oh absolutely I use his ship. He's the only one I trust to TL/hit and eventually take out opposing TFP. I minimize hitting other TFP even if they're in red unless it's Tie Advance that will take final shot.
Good thought that this will help on ships as well. zVader is my lead in arena and speed increase gives him a very decent shot at applying Force Crush DOTs. I was relying on zThrawn to help on that prior to reworks.
It also seems that Culling Blade and basic damage have risen per my experience. Guess g12 should drive higher damage also.