Master Tactician + Cunning is a great Combo, but with only Double Attack and a CE that's restricted to himself, I get the feelling that without Triple Attack or perhaps Anticipation instead of Master Speed (thinking about it more this would actually be my preferred "change"), he's still overcosted.

Yeesh. Swap in with his own ability, swap out with Sidious. He'll be hard to target.

Actually I meant surprise move (but the freebie version would work too!)- Don't know what I was thinking there!

Comparing him to Sidious Sith Master and Maul Sith Apprentice - Which both have Triple Attack and cost less (Maul costs considerably less) I just don't see him quite being worth the points on average.

Yeah, with Bandon and Kun, he can easily get up to 50 damage per hit. Well, I say easily, but it does require some careful Mouse Droid placement. Still, not too hard to do. But, the ability to do a 1st activation strike for somewhere between 60 and 100 damage, and then swap out to safety is not available to any other faction right now. In all other factions, you need 2 activations to do this (1 to attack, 1 to swap), which means if you win init, you have to let the other guy go first. So, killing Revan is going to be near impossible in many games, especially because once you actually do pin him down somewhere, he's either going to pop out somewhere else again, or his Lightsaber Defense and MOTF2 will keep him alive a while.

Now, the other thing to remember, is that he WILL burn through FPs like nobody's business typically. The few games I playtested him, I really struggled to hang onto FPs, which I thought was really cool. Forced me to make tough decisions on when to use Master Speed/Assault, and when to hang onto FPs for Defense. Overall, he's a really awesome piece, and there's still more to come in the Sith faction. :)

Don't read too much into the triple - I'd prefer he had Surprise Move over Master Speed rather than Triple instead of Double. As Surprise move gives him a few more options available that would make him worth his points.

I'm not saying he's overcosted by a lot - more like just a couple points (60 points seems about right), as compared to sidious - Sidious has a bigger bag of tricks, but Revan is rather self sufficient (with the exception of needing an ally to swap with). There's certainly squads you can build that won't matter if you spend a few extra points on Revan that will do just fine, but overall my opinion on him is unchanged.

Agreed. Also remember he has assault, so surprise move isn't needed to setup double.

I think that ties in with Lobostele's example more though. You want to get the 1-2 punch in there, but can't do that on the first activation. Surprise move leaves Revan open for an activation.

Surprise Move has it's uses, but I imagine Master Speed will prove to be slightly more useful over a myriad of other situations.

Yeah, I think I'm going to VERY much enjoy playing Revan and Naga together. Master Tactician (on a well costed, usable piece) plus Sith Sorcery is just brutal. Those kinds of combinations alone will really cause some headaches for the tempo control squads. Not only will Revan/Naga put somewhere up near 140 damage on a piece (60 from Revan, 80 from Naga, thank you Virulent Poison), but then he can activate half of the rest of your squad. And then they both have excellent defensive abilities with LS Defense and Illusion.

More than 1/2 Lobo, I don't know why you ignored or forgot Bandon and Exar FS in the squad. That's the natural fit for the ultimate control squad :) And yes, if you all wondered, it was one of my favorites in play testing.

By my calculations even with the Instructor it would not be possible as the given scenario required 14 spaces of movement + a LS Assualt (for a total of 3 FPs Spent), which just wouldn't be possible. You could add in Hoth for the extra 2 squares, but to pull that off wouldn't be quite as straight forward.

The point is that while Lobostele's example may come into play some of the time, it certainly will not come into play ALL the time (as neither would mine), so giving a scenario that outlines where one ability is better than another is a moot point.