The Interceptor, particularly Soontir.

Yes, true, Soontir: the most fun and highest risk/reward on the mat.

Having said that, Defenders are a guilty pleasure which I haven't indulged as much as I'd like...

Mine would be the Tie/Fo overall, always super fun

Favorite pilot would go to Turr Phennir, though.

Bossk + Dengar crew + Mangler + Engine upgrade = fun, fun, fun.

Also digging IG-C with Sensor Jammer--slippery as hell.

Aggressor with advanced sensor variant; it's like an Echo pre-nerf

I'm sorry but I am doing it. The T-65 is my backbone ship. It's ALMOST perfect balance of speed, maneuverability, and defensive shielding makes this the fighter of choice for my squadrons. Seriously I love that ship and the droids on it. I really like E-Wings and interceptors otherwise, but nothing can take the place of the T-65 in a lot of my squadrons.

I love flying the T-65. It's the reason I'm playing the game, and it will be the reason I continue playing it (when they give us the fix)

I will say that I get REALLY tired of seeing Soontir Fel. Has any other pilot been pretty much a staple since they came out?

Steady on, yes people USED Soontir as soon as he came out but he hardly qualified as a "staple" until at least Wave 6 (Dawn Of The Autothrusters).

I don't know.... He was pretty popular in most Wave 2 Imperial builds I faced. I was odd man out who still stuck with Vader.

I will say that Fat Turrets did reduce him by quite a bit, but that still took a bit.

Favorite ship to fly is A-Wing by a nose over T-65. The aces are effective as are both generics and that dial.

Favorite pilot though is N'Dru with lone wolf, clusters, chips and Stim. He is like Jeckel and Hyde - mild mannered Z95 one minute and super beast the next.

A-Wings, Tycho Celchu specifically. He tears up the board!

Psycho Tycho, before Tlt spam era.

Now I want to try him again, maybe in his Raging variant

The TIE Fighter howls

recklessly seeking a kill

will live with a block

Bossk in the YV-666 with VI, Dengar, Zuckuss, and 4-lom crew along with hot shot blaster. Yes it has 1 agility but man can it hit really hard! My favorite x-wing casual play moment, a one shot kill to Soontir, came thanks to this build.

TIE Defender is by far my favourite, followed very closely by Scum Z-95s with Feedback Arrays.

Soontir with Targeting Computer instead of Stealth device. You get all his shenanigans, but also the ability to hit like a brick with both focus and TL allowing you to get three or four hits every almost time you attack.

E and A's for sure

the original X is a close third

Zeta Ace + Juke + Comms + MKII is 24pts of awesome fun for furballs...

Never forget the Shuttle + Gunner + FCS + EU + Tactitian... Fear the Hipposhuttlebus. FEAR it.

Turr is also awesome.

A-Wing's and HWK-290's

Jake and Tycho on the A-Wing.

Jan, Palob and Torkil on the HWK.

I'm the commander of a VT-49 Decimator. One of my most played ships since wave 5 brought it into this game. Flying wide of the fight and blasting away broadsides.

Edit: corrected for posterity.

TIE Phantom. Evil encarnated.

i love running decimators. Especially with Expert Handling because they throw SO MANY PEOPLE off their game when they see that thing barrelroll lol.

Optimal? hell no, got like a 35% winrate with it. Fun as hell? Definitely lol

The Interceptor, particularly Soontir.

Yes, true, Soontir: the most fun and highest risk/reward on the mat.

I don't think that "highest risk/reward" is accurate. He's great at staying out of arcs and even he can't has a great chance of avoiding any damage. Something like Talonbane Cobra, Autoblaster Kavil, Crackshot Wedge, or Opportunist/HLC Keyan are all higher risk and higher reward than Soontir Fel.

I'm the commander of a VT-49 Decimator. One of my most played ships since wave 4 brought it into this game. Flying wide of the fight and blasting away broadsides.

Commander, Decis were a wave 5 addition... And another one of my favorite ships as well. Wave 5 was a good wave.

Of all the ships I've used the Starviper is my favorite. It's like a B-Wing, but nimble.

It could use a little help to be more competitive but it's a great ship that's fun to play with.

I love Tycho! I use him so much, my son hates it. 15 stress is my current record....

Tycho FTW!!!

would say currently it's anything with a bomb slot, however the ship I have used the most is tycho, been using him since the a wing was released and always seem to come back to him with any rebel list I build. Current favourite build is the rage, EI, PTL, he just becomes a monster, and since theraven536 started it had him up to 38 stress tokens with this ( **** doing 2 2 green turns or it would have been 40)