Hey everyone,

I've been out of the game for about a year. I'm going to be making a huge purchase soon. I wanted to list my collection and gather suggestions on what I should be buying for my collection in order to make it better. I'll even post what I'm considering getting at the moment.

Imperials:

6 Tie Fighters

1 Tie Advanced

1 Tie Bomber

1 Tie Interceptor

1 Imperial Shuttle

1 Firespray

Rebels:

3 X-Wings

1 B-Wing

1 YT-1300

1 Y-Wing

What I plan to get:

1 A-Wing

1 HWK

1 Imperial Aces

2 Tie Phantoms

1 E Wing

1 Headhunter

1 Tie Defender

Anything I should get more of?

Buy everything

Seriously I think you need more of every ship except the TIE Advanced

You should really add more of what you like or want to try. All the ships are good.

1 B-wing, 2 TIE bombers, 1 Firespray. But you might want to wait for Rebel Aces to get the B-wing.

I would say one more each of the B-Wing and and Tie Bomber. Do you prefer a side to fight on?

Buy everything

Seriously I think you need more of every ship except the TIE Advanced

You should really add more of what you like or want to try. All the ships are good.

Anything you think I should add specifically?

1 B-wing, 2 TIE bombers, 1 Firespray. But you might want to wait for Rebel Aces to get the B-wing.

Been tempted by a second Firespray for a while and I'm waiting for Rebel Aces since I don't see myself using more than 2 B-Wings. I don't really like the Tie Bomber to be honest. Is there something awesome with it that I am missing?

I would say one more each of the B-Wing and and Tie Bomber. Do you prefer a side to fight on?

I usually go with Imperials. I'll be waiting for Rebel Aces to get the other B-Wing for my collection.

When I only had the one bomber I wasn't crazy about it either. Jonus' ability only really helped if I had a cannon or misslie on the firespray, and the generics weren't that effective with ordnance. Rhymer was great with PTL and APTs if was flanking with a mini swarm. I saw them on sale for $7.50 so I bought 3 more, then Jonus with 3 gammas or scimitars could pull off a massive alpha strike. That was really effective, but you have to get the timing right. Then I took 4 stock scimitars with a bounty hunter, this is a beastly little group, it has so much health and they can often survive a round of focus fire from 4 Attack 3 ships, then the 5 k-turn helps the wounded ones get out of the fight and reposition. Jfunk took a group of 5 scimitars with howlrunner to the final round of a vassal tournament, which I think he won. I love the tie bomber, It's just super cheap and tanky.

That might be why I don't like it. Whenever I tried it alone with some other stuff it never really shined. I like the idea of a Bomber Swarm but my biggest issue is how many crits a Tie Bomber can take while it is still alive and it has no agility.

I'l buy 2 more of them so I can have 3 in total. My next question is do you think it's worth getting 2 Tie Defenders? I really like the ship and the White Koigram turn is really powerful IMO.

Jonus plus 2 hlc defenders looks decent.

Lots of bombers is tons of fun.

Shuttle plus bombers is awesome.

I'd get two more bombers and try them out. You can try a missile on each or add bombs. Seismics are really good for the cost.

Take jendon and jonus and two scimitars for a great alpha.

Hey everyone,

I've been out of the game for about a year. I'm going to be making a huge purchase soon. I wanted to list my collection and gather suggestions on what I should be buying for my collection in order to make it better. I'll even post what I'm considering getting at the moment.

Imperials:

6 Tie Fighters

1 Tie Advanced

1 Tie Bomber

1 Tie Interceptor

1 Imperial Shuttle

1 Firespray

Rebels:

3 X-Wings

1 B-Wing

1 YT-1300

1 Y-Wing

What I plan to get:

1 A-Wing

1 HWK

1 Imperial Aces

2 Tie Phantoms

1 E Wing

1 Headhunter

1 Tie Defender

Anything I should get more of?

Imperials:

Aces (get you to three Interceptors)

TIE Bomber (x2) - Sadly I believe this is a ship you either ignore or run in multiples

Phantom (x2) - Its so different that you'll want to try it. May not play nice with others and is expensive as all get outs.

Defender - Fast, tough, and hard hitting but but not as maneuverable as Interceptors (excluding white K-turn) and expensive especially if you compare to an Interceptor with Hull and Shield Upgrades.

Rebels:

A-Wing - for PtL (also in Imperial Aces)

Rebel Aces - when it comes out bringing you to a total of 2 As and 2 Bs.

HWK - one is usually enough unless you really want the upgrades

E-Wing - more if you want more Advances Sensors without getting Shuttles

Z-95s (x2 to x4) - DEFINITELY something you'll want more than one of. Good cheap filler, missile carrier, and has some useful upgrades.

REBEL TRANSPORT - you want this for the X-Wing and the stuff all the pilots and astromechs that come with them. Having 4 X-Wings also lets you fly the XXXX builds.

Note: I see 6 T/F and 3 X-Wings. Are those from 3 core sets in which case you probably should get the expansions for the new pilots in them.

More Tie advanceds. They are the bomb. 4 Tempests with Proton rockets is the new meta.

More Tie advanceds. They are the bomb. 4 Tempests with Proton rockets is the new meta.

Tempest + Proton rockets (24)

Scimitar + 2x Proton rockets + Stealth Device (25)

Tie Bomber gives you 1 more hp, in trade for an evade.

true, but the PRs are less effective with the bomber.

(And I really want the Advanced to be useful!!)

I'm pretty sure the stealth device increased agility would be included in the rocket's damage, if so then both ships have the same damage capacity with them. The bomber has a 1 forward, which really helps getting the right positioning for a range 1 only attack, and it can load two rockets for only 1 point more.

I'd like to see the Advanced be more useful too, but I don't think this is it. Marrek may see more use against Huge ships and the VT-49, but that's probably it unless they do an Aces pack.

Needs more cowbell, er bombers. Also get 2 aces.

Needs more cowbell, er bombers. Also get 2 aces.

Wouldn't cowbell signify a shuttle? I like to think of the bombers as bats for some reason.

Hey everyone,

I've been out of the game for about a year. I'm going to be making a huge purchase soon. I wanted to list my collection and gather suggestions on what I should be buying for my collection in order to make it better. I'll even post what I'm considering getting at the moment.

Imperials:

6 Tie Fighters

1 Tie Advanced

1 Tie Bomber

1 Tie Interceptor

1 Imperial Shuttle

1 Firespray

Rebels:

3 X-Wings

1 B-Wing

1 YT-1300

1 Y-Wing

What I plan to get:

1 A-Wing

1 HWK

1 Imperial Aces

2 Tie Phantoms

1 E Wing

1 Headhunter

1 Tie Defender

Anything I should get more of?

Imperials:

Aces (get you to three Interceptors)

TIE Bomber (x2) - Sadly I believe this is a ship you either ignore or run in multiples

Phantom (x2) - Its so different that you'll want to try it. May not play nice with others and is expensive as all get outs.

Defender - Fast, tough, and hard hitting but but not as maneuverable as Interceptors (excluding white K-turn) and expensive especially if you compare to an Interceptor with Hull and Shield Upgrades.

Rebels:

A-Wing - for PtL (also in Imperial Aces)

Rebel Aces - when it comes out bringing you to a total of 2 As and 2 Bs.

HWK - one is usually enough unless you really want the upgrades

E-Wing - more if you want more Advances Sensors without getting Shuttles

Z-95s (x2 to x4) - DEFINITELY something you'll want more than one of. Good cheap filler, missile carrier, and has some useful upgrades.

REBEL TRANSPORT - you want this for the X-Wing and the stuff all the pilots and astromechs that come with them. Having 4 X-Wings also lets you fly the XXXX builds.

Note: I see 6 T/F and 3 X-Wings. Are those from 3 core sets in which case you probably should get the expansions for the new pilots in them.

Why no double e wing or defender though?

true, but the PRs are less effective with the bomber.

(And I really want the Advanced to be useful!!)

Needs more cowbell, er bombers. Also get 2 aces.

Needs more cowbell, er bombers. Also get 2 aces.

Wouldn't cowbell signify a shuttle? I like to think of the bombers as bats for some reason.

Bats don't lay explosive eggs, but mainly I wanted to say, "Needs more cowbell" look it up on YouTube if you aren't catching the reference. He has only 1 bomber, I think a good collection needs three or more.

@Red Commet, he only has 1 interceptor. Aces will get that to 5 which is the most you can have in a 100 point list and will let him fly 4 Imp Guards which is just epic when you give them all PTL.

Needs more cowbell, er bombers. Also get 2 aces.

Wouldn't cowbell signify a shuttle? I like to think of the bombers as bats for some reason.

Bats don't lay explosive eggs, but mainly I wanted to say, "Needs more cowbell" look it up on YouTube if you aren't catching the reference. He has only 1 bomber, I think a good collection needs three or more.

@Red Commet, he only has 1 interceptor. Aces will get that to 5 which is the most you can have in a 100 point list and will let him fly 4 Imp Guards which is just epic when you give them all PTL.

I know the cowbell reference. I agree with adding 3-4 bombers, but he doesn't really like the one he has, might want to hold off on more than 2 to see if he likes flying them. Same goes for the Aces, he can do a lot with one set & the standard, a second set only really gives him access to 2-3 other squad builds.

I started with one, but they don't really shine till you add more. Aces gives a lot of candy with the ceptors, the PTL and hull upgrades alone, plus shields... If I didn't have three regular ceptors I would get another aces box.

The idea of running 4 Interceptors sounds awesome to me. I've always wanted to do that. I'll probably pick up another Imperial Aces after playing a few games with them and probably proxying the 4th Interceptor.

I would get more Tie Bombers but I'm just not feeling it right now. Down the line I'll pick them up, but right now I have little interesting in buying them. In the future I will definitely pick up 2 to 3 more.

First, get 1 of everything

Second, get enough to run a full list of each (8 Fighters 6 A-Wings and Bombers, 5 Y-Wings, Hwks, et cetera).

Third, get enough for all of the upgrades you could theoretically run. (and pray that Draw Their Fire gets released on a ship other than the Falcon at some point, 'cause you can run 6 of them well).

Fourth, upgrade that to the Epic format.

Fifth, go bankrupt

Sixth, repost the "Mistakes were made" comic.

I say "one E-Wing and Defender" mostly because they are such expensive ships but also because they don't need to fly so differently from other, less costly, ships. Now you could do crazy things with two of those ships but then you're almost never going to get in four ships and may not even have room for a really competent 3rd ship.

First, get 1 of everything

Second, get enough to run a full list of each (8 Fighters 6 A-Wings and Bombers, 5 Y-Wings, Hwks, et cetera).

Third, get enough for all of the upgrades you could theoretically run. (and pray that Draw Their Fire gets released on a ship other than the Falcon at some point, 'cause you can run 6 of them well).

Fourth, upgrade that to the Epic format.

Fifth, go bankrupt

Sixth, repost the "Mistakes were made" comic.

LOL. I really wish I could do what you said here...

I say "one E-Wing and Defender" mostly because they are such expensive ships but also because they don't need to fly so differently from other, less costly, ships. Now you could do crazy things with two of those ships but then you're almost never going to get in four ships and may not even have room for a really competent 3rd ship.

Gotcha. Thanks for the post and reply! I'll only get one E-Wing for now. I want to try some double defender builds though.