Kallis's bo rifle staff mode looks painful.

The bad batch fits more with Inferno squad/Clan Wren special forces then the melee beatstick that in theory should be coming in the next wave. Now that does not count if Disney really wants to push the last season of the Clone Wars or if FFG goes with what they think would sell more.
Redoing the wookies with new cards and maybe giving the Rebels ones some help seem like a better option. Or using the Senate commandos which should be very close to the royal guard model.

As I see it right now
Empire: well rounded faction good mix of corps special forces support and vehicles.
Their corps have a good range from the relatively cheap stormtroopers to the hard hitting but premium shoretroopers, but all are relatively similar in play and very forgiving to new players.  Vehicles are of a similar balance make up
 
Rebels as stated above your named characters are your real strength.  The corps are cheaper but need a lot more tactical control and planning then the Empire.  There vehicles can be hit or miss but very powerful with a good plan around their abilities.
Republic super elite units that rely on coordination between units.  Their corps are specifically designed to share tokens and back each other up with their vehicles being very much support as opposed to direct assult units.
 
CIS this is faction so far is the closest thing Legion has to the Imperial Guard.  Cheap almost worthless basic infantry that drowns the enemy in bodies backuped by some of the hardest hitting elites in the game so far.  Anything that isn't a B1 hits like a dam truck and their vehicles and support units are definitely designed to take fire away from your corps while being dangerous enough the enemy can't always afford to ignore them.

As I see it right now
Empire: well rounded faction good mix of corps special forces support and vehicles.
Their corps have a good range from the relatively cheap stormtroopers to the hard hitting but premium shoretroopers, but all are relatively similar in play and very forgiving to new players.  Vehicles are of a similar balance make up
 
Rebels as stated above your named characters are your real strength.  The corps are cheaper but need a lot more tactical control and planning then the Empire.  There vehicles can be hit or miss but very powerful with a good plan around their abilities.
Republic super elite units that rely on coordination between units.  Their corps are specifically designed to share tokens and back each other up with their vehicles being very much support as opposed to direct assult units.
 
CIS this is faction so far is the closest thing Legion has to the Imperial Guard.  Cheap almost worthless basic infantry that drowns the enemy in bodies backuped by some of the hardest hitting elites in the game so far.  Anything that isn't a B1 hits like a dam truck and their vehicles and support units are definitely designed to take fire away from your corps while being dangerous enough the enemy can't always afford to ignore them.

As I see it right now
Empire: well rounded faction good mix of corps special forces support and vehicles.
Their corps have a good range from the relatively cheap stormtroopers to the hard hitting but premium shoretroopers, but all are relatively similar in play and very forgiving to new players.  Vehicles are of a similar balance make up
 
Rebels as stated above your named characters are your real strength.  The corps are cheaper but need a lot more tactical control and planning then the Empire.  There vehicles can be hit or miss but very powerful with a good plan around their abilities.
Republic super elite units that rely on coordination between units.  Their corps are specifically designed to share tokens and back each other up with their vehicles being very much support as opposed to direct assult units.
 
CIS this is faction so far is the closest thing Legion has to the Imperial Guard.  Cheap almost worthless basic infantry that drowns the enemy in bodies backuped by some of the hardest hitting elites in the game so far.  Anything that isn't a B1 hits like a dam truck and their vehicles and support units are definitely designed to take fire away from your corps while being dangerous enough the enemy can't always afford to ignore them.

Great constructive post. Thank you.
This is an interesting point. I would apply Occam's Razor personally, and suspect that they didn't increase the font because of bureaucratic inertia rather than any malice or ill will. They may well have just not thought of it. Alternatively, there's something in the pipe that uses the space and we don't know about it yet. Also depends how their printers work if they can change card size more easily than changing text (unlikely but I've heard of stranger manufacturing quirks). Could also be a regulatory issue with the Mouse; they're pretty picky about the weirdest things.

Revearn-
Look son, you done stepped in it quite severely here. The Armada community is rather tight-knit community. Part of why you're receiving so much push back on your rants is that you've directly insulted respected community members.  You're relatively new, so you may not know who you're insulting so direly, but that's really no excuse for rudeness.

Best apologize and move on, before you dig a deeper hole.

Alright, you're clearly having a hard time reading, so let me break this down for you in a way you can't escape.
First, I didn't Google deference. My vocabulary doesn't come out of a search engine, it comes out of education. That's why I can summarize my points swiftly and concisely when I desire, or dive into nuanced discussions when I feel there is a subtle interplay to elaborate on. Because of that education I value reputable sources, and made the critical error of assuming anyone like you would pretend to do the same. I intentionally chose Merriam Webster for that reason. I'm sorry, it's a mistake I won't make again. I'll keep trying to avoid big three and four syllable (you know what that means right? It means sounds) words.
First link: You picked the third definition. Let's go see what the other two are:
"courteous regard for people's feelings" and "a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard"
Let's look at how they used it in a sentence: "When you show deference to someone, you make a gesture of respect."
Ok, I'm detecting a theme here.
Second link: In your defense you did pick the first definition here. It's also the only definition. Let's look at how it's used in a phrase again. (Hint: dictionaries and thesauruses include these phrases and sentences for a reason. That reason is so people like you have something else to look at. Also their mistake, you don't read those because you don't care.)
"in deference to: Out of respect for; in consideration of."
Hmm. There's a pattern here. Let's keep going.
Third link: Again, you pick the second definition. What's the first one?
"Great respect"
Oh, this one lists synonyms: "honor, respect."
Hmmm, I wonder where this is going.
Now you didn't link the source for your synonyms and antonyms. Luckily, here a search engine is a powerful tool. You went back to Merriam Webster. But you made the same mistake you did above: you took what you wanted. You didn't actually read the paragraph (that's several sentences put together because they talk about the same thing) that explained when it was appropriate to use each synonym. Let's take a look at that paragraph:
"honor, homage, reverence, deference mean respect and esteem shown to another. honor may apply to the recognition of one's right to great respect or to any expression of such recognition. the nomination is an honor homage adds the implication of accompanying praise. paying homage to Shakespeare reverence implies profound respect mingled with love, devotion, or awe. great reverence for my father deference implies a yielding or submitting to another's judgment or preference out of respect or reverence. showed no deference to their elders "
What's the only word that showed up on all four sites (other than the original)?
It's respect.
We respect FFG because we trust them to do a good job. If we didn't, we wouldn't be here.
What you have consistently been unable to do is show anyone else any respect.
I'm going to return to this for a second. I don't know anything about you, other than that you have been a complete, unapologetic ******* to everyone else on this thread. But I'm willing to bet you're young and male. Why? Well first, you play a miniatures game, so balance of probability is male. The young is pretty easy too. You either actually hold to those principles in your daily life, or you don't, and you're a hypocrite. Odds on the last one just again as balance of probability, but that doesn't explain how you have the money to support a minis gaming hobby. Why? Because those above traits are individually firing offenses at most companies. But you have the money to pay your bills, keep a roof over your head, and food on your plate, and have some spending money left over for the game. So you either don't have a boss (unlikely) or you don't have a job, making you a high schooler or university student relying on your parents.
To be honest, I don't care who you are. You are absolutely correct, you are entirely entitled to be whoever you want to be. And everyone else is entitled to be who they want to be, which will include showing you every available door.
You were not the first to notice those details about those cards. You were not the first to raise concerns about possible balance issues for Kenobi. What you were the first to do was be an unmitigated jackass when everyone else suggested that perhaps we be patient, we assume the best of FFG because they haven't screwed us in the past, and that we be patient and see what comes. That's not a title to be proud of. You've earned a reputation in this thread, and I assure you this community is not small enough for you to escape it. Check that attitude at the door if you ever want to attend an event, or they will throw you out, and we will all agree. Get off your high horse. The lack of oxygen up there is getting to your brain.

It's not what you saw, and what you said, it's how you said it.
You were rude, confrontational, and deaf to others posting. You had your rant, and at the end of the day people will disagree or agree with you, your an adult (at least I assume you're anyway) so you need to learn others can disagree with you and you need to just continue.
Finally, "I don't need or want validation from you or anyone else." - If this was the case there wouldn't be near 3 pages worth of your ramblings about the cards, you would've said your piece happy you're right and others are blind to the cards. As jabba pointed out a few pages back the cards do look off compared to normal, no one disagrees with you, only how you presented it.

Likewise repeating because there is a *lot* of truth in this.  
 
Or, counterpoint, we have experience with the Dev team that you do not, and have trust for the team and the product they produce.  
I'm credited in 3 waves as a Playtester for Armada, and I did that testing in the FFG meta. This means I have had the pleasure of working with Devs directly on those products (I stated as much in our Interview episode with Brooks when they came on to talk about RITR and Wave 8).  So to say that i've some skin in this game as I consider the Devs friends and have an immense amount of respect for them, the work they do, and their professionalism.  This isn't a matter of being some mindless cultish follower of FFG that refuses to see flaws (I'd state that I have more insight into that, than you do, as well). This is a matter of being in the know with these processes and outright informing you that you are incorrect in your assumptions.  Keep in mind this is also all done within the confines of legally binding agreements with the company on what I can and cannot say.
Your statements lack backing, when dissagreed with, you begin throwing around memes and calling names instead of making reasonable statements or considering input.  Being the odd one out on an idea doesn't make your right, in fact when dealing with those with a greater amount of expertise insisting on your righteousness only serves to discredite your own ideas, opinions and findings.
Did you notice something?  Yes, you did.  However the assumptions you jumped to, based on my experience, are incorrect.  I, and others, have taken our time to inform you of this.  Deal with it.

I dedicate my new template to this thread:




General template:
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In 100% seriousness, @Reavern, I invite you to use this to communicate your points.
They probably won't be taken nearly so harshly.

Because with the release of Legion, they're printing a sufficient number of cards for it to be cost-effective now and everything will go this way (Legion's still relatively new, after all.)
Or because with Covid-19 crippling a bunch of industries, they're trying to simplify production/keep it in-house now for futureproofing.
Or because there's an internal event we're not privy to (some contract expired with a printing service, price change for those dimensions, etc.)
The more specific speculation gets, the more likely it is to be incorrect.
The first definition for deference in my search engine:
Submission or courteous respect given to another, often in recognition of authority. synonym: honor.
Yeah, I'll agree with that: I defer to people with more information than me in a given area, that I trust.
Why do I trust them?  Because I've playtested product in the past for FFG (a good few people have, in fact) and while I don't always agree with the devs, we worked closely with them and they care about what they do.
You are highly uninformed.  That's normal and fine (we all are to an extent), but the degree of confidence and attitude you brandish with that is... really kind of sad.
You should consider, if not outright deference, a dose of humility.

Ordinarily I just like things. This calls for a full-up repost.

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Counterpoint:

I vote for VNSD

Defense Tokens > Defense Dice

If I’m not mistaken, it’s a way of thinking about dice that’s rooting in 40k.  Models will have defenses that say you need a #+ to block damage.  A white defense die with surge to block has a 2/6 chance of blocking, which is the same odds as needing a 5 or better on a standard d6.

Did the First Order just build a bike around a gun?

Laughed out loud at the Twin Laser Turret.
The X-Wing version can go die in a fire. Hilarious that they chose the same name for a Legion upgrade.

Rather excited about the fact that Romodi might make some form of Imperial MSU viable. For the amount of turns you get a shot with him realistically you probably are talking 1.5 to 2 a ship. 

Phasma is EVERY bit as competent as Boba Fett.   

Because the 74-Z unit is two models instead of one. Each has a smaller base as well.  Since you only move the Unit Leader of the 74-Z and then place the second model in coherence you can place it completely out of line of sight of an enemy unit.  This obscures "at least half" of a unit, providing cover to the entire unit.

The BARC has two weapon profiles with the same range and Arsenal 2, so you do not have to upgrade it to be able to split fire.
In the handful of games I have used a BARC I found the stock to be at least as effective, as flanking unit, as one with an upgrade. They have different targets depending on loadout, obviously, but for those of us who have no wish to spam Phase I troopers they are both tools that can be used.