Pretty much what the title says. I know gear tiers can affect the ship abilities you can unlock but does it affect the damage or health of a ship? Do mods play more of a role? Basically I'm trying to figure out how to best optimize my fleet team in a manner other than "upgrade all the things!"Thanks all!

The overall power of a pilot is the only character stat that affects the ship's stats. So adding mods, levelling abilities and adding gear does increase the ship's stats. It's not possible to affect single stats like speed or health. It's a simple the pilot gets better, the ship gets better.On swgoh.gg there is a more detailed explanation in the ship's stat section. On crouchingrancor they have a calculator to determine ship's speed based on the pilots gear/mod/ability levels.

"FearlessJDK;c-1562589" wrote:"Syrup_Chugger3;c-1562580"Individual stats on mods have zero effect on ships, only thing that matters is number of dots, and if it's level 15.Because it's been beaten like a dead horse

"FearlessJDK;c-1562589" wrote:"Syrup_Chugger3;c-1562580"Individual stats on mods have zero effect on ships, only thing that matters is number of dots, and if it's level 15.Try the search function

Go readhttps://www.reddit.com/r/SWGalaxyOfHeroes/comments/5f433c/explanation_of_how_ship_stats_work_and_data_tables/Or just believe what others are saying.