I really like all the Vehicle stuff as well - I'm not sure why people are down on it at all. Pieces jumping off their vehicles and fighting is awesome.

I also really like Echo's point that almost all of the Vehicles pieces are pretty much self sufficient and don't work with the existing movement breakers - eg you can't levitate Luke and Leia on Speeder, can't tow Jar Jar, can't pawn Durge. Makes them much fairer IMO. I think it's a really well thought out set.

Favourite

Huges (these are so close to being playable, huge walker and the vehicle mechanic are great mechanics and Wheelbike is the way strafe/galloping should have always been confined to, unique expensive characters)

Swarms (give me tuskens, ewoks, stormtroopers, droids, Vong slaves, etc... These teams are a blast!)

Reserves teams (probably my favourite play style, love Dooku of Geonosis, Pong Krell, and the Voxyn Queen. Reserves for everyone!! We need an OR one since Valantyne didn't turn out to be one)


Dislikes

Pieces that deal insane amounts of damage for their cost: Mace in the Face, Maul cheap one, Dash, Mando Scouts, ETC. the new Czerka shield piece helps a bit but maybe a Lightsaber style that nerfs twin? Or another shield tech type piece.

Crazy movement breakers.

Booming voice, their was a good Kreia idea on the CCC contest where she caused enemy and allied CEs to be reduced to 3 squares.

Bastillas meditation (maybe a force ghost to be able to attack force users from afar ala phantoms)

Most loved:
--Melee pieces that can actually do something after moving. As TheHutts said, smashing stuff with lightsabers is what it's all about. GMA or Twin should be on far more melee pieces than it is.
--Melee pieces that can actually get to the place where they can do something...Force Cloak, Stealth, Evade/Soresu, Adv Cover, etc. Any of these things can really help.
--The ability to play low-activation squads and do well. Well, this was possible in 2012, at least; I don't think it'll work anymore.
--Cool abilities that require finesse and good strategy to utilize well. Resolnare is one example, as is Decoy.


Most hated:
--Tempo Control. I've been very outspoken about this in the past so I won't say more here. Black Ops needs to be on a piece that is already useful *before* adding the Black Ops ability. Alternatively, I'd love to see an 11pt Fringe Black Ops piece (so you can bring it and some fodder with Lobot, but your opponent can't steal it via Bribery).
--Out-activate-and-smash squads. [closely related to the above] Steals the joy right out of the game for me. When I spend time and money to go to a tournament, I don't want it to be so I can watch my opponent activate half of his squad and kill some of my pieces after I'm all out and can't respond. That's my ultimate NPE.
--Self-Destruct and Death-Shots. It should not be a bad idea to attack/kill your opponent's pieces. (Lightsaber Combat Expert fits along these lines too.)
--Low-cost pieces doing heavy damage. I don't care how much you've invested in your commanders, there's no good reason why a 5pt piece should ever be doing 50+dmg without crits.

Dislikes:

Abilities that are luck reliant. Especially ones that give huge swings based on luck. SSM, reserves (especially 5,10,15,20 kind), betrayal, internal strife, parry, avoid defeat, etc. We have enough luck in a dice based game, we don't need to lean on the dice even more.
Abilities that negate 100% of damage based on a save (especially a save 11)
Abilities that make you want to not attack. Epecially without having to spend a FP (Self Destruct, Djem-So, death shot, lightsaber combat expert)

Likes:

Abilities that can be "turned off" by smart play. Evade, Soresu Style, Flak Shield, etc. You don't have to have a special piece, with a special ability to counter something - you just out maneuver your opponent and you can counter it.
Abilities that are not 50/50 saves. Save 11 is kind of a lame cop-out. Let's just flip a coin. Boo - we need more save 16 and save 6, etc.
Abilities that don't negate 100% of damage, but rather some of the damage. Dark Armor, Crab Armor, Damage reduction, Teras Kasi, etc.

Likes
1.Jedi with stealth/Cloak
2.Yoda on Kybuck
3.Melee pieces that can hit for 80+ on the move
4.That you can play all factions and be competitive now

Dislikes
1.Tempo-control
2.Overide
3.Tempo-control
4.--Low-cost pieces doing heavy damage. I don't care how much you've invested in your commanders, there's no good reason why a 5pt piece should ever be doing 50+dmg without crits. Thanks for the text Trev.
5.Tempo-Control
6.How hard it is to play a melee squad against shooters.
7.Tempo-control
8.Death shots
9.Tempo-control

I am just glad to here some positive feed back on the Vehicles.

I love those things! Maybe just because I'm a Separatist fanboy though lol

Hahahahahahahahaha

Love the camaraderie synergies.
Love how factions have become real flavor oriented.
Love the new initiative with only 1 first activation.
Vehicle is genius.


Dislikes:
8 point booming voice. It's the main reason I stopped playing for a long time.
Override. I'm surprised nobody mentions it.
Tempo control.
To me Tempo control and override work hand in hand to bring the most absurdly negative play experience.
For those of you that play it... #$^&^%&^%##)()&. Yes that felt good.
I forget who said it. I'm not coming to play so I can see you spin behind closed doors.

To this day I still remember the game I had with engineer (maybe 4-5 years ago?). He just locked the door, shot and locked the door again.
We had choice words... Anyway my point is that it is for sure a clever mechanic and a deeper understanding of the game mechanics. But that's not what I play for. Go play chess if you want to show your mettle that way. This type of play forces everybody to device strategies and game play to beat that lame gameplay which in turn breeds another lame strategy.

All things in the game can be balanced and unbalanced through cost, independent of how lame a special ability is, remember that. Errata this stuff. It’s in your power to do so as you have proven with Daala.

Anyway my point is my most hated SA in the game is players’ attitude toward finding and playing the winning squad even if it means a lame game, as some of you have admitted to doing even in this tread.

Cheers

Best answer yet. Made better by reading it in Deri's voice.