Ozzel plus Thrawn plus ability to cut through rocks with Morrigan/Pellaeon is clearly a very strong competitive build.

Dodonna gives New Republic and Rebels a big leg up, and they'd drop down the pack without him.

I like San Hill the way he is. He's a MTB counter with his reserves on 1, and he was released by WOTC well before the other two big tempo control pieces.

I don't know about a straight ban. I would rather see some more cheaper counters to just being out-activated in general. We actually had a CCC Week on it recently with some cool ideas. Also once you take out tempo control, and the 2 point characters that are already gone then you are left with people running 3 point swarms to achieve the same effect and it's not necessarily better in my opinion. Tech them to death. Also San Hill has always been fine to me, maybe that says something more about swap then it does about activation control/limits.

Don't change it

Not an active player, so take this with a grain of salt: put the counter abilities on good pieces. Don't charge for things like Black Ops or Double Agent. Pieces that have them are costed as if they bring a significant benefit, and they don't, unless you happen to be facing tempo control.

There are two pieces with Black Ops, both Mandos, neither seem like a good choice for mainlining, and Mando Reinforcements are almost unheard of. There are 5 ways to get Double Agent - four of them are weird tech pieces (Roan Lands, Yak Face, Galen Erso, DJ). Captain Shevu has some potential - he's a solid shooter with a decent cannon shot CE; he's just limited by his subfaction.

So put Black Ops on a couple of pieces that don't need it, and then you'll be in business. Give it to a Republic Commando or something that fits well into an established squad type OR clearly establishes its own (something that can be competitive right out of the gate).

Otherwise, it's like Sith Hunter/Rebel Hunter/etc. Those abilities get incorporated into cost like they're Cunning Attack or Assassin, and you end up with a janky, overcosted piece.

Having a few Black Ops pieces won't solve the problem entirely, but if there are GOOD pieces that directly counter it, I think there'll be improvement.

I agree too - stuff like Double Agent shouldn't cost anything as it doesn't come into play every game and makes pieces not cost efficient if it's not in play. I do think Roan Lands is viable (although 10 more HP wouldn't hurt), and would see more play if he wasn't in a faction that has Dodonna anyway.

The "neutral" option (i.e. I don't really care) basically says "yes - but I don't really care". So you could argue that it's rigged toward yes since the second yes is really a neutral. Or you could argue that it's rigged toward no since there are 2 real no options but only 1 real yes option.

Also, I voted 13 times.

Looks like I missed the poll voting. My vote would have been the following;

Yes, the balance committee must take action!