On a scale from 1 to cheating....

The 400 offense empire datacron has a sneaky double edge to it in that it reduces your toons defense by 50% at same time. I was using it on my Palp SK team thinking it would boost my offense and make beating Rey GL even easier, but it didn't I lost a few until I realized how detrimental that 50% reduction in defense is. So if you are using a TM loaded Reva team their defense is being reduced significantly before your opponents turn making Reva way less thick than usual and presumably way easier to beat.