The 2 points I take from this thread are:
Everyone is whining about ETD being useless without a fi/co class ship.
AND, everyone thinks JBG's R27 stats were great. Did anybody notice that in R27, ETD didn't have a fi/co ship?
I think people are complaining because they actually have to THINK about these stats, rather than "Oh look, cath and someone else have a co pod, that'll do, and we'll throw in some zik if they can steal some"
Personally I think this will be an interesting round, and I'm looking forward to playing it...