I think I agree pretty much with everything Dean said. SSM on it's own doesn't really bug me that much, it's simply the fact that there really isn't a viable way to work around it, without using a 'counter'. Like Dean pointed out, Evade has a natural way around it that every figure in the game can utilize: basing. SSM isn't like that. You either have to use Direct Damage or go with Count Dooku of Serreno. While that's certainly not a "the game is dying!" scenario, I personally feel like it adds too much of a luck factor to the game to really be enjoyable. Then again, I'm also the guy who gets annihilated by opponent's dice rolls (got tagged by back-to-back crits from Mandalore the Indomitable last week - 120 damage on my Exar Kun!), like my game at the Chicago Regionals were my GOWK squad got slaughtered by a Vong build because I made 1 save against Thud Bug/Poison the entire game (that 1 in a 100 Deri mentioned, lol).
Honestly, I'd be just as happy if they would tweak Makashi Style Mastery. Right now, MSM says "Soresu Style cannot be used against this character." If they tweaked it to say "Adjacent characters cannot use Soresu Style" that would make a huge difference IMO. Granted, being required to play CDOS in order to counter Obi isn't ideal either, as many of us have said before, but it would at least give a powerful counter to anyone with Soresu Style or SSM. And it makes sense in universe as well. Dooku bases the Jedi, thereby tying up their lightsaber in combat, preventing them from being able to deflect/block any other incoming attacks.
As it stands, I think the new FlObi will end up being OK. I do worry about the issue of playing a game to a tie, and then winning because of the points spread. But we have seen some more pieces with 30+ damage in recent sets, and we've gained some new direct damage stuff recently with pieces like the Sith Lord. Not that all of those are competitive, but honestly, we don't have to worry about the competitiveness of things like that until after the MOTF set next year, for the most part. For now, I'll just have fun. Let the younger guys at the LGS play Flobi all they want. It will give them a great leg up on some of the tougher opponents at the store. I'll continue to play more 'fun' things and see if I can manage to beat the Obi squads without requiring too much luck.