Rebel: for the Bothan Noble repeater...what else?

(edited to remove Leia...can you tell I don't play Rebels?)

Republic > SnowBunny, easy access to Extra Attack, Mas, good Melee complements

What Lobo said. OR.

Republic, hands down.
You have many different ways to play him in that faction.

Im going with Republic, and here is why.

Dark Woman-Light Tutor
Quigon JM-Force Spirit
Padme Snow Bunny- Her CE
GenSky- Momentum (Even if you don't Big D, he is hitting for a total of 60)
Panaka- Swap (Ever try swapping YodaBuck and BFBH? its fun, and expensive)
Flobi- Extra Attack (Throw in Mas and a TBSV and its on like Donkey Kong)
Comm Ahsoka- Rolling Cleave (paired with GenSky is just wrong)
GOWK- His CE (Its dirty, but very effective)

That's exactly what I was going to say. Plus, depending on what pointage we're talking about here, you've got greats like Palpy on Toilet/Vader Unl/Apprentice UNL/either thrawn for swapping/Mas due to Affinity/and a large swath of extremely useful and versatile uncommons that compliment Boba and do nasty things depending on what direction you decide to take with your squad.

Besides, Boba's best work was done for the Imps.

Well cost is one of the primary reason, the other is the fact her CE is Allies as opposed to Followers.

Krayt and Gen Windu cost a prohibitive amount in competitive squads, while all you pay for are abilities that are very effective (CE, Force Defense, and Repulse are godsends for the OR) I actually use all virtually every game.

Vader costs 22 more and isn't that much better for the cost IMO. He is much beefier but she is a more cost efficient piece.

That and when you use Exile the TBSV giving Boba GMA also gets extra, which nearly doubles the damage output of the squad.

Sure, you can do the same thing in Republic or Imperials, but it's the cost that starts to weigh you down. Boba + TBSV + Exile is already 129 points. In an imperial squad, that same combo costs you 151 points. If you add Mith'rawn and Mas to that, now you're at 191 points. So, that's a total of 9 activations max. Good luck winning consistently with that. Similar sort of thing in the Republic. You can use Flobi and Panaka instead here, but it only gets you 14 extra points, so 13 activations max. And you're depending on Boba for ALL of your damage output, for the most part. Sure, the TBSV and Flobi can give some support, but not much. In the OR, you have enough points left over to also include some other things that can really benefit from the Exile's: Xizor and another TBSV, Dash RS, Atton + Czerka (and the new Instructor perhaps), Zuckuss...you don't really have those options with the Imperials or Republic for the most part.

Besides, you really don't need Mas. Don't let yourself be restricted in your squad builds by feeling like you HAVE to include Mas. Learn to play within the 6 square boundaries. Mouse Droids can work just as well. :)

Give up strategy?? This is a stategic game not yhatzee.

The guy costs 62 points to try to roll a 20 take away the big d and he is still a good shooter but no one would run him, even though he is a good piece.

I agree with Weeks. Without the big D, Boba BH is a 62 point twin/accurate shooter. He's not cost effective at all. Even with all his goodies, you don't see the top players running him, because he's been left behind by guys like Dash, Cad and Rex who have all got 80+ damage output on their own, and have better synergy options with most factions.

The OR is the one place I'd think about him, because as has been said, the Exile is by far the cheapest Extra Attack CE in the game.

Boba BH was awesome back in 2007-08, but how many top squads at Gencon included him last year? He's not even the best Boba anymore, Merc is by far the better piece IMO.