I think many players assumed (as did I) that because the mounted blaster has the same minimap icon as a vanilla autoturret (and the same annoying habit of moving on uneven ground), it was the same and should be both redeployable and regenerable.

As I understand it, the problem arises from the fact that the mounted blaster is also a 'vehicle' which can be occupied. The game engine can't handle it if the Officer tries to redeploy an occupied mounted blaster and the server crashes as a result.

To be honest, the only player I could trust not to try and redeploy a mounted blaster is me, and even then I could probably be tempted to do it to abort a losing round...

Whilst it may not be ideal from certain points of view, I have to agree that the Dev Team has made the right call on this one!

RabidJohn makes a good point.

The only thing that annoys me about the EWEB is how it sometimes falls over. Nothing more frustrating than getting in a great position , deploying it , only to be restricted to shooting into the clouds for a few seconds as you tilt over and looking like a dumbass in the process

About the trooper's sensor beacon , well that's just what makes him the team's "hunter" , pointing out enemy locations for him and his teammates to use.

I personally quite like this aspect of First Strike, it keeps your squad situationly aware, and is by no means an unfair advantage as the enemy should be in squads and therefore have access to the same kit. Also each sensor device is slightly different making them useful in different ways, the tracking beacon has a small range but is constant and can be left somewhere, to keep scanning a CP you have just captured and moved on from for instance to detect if the enemy is trying to retake it. Also a useful application is attaching it to a friendly vehicle such as a Walker so it then has added mobility and can help the Walker pilot detect infantry. The sensor drone has a pulse and slightly larger range and is mobile which is obviously very useful, and finally you have the Officier's sensor box which gives a wide range temporary ping, all very useful, but in quite distinctive ways.

The abundance of sensors in First Strike really helps ensure that there is a lot of action in infantry maps and helps disuade lone wolfs who now have to fear falling prey of enemy sensor sweeps that can give away their position. They'd now stand a far better chance if they joined and stuck with a squad.

And they don't get teampoints from the scanners last I checked.

I'd actually think about removing the sensor droid from the trooper class, to put more emphasis on the Officers locater box. ATM, theres so many trooper radar droids on the map that the Locater Box is pretty irrelevant.

Never! The trooper is the backbone of any squad. Always at the front of any battle, be it attack or defense. Remove his ability to detect, hunt and destroy the enemy and you render his class useless. Also on a lighter note, remember apart from following the Squad leaders orders on attack or defense he has virtually no other way of accruing team points.
Also like to confirm that with RabidJohn as your squad leader your aways kept well supplied with not only ammo and bacta but also orders. Keep up the good work mate 

I view the officer class as I view any class- not required until needed. Some maps like Endor strike need officers with spawn beacons and ewebs to garrison areas and assault them effectively- but other times the benefit is minimal.

Im pretty much the same, I only play officer when the beacon is needed, other than that im never officer.