I was thinking about the death pickle with its AP's and RBD taking people by surprise in a certain regional:

'Twas not too long ago in wave 2 when xi-7 was nearly default, and thus AP's nearly useless. ECM became just about essential to anything that could take it, while Intel Officers similarly sprung up everywhere.

Now? DTT's, TRC's, spinals, all over the place. H9's resurgent due to flotillas proliferation.

BCC giving squadrons bigger, badder teeth.

Just curious to see what's been going on in your locale, if anything, now that there are so many things contending for these spots now.

I still have yet to see APs make a resurgence despite a smaller presence of Xi7s. (We still see probably one Xi7 per table, but not entire fleets kitted out for them.)

I haven't seen Intel Officers in a while either, though I nearly auto-take them on Salvation when I run it.

Good observations though, and definitely something to keep track of.