Hello all. My wife and I recently got into X-Wing, we got the core set and have played a few games together and have had quite a bit of fun. I'm attempting to make a balanced pair of lists we can play against eachother going forward and I thought I would ask for some advice. My wife has already said she would like to keep things simple with a 2 or 3 ship list, and that she liked the idea of playing rebels, so my first thought was the millenium falcon. Personally I like the look of the phantom and it sounds like a lot of fun to fly, so I've come up with the following:

Rebels

Han Solo (YT-1300)

- push the limit

- c3p0

- r2d2

- engine upgrade

- Millenium Falcon

Prototype Pilot (A-Wing)

- Chardaan Refit

- Shield upgrade

Prototype Pilot (A-Wing)

- Chardaan Refit

- Shield upgrade

Imperials

Whisper (Phantom)

- Outmanouver

- Navigator

- Fire Control System

- Advanced Cloaking Device

Howlrunner (tie fighter)

- Squad Leader

Academy Pilot (Tie Fighter) x3

The way I imagine it is the rebels are built to be as forgiving as possible, lots of speed and durability while still having a bunch of options. The imperials have a bunch of bodies to fly around and play with while having the phantom for the fun factor. We're not really looking to be competitive in any sense, but I would like to make sure that the lists are as evenly matched as possible with a tilt towards the rebels if anything. What do you guys think? Will these lists work against eachother or is one likely to completely outclass the other? Is there anything you would change? The only thing I think I'd like to keep is some version of the YT-1300, anything else is fair game.

I'd be curious to see some answers to this question as well. I'm in a very similar situation. My wife and I just started playing a few weeks ago, and have successfully completed a few games using two core sets. We're ready to move on to some expansions now as well. I went out tonight and bought the Millennium Falcon, an A-Wing, and a TIE Interceptor. I haven't spent a lot of time building up the Imperial faction yet, but here was my preliminary (unplayed mind you) Rebel faction squad:

Chewbacca (YT-1300)

- Markmanship

Tycho Celchu (A-Wing)

- Push The Limits

- Homing Missiles

Rookie Pilot (X-Wing)

I considered picking up the Decimator for the Imperial side to counteract the Falcon, but I'm not sure I want to give up the sheer number of TIE's you can amass without it. I'm leaning towards just one pretty good Interceptor pilot, 2-3 really good TIE pilots, then then filling in the gaps with however many Academy TIE's you can fit. The Decimator not having any agility scares me off a bit. I feel like there is probably a way to counteract that, but nothing jumps out at me.

Probably didn't help much since I'm in the same boat, but there you go--at least we can compare notes!