I'm new to the game. I have the following sets

Both core sets

Both Aces Packs

All of Waves 1 and 2

Extra Tie/FO and T-70

B-wing, Bomber, and K-Wing

I've played at home and have the basics down, but when it comes to list building I'm a tad lost. I was going to take it to the FFG Game Center to find some people to play with and I am looking for a good place to start. I feel more comfortable with Rebels so far because they are bit tougher and I'm continuously working on piloting.

I see a lot of recommendations for stress hog, but I don't have the shuttle. I also don't have autothrusters. I feel like I may need another Y-wing or something cheap like a Z-95

I came up with this to start

(34) Poe with VI, BB-8, and Integrated Astromech

(22) Blue Squadron Pilot

(24) Gold Squadron Pilot with TLT

Which puts me at 80

I also thought of starting a list with more aces, but again, without some key upgrades it seems quite squishy.

Any suggestions would be great for me on both the Rebel and Imperial side. I have 3 interceptors so I feel like I can make something with that, but again without the StarViper I feel limited.

I plan to continue to play around and find what works for me and what I like to fly, but I just want a starting point. Thanks in advance.

Looking at what you got in the old bank....my instinct is to try something with poe...Biggs...and a tlt k wing.

Your 80 point list might actually have too much room to play with unless you can squeeze a refit A wing into it .

But... I'm far from knowledgeable in this area

Going off what you got maybe something like

Poe

Veteran instincts

R2d2

Integrated Astromech

Weapons guidence

Marinda

Twin laser turret

Grey squadron

Ion Cannon turret

Targeting astromech

Flank with marinda

Try to control your opponent ship with the ywing

Ywing are tanky

Poe and marinda both regen.

Marinda is maneuverable, she can be tanky, and does decent dmg especially at range 1

Poe hits hard.

With his ability if he has a Focus and roll hit blank focus, he can use his ability change eye to hit

Then use weapon guidence change blank to hit for 3 hits.

(best do this if not taking heavy fire)

R2d2 gives poe shield back when doing green maneuver.

Another idea I've played around is using poe Same idea as above.

(Maybe no weapon guidence)

Biggs with cheap droid and integrated astromech

Ello asty with bb8 or red ace with Comms relay and shield/or hull upgrade

Or maybe Wedge with bb8 and push the limit

Something like that lol

Idea is Biggs protects other two ships.

Poe and Wedge for example

After Biggs dies hopefully other two did enough dmg and you can mop up the rest.

Bb8 gives Wedge little more mobility and poe,...well he's just poe lol

Thank you for the advice. I'll definitely play around with those ideas. I went to FF gaming center and played in a small tourney. I had a basic list that I found in another thread here with Luke with r2d2 and PTL, rookie x-wing, 2 B-wings. I took out most of a decimator and shields from whisper. I think the t-70 with poe would have been helpful.

If your new like me I find the real problem isn't theory crafting its flying. I found turrets and super high PS the easiest for me to use.

If your new like me I find the real problem isn't theory crafting its flying. I found turrets and super high PS the easiest for me to use.

That is true. I just wanted something relatively straight forward. So far I've only flown into one asteroid and unintentionally bumped one ship. I do some practice flying when bored.

I'll try some turrets to see how that works out.