Wizards made plenty of changes over the course of the game, it's called errata. Some were because of errors, some were to close loopholes, some were to simplify things, and others were for clarification. No errata was ever issued to nerf a character, and GOWK himself never received an errata. What he saw was a ban in competitive play, followed by a restriction (Boba Fett, BH also got a restriction for just the Dynamic Duo format). This was not done by WotC; It was done by the player's committee, which at that point was the same people who started the v-sets. Also, this was only for sanctioned, competitive play because it was only a problem for sanctioned, competitive play, not casual play.

Both the ban and restriction were not taken lightly and had several months of debate beforehand (and afterhand as well) with many on both sides on the fence. Ultimately, it was decided to go forth with the ban because at that point in time, GOWK restricted the meta so badly that less than a half-dozen squads were viable in competitive play, and such a restriction would have ensured the death of the competitive game.

As for the topic on hand, a bump up in price seems to be the best option if a nerf is chosen. The reason being that a fringe character should cost more than a comparative factioned character because of their overall versatility from being able to be paired up with anyone.

Regarding the Klat Assassin, I think of the possible errata discussed I think bumping his cost to 16 is the best idea. However, like I said, I haven't seen him much in competitive play lately. That's not to say he isn't a problem, he's just not been a problem where I've played lately. Has he been dominating the meta or over-used in other areas lately?

My thinking is if he's not a competitive issue now, why mess with him? If he is, of course now would be the time to fix him before regionals get into full swing.

They've had a bit of success, but you are right, they aren't dominating very much that I know of. The problem comes in when they make everything else that is a similar piece in the same price range so utterly useless most of the time. They're just BETTER than everything else that would otherwise make more fun and competitive squads. An argument could be made for something like Kel Dors in a Super Stealth squad (still have the high attack, better HP and SD40, but less damage and cost a bit more), but generally speaking, the Klats seem to me to have a negative effect on the versatility of the meta.

Just my opinion . If nothing happens to the Klat, despite that the counters that have come out are pretty situational, I don't think many would have a problem with it. I don't think the Klat is 'brokenly powerful'. I just think that if something (like a price raise) DID happen to make them a bit less appealing, it would be better for the competitive game. The Klat would likely still be something people would build with, but it would make other alternatives more REASONABLE to use in squads where before they were overlooked in favor of the all-powerful Klat lol.

as to the original topic of this thread....Kubaz Spy in V10. Nuff said.