12 hours ago, SabineKey said:

Better dial.

This.

10 hours ago, NakedDex said:

It's also worth noting that while the Scum Hwks are fine, the Rebel counterparts are anything but. Scum lists have enough raw power to allow a utility Hwk in a tournament list. Rebels don't have the room for the likes of Roark, regardless of what weapon you give him.

This. It's akin to the Imperial Firespray vs. the Scum Firespray. There again, as usual, Scum gets the better toys when they are the same platform.

9 hours ago, NakedDex said:

To be fair, there's a fair few decent rebel ships in that price range. The problem is more that they've taken a back seat to ships that can spike damage more reliably, or can weather beatings. Biggs aside, Tarn was always a favourite of mine, and is actually not bad in today's game. GSP A-wings are still solid, and more recently the Rebel TIE gave us a little pocket hero in Rex.

Rebel TIE, I just threw up in my mouth a little.

12 hours ago, NakedDex said:

And they had several points of upgrades, which is my point.

Then I don't understand your point. Are you saying for a ship to be viable it needs to be fully top tier competitive without using any upgrades?

Sometimes it is really worth it clicking on "fix threads". I like the idea

1 hour ago, IG88E said:

Sometimes it is really worth it clicking on "fix threads". I like the idea

Me too. I hesitated posting it knowing that no one who had any power to change things is likely to give it a look, but it just seems like an elegant solution.