So I picked up the game earlier this week and played once against my younger brother in a 100pt match. I only have a few ships for the empire and was wondering what you thought of the squads and what i could/should do to make both more competitive.

i have a 1 core set, 1 shuttle, 1 defender, 2 Z-95, 2B-wing and a E-wing

i used

and was able to beat my brother playing rebels who used the squad i had bought my collection in mind for. He has spent no time on the forums lurking and planning while i have spent considerable time doing so. We played a few luke vs 2 named tie games and i played another 100pt match against another player north of me, so i have a bit more experience and general knowledge than him and i think that helped significantly.

(I dont know if that's clear, i bought the ships in order to run this squad i guess is what im saying)

his squad

any thoughts to make it easier on him until he picks it up, additions to the squads or changes would be appreciated.

Thanks

Marksmanship isn't really all that good, because you are paying 3 points for a focus you can only use on offense and basically the only advantage is you get one crit. Use Predator instead of Marksmanship on Vessery.

Given your ships I'm not sure what I would do differently, perhaps take some crew off the shuttle and get one of the black to be backstabber.

My main advice would be, save pennies and buy more toys, 1 to 2 more starters and whatever other ships you can manage.. There are gobs of fun ships and cards to be had.

I gave him marksmanship since i figured the shuttle with 2 TL per turn would be more than enough for vessery to get a target lock. i only got to use marksmanship twice i think, i rolled well or very poorly.