this is what breaks apart those 3 from endurance and why they are usually more looked after. Psyche is perhaps the most equal (or at least debatable) since being the base for most of the other powers makes it very important.
What makes Warfare an extremely good offensive power is that it also dictates reaction speed. Reaction speed is extremely important, even more so when items and powers that can decide a fight are factored in.
And its not only about balance, its also about character options. Having speed not depend on any offensive attribute would definitely open more options. For example, Fast strength user vs Slow strength user:
Could go all out in points into strength or could swap some of them into Endurance instead to be a bit faster. All this while leaving psyche or traditional warfare abilities untouched.
Add into the mix the mainly psyche user and the weapon master.
Actually, if you think about it, Endurance would still be a tie breaker only that this time instead of being an abstract (and boring perhaps) tie breaker that burdens the GM with making calls, being faster means someone weaker can try to make up ingame when he gets to act first instead of having the stat dictate it.
in D&D terms, i cant map all attributes to each other, but if i had to do an analogy i would say i dont like the idea of strength determining initiative. Fighters screw everyone else, would rather have Constitution determine it since it has the same relevance for everyone.
@Corvus: i am talking of making it attractive enough so that people want to be higher than someone else in order to act first. Not just so they dont sell it down.
@Pundit: of course i am not talking from the perspective of our current campaign, auction already happened. More in line with future amber games i might participate on or actually run. Just making it clear i have no secret agenda or double intentions