Unless I missed something, the Defender is still the only ship at the moment that comes with the Predator card (and only 1 card unfortunately).

I'm trying to hold off on buying a second Defender just to get another copy of Predator if I can.

I'm hoping that at least one of the Wave 6 ships will come with it.

Does anyone know if that's a possibility?

Definitely doesn't look like it from the spread images, unfortunately. I would love more Predator cards, and I actually like the Defender. But, I don't play epic and can never see myself playing more than 1 Defender in a dogfight squad.

Why no more than one defender??? They're amazing ships.

Good ships, yes, but very expensive. Most people don't buy more than they actually use or could max use in 100 points. 3 Defenders is a stretch, but 2 should be OK.

Good ships, yes, but very expensive. Most people don't buy more than they actually use or could max use in 100 points. 3 Defenders is a stretch, but 2 should be OK.

i didn't say they should buy more than three. Three defenders is very reasonable, though.

BTW Team Covenant is selling upgrade cards separately now.

I've held off on buying any more than one or two of each ship lately. For one, I like diversity in my games. I never run 4 x-wings, but this weekend I'm gonna run an EXZB squad. And for two, i realize that in time, FFG will probably release an Aces pack or something similar for just about every ship. Because of that, I now have 2 more interceptors than i will probably ever use, and I'm soon to have an a-wing and a B-wing that I will never use. So I've decided to scale back my purchases and just wait for the aces pack. And if i ever really need the extra ship, I can borrow it from my brother

I've held off on buying any more than one or two of each ship lately. For one, I like diversity in my games. I never run 4 x-wings, but this weekend I'm gonna run an EXZB squad. And for two, i realize that in time, FFG will probably release an Aces pack or something similar for just about every ship. Because of that, I now have 2 more interceptors than i will probably ever use, and I'm soon to have an a-wing and a B-wing that I will never use. So I've decided to scale back my purchases and just wait for the aces pack. And if i ever really need the extra ship, I can borrow it from my brother

Yes that's why I'm hesitant to buy extra ships as well. So far the only ship I've double dipped on was the firespray, and I think that was a safe decision. Everything else has had aces or other expansions to give me 1-2 more ships so I'm pretty set.

As for buying the card by itself. I'd only do that if I could get it for a buck or two, anymore and I rather just have a nice ship to go with it as well.

Good ships, yes, but very expensive. Most people don't buy more than they actually use or could max use in 100 points. 3 Defenders is a stretch, but 2 should be OK.

i didn't say they should buy more than three. Three defenders is very reasonable, though.

But three Defender 100pt squads are useless: they just get shredded. The Defender needs ships on its team that complement it and another Defender is not one of them.

Every expansion is going to have SOMETHING to keep people buying it. I'm willing to bet they will keep predator exclusive to the Defender.

Squad Leader still hasn't been reprinted outside of the TIE advanced x1.

And so far the Tactician and Flight Instructor are only with the Phantom and Lambda Shuttle respectively. I'm certain there will be more exclusive things in the future, but my general strategy of "Buy one of everything and maybe get extras when you love something" seems to be working in my favor.