I just would like confirmation. FFG have said Tie's and FO's are the same ship so in Epic you would only be able to have 12 of these in total not 12 of each or in team games 8?

They are considered the same ship type for Upgrade Cards with a TIE Fighter only restriction - for all other purposes they are separate ship types - in in Epic you could have 12 of each

FYI... 10 Academy and 12 Epsilon is exactly 300 points, and entirely a match I would not want to play against.... ZZZZZzzzzz

In Epic, unless you and your opponent like it that way, don't go over 12 ships (the sweet spot is 10-11). Else it takes forever to set the dials once stuff start to bump into each others and the other player might get annoyed waiting for you.