Obligatory Wave 5 Speculation Thread

By DUR, in Star Wars: Armada

Because I'm at work waiting for an algorithm to finish running and you know you wanted to do it too.

Some sort of advanced fighter pack for sure.

I'm thinking defenders and phantoms as well as E-wings and some other enhanced rebel fighter.

I think at this point we can pretty much assume the next Wave (5) is going to be new trilogy models.

Although I'm still holding out hope for a Venator that can be used either by Rebels or Imperials.

If they can make a dope as **** Interdictor...they can do me a solid and make this:

Imperial_Venator.jpg

I'm a carrier guy...I want a legit carrier that can still fight.

(and isn't a Victory)

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OBLIGATORY SSD PERDICTION!!!!

OBLIGATORY SSD PERDICTION!!!!

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Wave V speculation:

More of my money will be gone...

First Order Star Destroyer, just because I want one

There is PLENTY to grab from the computer games. I say this because they basically converted one into a board game. I'm looking at you, REBELLION. God I played the snot out of that back in the day.

Rebels is a likely source if Rogue One doesn't bring up new ships directly.

If the VSD falls further from grace, it may be time to add a beneficial card or two to another expansion. Figure 5 waves in it would be a good time to reassess the existing ships.

SSD and Star Defender as the first massive ship bases. As well as a pile of fighters that invalidate all previous fighters forcing rebuys.

I believe they already said one of the pilots from Rogue One is coming to Armada, so I would guess Wave 5 may have some Rogue One stuff in it...

We seem to be running out of recognizable triangles m'lords!

I do agree with Eggzavier, we'll probably see an Aces pack for both sides. I wonder if it'll be a combination set or maybe a 2 single 2 squadron type set: Empire with the VT-49 and Lambda in addition to Defenders and Phantoms (and maybe a set of new fighter dials for existing stuff), the Rebels with the E-wing, K-wing, Ghost, and.... well something weird enough to match the weird H-6's.

For ships, we still have one rebel ship yet to appear from the OT, and I doubt we'll see it yet, the Braha'tok gunship. But, I do think we'll likely see the Hammerhead corvettes.

I do wonder about the Quasar: it's a triangle after all, so maybe the Empire could get it. But it's recognizable 'Rebel' in Rebels. So I think it'll be the Arquiten for the Empire after all. Maybe that plus the Finalizer-class.

We seem to be running out of recognizable triangles m'lords!

I do agree with Eggzavier, we'll probably see an Aces pack for both sides. I wonder if it'll be a combination set or maybe a 2 single 2 squadron type set: Empire with the VT-49 and Lambda in addition to Defenders and Phantoms (and maybe a set of new fighter dials for existing stuff), the Rebels with the E-wing, K-wing, Ghost, and.... well something weird enough to match the weird H-6's.

For ships, we still have one rebel ship yet to appear from the OT, and I doubt we'll see it yet, the Braha'tok gunship. But, I do think we'll likely see the Hammerhead corvettes.

I do wonder about the Quasar: it's a triangle after all, so maybe the Empire could get it. But it's recognizable 'Rebel' in Rebels. So I think it'll be the Arquiten for the Empire after all. Maybe that plus the Finalizer-class.

Don't forget the wingless liberty! Its aft section is prominently visible in RotJ here in the bottom right and is neither Home One nor the Liberty itself.

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Edit: grammar

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I'm pretty sure the Assault Frigate Mk 1 is the next big rebel ship...

The Sun Crusher.

Just to remind us all of how awesome the EU wasn't.

Dreadnought. Since the Rebels get a forward shooting ship, maybe the Imperials will get a broadside ship next.

Arquitens or Armada is Dying.

Darksaber.

DUR, blast it, I forgot the Wingless Liberty because I own one already :P Do love it and I can see it being around eventually. I'd personally love an MC40 but I doubt that'll happen. There's a few transport ships in ESB's fleet panorama if memory serves but not a ton else.

Mikael, thou... thee hath.... you're a bad-bad man!

CC-7700 (maybe 2200 if they want design freedom). They're not going to make the Rebels sit through more than one wave with zero Experimental Upgrade access. Unless they counterbalance it with a different faction-exclusive upgrade entirely, in which case... WHO KNOWS??

They're not going to make the Rebels sit through more than one wave with zero Experimental Upgrade access. Unless they counterbalance it with a different faction-exclusive upgrade entirely, in which case... WHO KNOWS??

X-wing has had 8 waves of rebels having exclusive access to the astromech upgrade slot then scum were introduced and got 2 different slots that have been exclusive to them (one if them will be slightly available to rebels in the next release). It took 5 waves before the imperials got a turret capable ship. In all that time, the only upgrade type that was exclusive to imperials was the bomb slot, which had only 3 overcosted upgrades available and has since been made available to rebels who have a faction specific upgrade that radically improves it.

Rebels stuff for the next 4 ships. (though to be fair, the Interdictor WAS shown in Rebels so you can kinda count that).

Rebels:

Hammerhead

Pelta

Imperial

Arquittens

Carrier

Mixed Squadron pack

Has the Ghost, TIE Advanced Prototype, Ciena Ree, Phoenix Squadron, Mandalorian ships, etc.

I’m guessing a mix of things:

Second Rogues & Villains pack featuring The Ghost, Shadow Caster, and Ebon Hawk for Rebels ; the VT-49 Decimator, Mist Hunter, and Imperial Shuttle for the Empire

Advanced Starfighters pack featuring the Z-95 Headhunter, K-Wing, E-Wing, TIE Defender, TIE Phantom, and TIE Punisher

Braha’tok Class Gunship for Rebels (made a brief appearance as a background ship in the Rebel Fleet during the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi)

Arquitens-Class Light Cruiser for Imperial (Clone Wars-era ship, makes many appearances in Star Wars: Rebels alongside the Gozanti Cruiser as an early Empire ship).

Death Star!! :lol:

I'm more exited about wave 6. Let's talk about that! :D