Then you can play with every ship being identical. Solve all your problems.
If you are trying to fly a z-95 like an x-wing then it's really your playstyle that has the issue not the game.
2 attack dice ships are much cheaper for a reason...
Except that they are no longer cheaper enough.
The Academy TIE Fighter used to be the 100% benchmark for efficiency. At wave 4, the Bandit Z-95 set the new benchmark by being a hair over that (bumping the AP down to 99.3%, IIRC). So far so good, as far as 2 dice primaries being "average".
Then we get the Delta X7 Defender. It has an efficiency of 102%. On a point for point basis, you are better off with a PS1 Defender than 2 PS1 TIE Fighters.
This is not a complaint about the X7 title. I _like_ it. But it absolutely does create problems for 2 dice attacks.
By making the most efficient ship in the game a 3 die attack, you're causing the Academy Pilot to effectively pay points for the privilege of making a less effective attack. Given that literally the only thing an Academy TIE has is raw efficiency, you begin to see the problem.
Then there's another problem: now that a 3 die attack is the baseline, ships that can't survive that much fire simply don't exist in a competitive environment. And any ship that can survive in a 3 attack environment can shrug off 2 die attacks fairly easily. Even lots of 2 dice attacks.
That's why it's important to raise the efficiency of 2 dice attacks to being the baseline again. That's why the answer shouldn't be "more red dice". If we can raise the efficiency of 2 red dice without cutting the defensive value of ships that rely on green dice, we'll be in a good spot to introduce lots of ships back into the meta without scaring anything off.
This is why I dont like major juggler. Sad really.
Does he still play X-wing or has he dropped? I can't remember if I heard him on the last podcast or not.