[caliaca]

But... it does alter it. Previously, there were ways to mitigate this annoyance by playing an Amalgama or by wearing a collar, or the new trait.

It's hard to really divorce the concept of spirit loss and re-grabbing them from this when it would specifically remove the intended counterplay to not have to deal with that annoyance. They are intrinsically linked. Losing spirits has always been a thing, that's objectively true. However, not having any chance at counterplaying it has not always been a thing and thus it's still part of the discussion. 

If we do wanna talk about just the mechanics of it, I would honestly say it'd feel pretty bad for Amalgama's trait to just straight up be invalidated by another race's trait. Or to have an accessory I purposefully devoted to a slot to just be invalidated for no investment. The frosted collar at least is a fairly significant opportunity cost, and for that to be invalided doesn't seem awesome to me. It also makes Amalgama's special mechanical thing overruled, which I would also say doesn't feel great because in adding a new way for one race to feel special you're removing anothers.