So after the Tournament on sunday and only having the Initiative once, i faired better as second player against multi ship rebs.

that double ship move after your done is a killer.
whats other peoples thoughts, have Imp players found this the case?

I've had initiate every time (except for once) and loved it. I've won every game I've played except one, where I lost by a very small margin due to player error in using my squadrons.

When I didn't have initiative, I found that the Rebs would move out of the way before I had a chance to hit them and it was nigh impossible to get into black range as a result.

I found the opposite

having initiative lets you park a destroyer and then unload your ridiculous amount of dice before the enemy can hop away is quite adventageous

it depends on which objects the opponent's brought + the makeup of your list, though