I agree with the poster who said you should trade things for speed. For example, imagine Poe's taunt is 1 turn only, no debuff, while Chewacca is 2 turns and expose. Then you'll have to decide: should I get a weaker taunt, but earlier? Or a better taunt, but later? Same goes with damage. Imagine Leia is slow. Then you have to chose between a slow char that one-shots people, or another faster toon who doesn't hit hard.
Currently, many top abilities (Poe's taunt with expose and turn meter control, Rey/Leia triple hits, Poggle super buff) are also faster than weaker abilities in other chars. So Speed becomes the only thing that matters
