You'll note that the phrase ordnance fix was placed in inverted commas - I trust you understand what that means.

However considering that wave 7 does include an ordnance fix of sorts, and the game designers were quoted as saying in reference to wave 7 that “Bombers need a reason to shoot missiles and bombs.” - describing wave 7 was the "ordnance fix" wave would be a fairly accurate description.

Oh yeah, I understand - Wave 7 was ONLY ever referred to (optimistically) as an "ordnance fix" by posters on this forum. Never officially, though, in any capacity.

"Wave 7 does include an ordnance fix of sorts" - yeah, sure - Extra Munitions is a "fix of sorts" for any ship that has at least one Torpedo slot to spare in addition to either a missile slot, a bomb slot or another torpedo slot. So while it won't work on the majority of ships that can take ordnance, it's still "a fix of sorts". But Wave 3 and Wave 4 included an ordnance "fix of sorts" as well - fixes which worked with a much wider variety of ships than Extra Munitions. So will Wave 8 as well, for that matter. Does this make Wave 4 and Wave 8 " ordnance fix waves" as well, or is it fair to say that it's an ongoing process, and the developers will continue to add new missile/torpedo/bomb cards, along with other upgrades and pilot skills which assist in their use and implement new ideas to improve the functionality of these weapons for old ships and new?

And if so, is it not fair to say that both the Assault Gunboat and Missile Boat provide opportunities for continuing to modify and improve the role of ordance weaponry in the game further down the line as well?

Its not trollish or tripe, its true. TIEs are iconic and instantly recognizable as Imperial no matter the variant so even those with no knowledge of the EU can look at any one of them and be like "Oh! That ship is on Vader's team!" They aren't going to give up that kind of branding for something most people with mistake for a Rebel ship. The same goes for the Missile Boat and more over they will not bring anything to the table that the Empire doesn't already have.

That way of thinking, oversimplifying everything so that it looks like familiar themes and designs, to make it easy for the masses to tell which ships are which team, making of everything a "brand" or following an overdesigned art direction because it will increase sales and brand recognition by an X%... Is so depressingly corporate. So depressingly Apple or Microsoft-like. It is so depressingly 2010's, that I cannot but admit that you must be right. These are the signs of the times. That is why the Imperial Raider has interceptor panels around, and even below. Because it's Imperial, and Imperial means black panels, right? Right? Look at me! I am a Star Wars customer!

Its also extremely imperial. And there is nothing wrong with having a constant aesthetic theme for an entire faction. That is the thing a lot of people like about the Empire.

The problem with this for the Gunboat is the same as the problem with the Defender.

Defenders and Gunboats both had Ion Cannons AND the ability to equip a Tractor Beam. That's now impossible to do without TWO Cannon slots.

Will the Gunboat come with two Cannon slots? Will the Defender get a Title that gives it a 2nd Cannon slot?

Well if the defender was accurate to TIE Fighter it would have double boost, at least 6 shields, all 2 and 3 maneuvers green as well as systems slot. And probably agility 4. We ain't getting that.

Well if the defender was accurate to TIE Fighter it would have double boost, at least 6 shields, all 2 and 3 maneuvers green as well as systems slot. And probably agility 4. We ain't getting that.

Hey man! You ain't seen the TIE/x7 title card!

Give it to B-wings