Nothing wrong with the game - some people want literal armies of clones/troopers/etc. Pretty much nobody needs more than one Wedge. Supply and demand.

When I first started playing I was turned off by the 'buy a win' sort of thing. That was when I literally had about 50 pieces. Running into a Rebel push squad or Rieekan or super-stealth when you have zero synergy, no door control, etc. isn't fun. But even then, you could get to a respectable squad for $20 or so.

Now I could run most of the tier 1 squads if I wanted. (Minus the 20 mouse droids - only 6 over here.) With the Vsets and the drop in ebay prices, and the fact that many (MANY) of the powerful pieces are rares instead of very-rares, $20 could get to tier 1 pretty easily in some factions.

There is an effective way of dealing with swarms of mouse droids other than yobuck and Lancer. People often forget about Force burst. Everything within 6 squares takes 10 dmg. Unfortunately the only minis with Force Busrt are Vader from RotS and Agen Kolar,JM from RotS. Both factions can swap them in to destroy mice. They may not be the best minis in the world, but Force Burst is a really nice power to counter swarms. And force Burst is also a handy way to deal with Camaasi Noble/Imp Dignitary walls.

Hehe, we've been talking about this specific ability :)

You sir, have just made my day! I'm really looking forward to seeing more Force Burst in future sets.

Over time, my opinion in this has shifted a little bit. To me the #1 problem is the mouse droid mini itself. I would support any number of errata to it, including but not limited to increasing its cost, lowering its defense, making it an optional target (so you can shoot past it). allowing characters to move through or even force them out of their squares, and making it illegal to bring in via reinforcements. The mouse droid is so good, and makes the game so difficult and annoying in large amounts (because you can't get anywhere and can't shoot anything else) that it boosts the already significant power of outactivating.

Solo Charge with 10 mouse droids can be infuriating to play against without Yobuck or Lancer (and they won't bring that in against Yobuck or Lancer, but that's a different matter) because you end up having to kill at least five or six of them just to get at the characters you need to kill. Late in the game they can practically guarantee a win as I have seen many times by keeping Han or Ganner safe while they plink away at the last enemy or two. If the mouse droid was more expensive or not as good, what does Solo Charge bring in? Six brutes? The quality gap is enormous.

Aside of the mouse droid, more good pieces and squads that do not need or use activation control (like Ian's championship OR squad, or any of the other really good OR, Sith, and Vong squads that are possible now) is the best answer. When most of the best squads in the game don't use activation control, I'll be very happy about the meta. We're a good part of the way there already.