Ran a 5-player Dune game with the base rules, faction balance fell apart hard

We did a full 8-hour session last Saturday using only the base rulebook, and the Harkonnen just steamrolled everyone because the Bene Gesserit had no shot without the advanced alliances. I've run this game maybe 15 times with the expansion, but going back to basics made it brutally obvious the old balancing is broken. Has anyone else hit this wall trying to keep it simple, or do you just default to the expansion every time?

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theabennett12d ago

What kind of alliances were the Harkonnen able to lock down early on?