Although they can release more big ships ffg is fast running out of fighters, they might get another two waves before they are reduced to the really obscure ships.

Now people on these forums have openly said if new stuff stops coming out their interest will wane, a pirate faction gives them new directions staying with rebs vs imps denies them.

What's more I know people that like x-wing but don't really feel an attraction to existing options and more factions would attract them.

People suggesting a broadening of the horizon just want the game to grow and become more popular rather than stagnate.

So bring in this new faction and put the majority of your efforts into that faction (as there are, supposedly, very few reb and imp shops left)...sounds slot like my point 3.

Let the two existing factions stagnate so we can play "pirates in the deep space yarg!!"

With the new movies on the horizon and rebels hitting the air waves soon I don't think there will be a dearth of content.

Creating a new faction for the sale of creating a new faction isn't as good of of idea as it seems when you dig a bit past the surface.

Game is already growing at a breakneck pace..and has broadened more than most thought it would...and if you can't feel an attraction to the rebels or the empire I would question your fandom to star wars...the fringe was just that...fringe.

Enough already about the third faction; there are lots of places we can go to be argued at about that*. I've been watching this thread for a while, and even after all this time no one has presented any plausible hypothesis about the Ect Faction!

(*Which is particularly pointless since the only people who (a) know anything concrete about FFG's plans and (b) can talk about it will be doing so literally 24 hours from now.)

No, they won't... follow some of the other threads where we describe exactly how they are not necessary.

They will, I have looked over the other threads lots of the "logic" used agianst there being other factions is bad logic.

As I posted before the game is a bit stale with it just being a staright forward battle during comp play. They need more storybased / alternate objectivebased matches for both comp and free play.

The story missions need to be detailed and fun as well, so far only mission 7 is fun the others are also boring.

So is most of the "logic" saying there will be. I take that back...most of what I have heard really doesn't follow logic at all.

LOOK!! LOOK!! Jabbas palace on boba fetts card art! NEW FACTION IMMINENT!!! Intimidation has some kind of Hutt fighter! They mentioned black sun and Zaan consortium!! NEW FACTION!! NEW FACTION!!!

As I have states numerous times here is the crux of the argument.

Precedent doesn't support it. Smuggled, pirates, and bounty Hunters already exist in the 2 factions we have. Why can't we incorporate these "fringe" type ships into the existing factions as has already been done?

There are many of us that, for various reasons, don't want to start a new fleet from scratch to be able to enjoy new content.

Current factions could grow stale as ffg would have to pour excess development resources into this new faction to make it competitive with the current ones. Yes new card upgrades would be compatible...but see argument 2. New imp and reb ships could slow to a crawl.

Please point out the "bad logic" in points 1 and 3. What is the issue with folding the "fringe" shops some of you want so badly into existing factions, AS HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE?!

If it aint broke don't fix it.

With you on wanting to see more missions though...

Hey my Space Marine friend guess what? New third faction is coming out. =p