It took till this wave, but now scum has all the bases covered and I am actually excited to get my scum collection off the ground.

Generic filler - z95 (or m3a)

Midrange filler - K-fighter, Starviper

Arc dodger - Fang fighter

Heavy Fighter - Misthunter, Firespray, Aggressor

Munitions carrier - jumpmaster

Turret - Y-wing

Big (almost) Turret - Shadowcaster

Small crew ship - hwk-290

Big Crew ship - YV-666

Lots of available builds and I'm really excited to tool-kit a shadowcaster squad. Anybody else in the same boat? If so, what are you looking forward to trying out?

Gonna be looking really hard at anything that can neuter dengaroo, while staying in the fight against other things.

Old teroch comes to mind, and Ketsu can lay down a lot of tractor tokens against anyone.

Zuckuss with Iggy B crew is... Something.

Ketsu, or any shadowcaster, should be engaging dengaroo from a "**** this, let's kill manaroo" perspective

They're fast enough, esp with EU, to nab her

Yea I'm excited about the Shadowcaster, it's the next step toward them releasing ships with fixed broadside arcs. Like a real pirate-y scum ship should have! Blast them as you're passing them!

Ketsu, or any shadowcaster, should be engaging dengaroo from a "**** this, let's kill manaroo" perspective

They're fast enough, esp with EU, to nab her

No Epic, no faction.

Maybe thatll change tomorrow

No Epic, no faction.

Maybe thatll change tomorrow

Star Jewel FTW

It took till this wave, but now scum has all the bases covered and I am actually excited to get my scum collection off the ground.

Generic filler - z95 (or m3a)

Midrange filler - K-fighter, Starviper

Arc dodger - Fang fighter

Heavy Fighter - Misthunter, Firespray, Aggressor

Munitions carrier - jumpmaster

Turret - Y-wing

Big (almost) Turret - Shadowcaster

Small crew ship - hwk-290

Big Crew ship - YV-666

Lots of available builds and I'm really excited to tool-kit a shadowcaster squad. Anybody else in the same boat? If so, what are you looking forward to trying out?

Generic filler - z95 (or m3a)

Midrange filler - K-fighter, Starviper jumpmaster

Arc dodger - Fang fighter jumpmaster

Heavy Fighter - Misthunter, Firespray, Aggressor jumpmaster

Munitions carrier - jumpmaster jumpmaster jumpmaster

Turret - Y-wing jumpmaster

Big (almost) Turret - Shadowcaster jumpmaster

Small crew ship - hwk-290

Big Crew ship - YV-666 jumpmaster

No Epic, no faction.

Maybe thatll change tomorrow

Star Jewel FTW

You mis-typed Wild Karrde

i still cant see scum as an actual faction. Theyre all either personal-gain smugglers that have no interest in combat, or bounty hunters which only align themselves where the pocketbook can be found.

I know theres always this joke that Boba is constantly hunting Han, but is there actually any personal reason for him to be stalking Han or is it literally just the bounty that Jabba or even Vader put on his head?

Unless they were contracted for the same job theres no reason for pretty much all of these pilots to ever give two gaks about each other.

*PLEASE* be Wild Karrde

Scum needs a small-sized ordnance carrier (tie bomber, punisher, K-wing) and an epic ship. Then they will have "caught up" in my mind.

i'd be surprised if FFG didnt give scum an epic before Q3 next year (as in we have it by late Q2 at the latest).

Even though they havent said anything, the hype for one is real and it is indeed basically mandatory to play epic on a certain level. Yeah you dont NEED one...but you... NEED one...because epic ship...

Not to mention one can hope they add more generic cards that could make the other huge ships pretty mean as well. Since theyre mostly just eyecandy right now.

No Epic, no faction.

Maybe thatll change tomorrow

Star Jewel FTW

You mis-typed Wild Karrde

Did you say Starlight Intruder?

No Epic, no faction.

Maybe thatll change tomorrow

Star Jewel FTW

You mis-typed Wild Karrde

Did you say Starlight Intruder?

No i specifically heard him say Crusader-class Corvette

No Epic, no faction.

Yup. Still needs a huge transport and huge combat ship. I'm not sure my wallet needs that, but oh well.

No Epic, no faction.

Maybe thatll change tomorrow

Star Jewel FTW

You mis-typed Wild Karrde

Did you say Starlight Intruder?

No i specifically heard him say Crusader-class Corvette

I think you mean Marauder Class Corvette.

No, I'm fairly sure you mean ALL OF THEM ...or is that being just tooooooo greedy ???

...after all, keep hearing comments about how scum has too many large ships, so the answer is obviously to have more huge than large

i still cant see scum as an actual faction. Theyre all either personal-gain smugglers that have no interest in combat, or bounty hunters which only align themselves where the pocketbook can be found.

I know theres always this joke that Boba is constantly hunting Han, but is there actually any personal reason for him to be stalking Han or is it literally just the bounty that Jabba or even Vader put on his head?

Unless they were contracted for the same job theres no reason for pretty much all of these pilots to ever give two gaks about each other.

There's a problem, though.

Generic filler - z95, m3a
Midrange filler - K-fighter , Starviper
Arc dodger - Fang fighter
Heavy Fighter - Misthunter , Firespray , Aggressor
Munitions carrier - jumpmaster
Turret - Y-wing
Big (almost) Turret - Shadowcaster
Small crew ship - hwk-290
Big Crew ship - YV-666

Red has marginal issues. Orange is marginal at best, with only one or two pilots showing any value.

Notice that, Firespray aside, and not pre-judging the unreleased craft, it's over half their small ships? Yeah. That's... not very good.

There's a problem, though.

Generic filler - z95, m3a Midrange filler - K-fighter , Starviper Arc dodger - Fang fighter Heavy Fighter - Misthunter , Firespray , Aggressor Munitions carrier - jumpmaster Turret - Y-wing Big (almost) Turret - Shadowcaster Small crew ship - hwk-290 Big Crew ship - YV-666

Red has marginal issues. Orange is marginal at best, with only one or two pilots showing any value.

Notice that, Firespray aside, and not pre-judging the unreleased craft, it's over half their small ships? Yeah. That's... not very good.

Opinion as fact with color code. Gotta love it!

I would say half of all small ships in this game have the same issues, one or two pilots are used with the rest being relegated to the dust bin.

i still cant see scum as an actual faction. Theyre all either personal-gain smugglers that have no interest in combat, or bounty hunters which only align themselves where the pocketbook can be found.

I know theres always this joke that Boba is constantly hunting Han, but is there actually any personal reason for him to be stalking Han or is it literally just the bounty that Jabba or even Vader put on his head?

Unless they were contracted for the same job theres no reason for pretty much all of these pilots to ever give two gaks about each other.

The good thing about the standard game format is that you can make up your own story for it, if you need to.

If it is a game of Scum versus Rebels, it's not hard to imagine that the Empire has put a hefty price on some rebel's head, and your guys are going there to get the bounty, (unless your squadron has any Black Sun member, then it is the Black Sun who offers the bounty).

If it is a game of Scum versus Empire, you can think on the Rebel Alliance offering a bounty for some Imperial officer (Or the Black Sun again)

And if it is Scum versus Scum, then it is either rival organizations (the hutts versus the Black Sun), or just a fight over some big prize nearby, like the stories that made IG88 confront Fett, and the like).

I usually think on scum squadrons as a bunch of ships that gather just before the skirmish, work together for a brief time, then disband soon after it is over.

Yea I'm excited about the Shadowcaster, it's the next step toward them releasing ships with fixed broadside arcs. Like a real pirate-y scum ship should have! Blast them as you're passing them!

The raider has 2 of those broadside arcs already ^-^