I don't want the game to be about fighters. I want it to be about Capital ships. Fighters are fine and don't need anymore tweaking. I don't mind the named pilots it adds some flavor, but that's it for me.

Which I can respect. I'm not talking of a drastic change in balance, just more flavor and variety with the fighters. Like Tie Bombers that are loaded with Concussion Missiles instead of Proton Torpedoes. They do less to ships but are excellent for Anti-Fighter work.

I like Pizza, I just think more options than just Cheese or Pepperoni would be nice.

Then by all means home brew some stuff, but I don't think that FFG will ever do anything like this, and as you can see it looks like generally speaking no one else wants changes to fighters either. But you can always home brew some rules and post here what came out.

Hmm, we need a home brew section...

already have a facebook page where we post a lot of homebrew stuff for Armada....

I think the closest you will see are SHIP upgrades which impact squadron play. I mean we already have some of that stuff, but the upgrades should be tied to ships, rather than the squadrons themselves. And STILL I think that is an unfortunate way for the game to evolve, because this game is primarily a capital ship based game, and less about squadrons.

Fighter Squadrons are IMO about perfect right now. They have an impact on the game and you have to account for them one way or another. But they're not too powerful, and any increase in power could push them over the edge.

So I'd prefer to never see any sort of squadron upgrade myself, other than as was said on a ship.

I'd actually love to see a ship with three anti squadron dice, so I can use that and forget about bringing my own squadrons altogether.

I'd actually love to see a ship with three anti squadron dice, so I can use that and forget about bringing my own squadrons altogether.

It would be even more awesome if it were Imperial

I'd actually love to see a ship with three anti squadron dice, so I can use that and forget about bringing my own squadrons altogether.

It would be even more awesome if it were Imperial

Well, the Raider I will have 2 black dice. They should average the same number of hits as 3 blue dice