I could see them releasing the TIE Avenger for imps the same time they release the ARC-170 for rebs. Gives both factions a small based ship with auxiliary arc. Not sure what they would do for scun though.

My guess is Wave 7 will consist of 1 rebel, 1 Imperial and 2 Scum. That would bring the total of ship for each to 10-10-9, then you do the same with wave 8 and we get all even with 11 ships each. As for what I expect:

Rebels: I don't really know. My guess is that it will be a small base ship, probably the k-wing or t-wing, but what makes me unsure is I don't know what purpose they would serve that another ship doesn't already fill.

Empire:

Tie Aggressor: That would introduce the first fighter/small base with a rear arc, so that's something new. Another sturdy fighter to go along the Advanced and Defender. Probably a dial between the Advanced and the Bomber, costing around 19pts with 2 attack, 2 agility, 5 hull, 0 shield (the wiki says it didn't have shield but in SWG we could equip some so I do believe that some of the hull could be converted to shield, like the Advanced 3 hull-2shield), Focus, TL, Barrel Roll. can equip missiles.

Scum:

JumpMaster 5000 ''Punishing One'': A third Bounty Hunter ship and the first turret ship for the Scums (I think it has a turret?). Could equip a cannon, Torpedoes and Salvaged Astromech. So ugly, but we need Dengar into this game. Pilots would include Dengar (of course) and his wife Manaroo.

Vaksai/Kihraxz: A fighter commonly used by Black Sun. Stats close to the X-Wing (3-2-3-2) with a little bit more maneuvrability, Focus and TL, maybe with boost or barrel roll. Can equip missiles.

My predictions:

Wave 7 = 2 Scum + 1 Rebel + 1 Imperial

Scum:

R-41 Starchaser - Similar to the Z-95 but with 1 more attack, 1 more hull, and a cannon slot. It would also have an R-42 title that adds a crew slot. It would basically be a Scum version of the X-Wing.

T-Wing - Similar to the A-Wing but with torpedoes instead of missiles and could carry an illicit upgrade.

Rebel:

K-Wing - As mentioned by others, this could provide an opportunity to improve ordnance and would give a heavy fighter/bomber alternative to the B-Wing and Y-Wing.

Imperial:

Assault Gunboat - As mentioned by others, this gives the Empire a more durable dogfighter that could also bring improvements to ordnance.

Between Waves 7 and 8:

Epic Scum:

Hound's Tooth - This would enter the Epic game as the smallest huge ship of the game with the two large bases being as close together as possible. It would be the fastest, most agile huge ship that the rules allow.

Star Jewel - A Scum equivalent to the CR90 and the Raider.

Epic Scum:

Hound's Tooth - This would enter the Epic game as the smallest huge ship of the game with the two large bases being as close together as possible. It would be the fastest, most agile huge ship that the rules allow.

Star Jewel - A Scum equivalent to the CR90 and the Raider.

Wild Kaarde, surely.

Epic Scum:

Hound's Tooth - This would enter the Epic game as the smallest huge ship of the game with the two large bases being as close together as possible. It would be the fastest, most agile huge ship that the rules allow.

Star Jewel - A Scum equivalent to the CR90 and the Raider.

Wild Kaarde, surely.

Hound's Tooth could end up being a large ship, so I would put the Wild Kaarde as a third choice if that happens.

My Predictions would be a 4 ship wave

Empire: Assault gunboat, Tie Aggressor or Tie Sentinel ( introducing small ships with axillary firing arc or some new kind of mechanic like a new upgrade slot called rear gunner to activate the rear arc ) , Tie Avenger or even better the tie- Hunter

one of these will make it for sure !!

Rebels: K-Wing and or maybe the H-Wing ( both are EU rebel ships like the E-Wing )

the Recon-X-wing or the Y-wing Longprobe( introducing some new kind of ships with scouting abilities )

Scum: Bounty Hunter big ship ( who first i dont care ) Cloakshape fighter, T-wing or even some other Hutt Fighters like the medium and the heavy Hutt fighters with thier crazy names

We won't be getting the Hound's Tooth, at least not one that fits any current formats. That ship is 62 meters long. The Decimator is 38 meters long and about as big as they want to go with large ships. For an idea of how big the Hounds Tooth would be, it would be like adding 2 (TWO) X-Wings to the front of the Decimator.

TCW downsized it significantly and has canonical precedence.

My Predictions would be a 4 ship wave

Empire: Assault gunboat, Tie Aggressor or Tie Sentinel ( introducing small ships with axillary firing arc or some new kind of mechanic like a new upgrade slot called rear gunner to activate the rear arc ) , Tie Avenger or even better the tie- Hunter

one of these will make it for sure !!

Rebels: K-Wing and or maybe the H-Wing ( both are EU rebel ships like the E-Wing )

the Recon-X-wing or the Y-wing Longprobe( introducing some new kind of ships with scouting abilities )

Scum: Bounty Hunter big ship ( who first i dont care ) Cloakshape fighter, T-wing or even some other Hutt Fighters like the medium and the heavy Hutt fighters with thier crazy names

You can't predict that there will be 4 ships in the next wave and then claim over a dozen ships as your prediction! In that case, I predict the next wave will have some ships in it and they will be Star Wars ships...

I predict the next wave will have some ships in it and they will be Star Wars ships...

I predict that you will be the only person in this thread to make a completely accurate prediction. We'll all have to start calling you Miss Cleo.

Is the K-wing present in any existing FFG property? I know the H wing is, and it is also a dedicated bomber. For those expecting a wave to fix and dedicate to ordnance it would seem more likley that they'd use the rebel bomber that they have already acknowledged as existing rather than the hyper obscure K wing.
All I'm saying here is the T Wing, and H wing are both present in the book Stay On Target and currently don't have a mini. The T Wing is an A wing that for fluff reasons ended up being used mostly by pirates.

Rebels: One ship that you will want to run multiples of

Imperials: One ship that you will want to run multiples of

Scum: A copy of the Rebel and Imperial ship from the same wave, you will want to run multiple, but you will need to buy the scum version with slightly different paint jobs just to get the right movement dials

Couldn't help myself

I'm fairly convinced the Imperial Assault Gunboat and the Skipray Blastboat will show up sooner rather than later. These are relatively iconic ships for those of us who have dabbled in the EU.

But the K-Wing?!? Um, not so much.

The R-41 Starchaser might be a good bet due to its presence in the X-Wing computer games and Force Unleashed II. (In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see the Rogue Shadow show up as well...)

Oh, and personally, I would LOVE to see something like a Rebel "Bomber Aces" pack that provided a Y-Wing fan like me additional bomb options ... without having to purchase multiple S&V sets!

Throw in some extra astromechs and some pilots with elite talent slots? I'd be in heaven!

Rebs = Stealth X (X-wing with a cloak mechaninc)

Stealth X is way out of the time frame, pretty sure it entered service after the Vong war. If we are going to head in that direction I'd rather see an XJ series X wing first

Really hoping for the Clawcraft. You can get the second Fell out their flying as well. And from it's description, it would be pretty easy to give it a unique roll in the Imperial fleet.

"Clawcraft were slower at sublight speeds than their TIE/LN starfighter progenitors"

"Clawcraft made up for their lower sublight speed by greater maneuverability. Each curved wing could make minor position adjustments and was paired with a mounted control jet to allow a Clawcraft's pilot to throw the ship into sharp turns and complex maneuvers."

All ones would be green, it would have a boost/barrel roll, but its fastest would be a 3 forward, with its 3 banks being red (or perhaps a red 4 forward).

I predict the next wave will have some ships in it and they will be Star Wars ships...

I predict that you will be the only person in this thread to make a completely accurate prediction. We'll all have to start calling you Miss Cleo.

So it's settled then, we'll see a Rebel Gunstar* in the next wave.

*About the worst ship I could think of to have in X-wing, small ship with primary turret, tons of shield and health, and a gunstar only ordnance (Deathblossom) that destroys every enemy ship in a 1 - 3 range radius.

Clawcraft's area of SW lore (NJO and right before NJO) got nuked by Episode 7. It's unlikely to happen.

Clawcraft's area of SW lore (NJO and right before NJO) got nuked by Episode 7. It's unlikely to happen.

Isn't that true for every EU craft in the game though?

Clawcraft's area of SW lore (NJO and right before NJO) got nuked by Episode 7. It's unlikely to happen.

Isn't that true for every EU craft in the game though?

Not really, at least as far as lore/Legends goes, most EU ships are from the the Original Trilogy era or older. Episode 7 takes place 30 years after ROTJ. The E-wing is the "newest" ship, and it's from Dark Empire, set 6 years after the battle of Endor.

Clawcraft's area of SW lore (NJO and right before NJO) got nuked by Episode 7. It's unlikely to happen.

Isn't that true for every EU craft in the game though?

Not really, at least as far as lore/Legends goes, most EU ships are from the the Original Trilogy era or older. Episode 7 takes place 30 years after ROTJ. The E-wing is the "newest" ship, and it's from Dark Empire, set 6 years after the battle of Endor.

So what's the farthest into the EU (chronologically) FFG is likely to go?

Clawcraft's area of SW lore (NJO and right before NJO) got nuked by Episode 7. It's unlikely to happen.

Isn't that true for every EU craft in the game though?

Not really, at least as far as lore/Legends goes, most EU ships are from the the Original Trilogy era or older. Episode 7 takes place 30 years after ROTJ. The E-wing is the "newest" ship, and it's from Dark Empire, set 6 years after the battle of Endor.

So what's the farthest into the EU (chronologically) FFG is likely to go?

Blackmoon Squadron is completely an NJO-era thing, though whether FFG would pull /ships/ from that era is another question.

I think K-wing has a chance (and personally I really want one) how ever its biggest problem will be similar to the TIE bomber, it will primarily need upgrades to do damage (Ordnance/Turret) so the base cost needs to be cheap enough that the ordnance is a viable option(and/or include some more cheap ordnance cards)

A Cloakshape would be fun for Scum but what would it really be? A 2 attack, 2 Agility, 2-3 Hull, 1-2 Shield ship with a poorish dial? We already have the Z-95/Scyk. Maybe a Pursuer would make an appearance but the only named Pilot I could think of for it is Boba. A Gladiator would be awesome (I would love Goran Beviin to be its top pilot) with stats similar to an E-wing/Tie Defender although it would need something to make it noticeably different than the Star Viper.

Imperials lets just go to the chart of TIE variants and randomly pick one, the Aggressor maybe to let Imperials enjoy the Autoblaster/Blaster/Ion turrets

I would wager the wave will be a 4 ship wave 1 Small probably for each faction and a Large Scum to help catch up

Yeah, pilots are another thing altogether. I think they'll stick to ships from the video games, Rebels, and maybe another set of Aces packs, then start bringing in stuff from Episode 7 for wave 8.

I don't really know enough about the EU, the balance of this game, or what the devs have said in order to make any truly solid predictions, but I'll try my hand at a vague one.

Scum will get a ship with cloak. FFG certainly planned to reuse cloak in the future by making the base form an action (ACD is obviously supposed to represent that the Phantom cloak was on a different level than typical cloaks). And of any faction, seeing it again seems most appropriate for the underhanded scum and villainy.

Y Wings and Bombers Aces pack with new titles, pilots, bomb and not 1 but 2 ordnance fixes would be nice