Matt Cary's thoughts on the most recent points change in the Republic and CIS factions. Check it out here, and let us know if you agree with his conclusions, or disagree.

7B + R2 Obi-wan up a minimum of 10 points in January or I break the glass

Agree with almost everything. Was surprised you didn't mention Sinker. I think the force-multiplier effect like for Drea means he needs to go up a couple points.

I haven't played Republic. so I can't agree or disagree on those, but I am pretty heavy into Separatists and generally agree with the conclusions. I wouldn't have a problem with the Vultures going up 1 or 2 points across the board, but I don't put Struts on everything in my lists now anyway, so any change there would probably be negligible for me. I don't know why K2-B4 should be increased, but then, I haven't really seen or heard anything about lists that are using it. TA-175 should definitely be increased, but I also think that Kraken should be decreased. A 10-point TA-175 is doable in a list, but I think a 7-point Kraken wouldn't be a bad idea.

8 hours ago, svelok said:

7B + R2 Obi-wan up a minimum of 10 points in January or I break the glass

I'm going to suggest a large up in points for R2 astromechs in the generics upgrades points change article.

6 hours ago, mcintma said:

Was surprised you didn't mention Sinker.

Sinker is strong, but in my experience, people don't do well with keeping others in the side arcs to fully take advantage of his ability whereas Howlrunner and Drea (especially Drea) are easy to get their triggers met. Also, Sink is already the most expensive Republic ARC-170, full 14 point more than Howl and 5 more than Drea.

3 hours ago, feltipern1 said:

I don't know why K2-B4 should be increased

Xian Yong Lim won the Australian System Open utilizing K2-B4. That was to warrant consideration to increase by one point, but only one. Relays tend to have a multiplicative effect, and I think none of the "good" ones should be cheap.