Reaper is one of the best possible ships to have in your starting lineup and boba makes a great reinforcement on offense all the opponents energy has to go towards reaper which can be really difficult with Biggs and then maul as 1st reinforcement
I had 2 battles against one guy yesterday where my ties didn't land there target locks so I lost my reaper and then couldn't take theirs out or get any reinforcements and lost
For the pilots if you can get them geared leveled and modded even at low star it is worth it and since both pilots are awesome out of their ship it's a win win