Now that SWX58 is revealed...let's guess the NEXT wave!

By xanderf, in X-Wing

As a reminder, the last set of releases has been...

Core Set v2
T-70 X-Wing
TIE/fo
Ghost
Inquisitor's TIE
Mist Hunter
Punishing One
Pegs
Pegs
Pegs
Pegs
Pegs
Pegs
Dials
Dials
Dials
Imperial Vets
ARC-170
TIE/sf
Protectorate Fighter
Shadow Caster
Heroes of the Resistance
C-ROC Gozanti
Sabine's TIE
Upsilon
Quadjumper
U-Wing
TIE Striker

So....we've now got SWX64, SWX65, SWX66, and SWX67 to guess at.

What are the candidates? Presuming FFG now prefers "on-screen canonical" for individual ship pack releases, that gives us (please feel free to correct me on this):

  • Scum
    • Mining Guild/Zygerrian slaver 'Aurore-class freighter'
    • Mining Guild TIE Fighter
    • Hondo Ohnaka's stolen Sentinel-class shuttle
    • V-Wing (suggested by Captain Lackwit - IMHO, seems long odds, as it's never been seen in Scum service yet, and certainly that point level/design space in the faction is FULL, but...heck, another remote possibility that would give us one more 'salvaged astromech' slot)
    • Kom'rk (suggested by Underachiever599 - a good option, IMHO. Maul is certainly VERY popular.)
  • Empire
    • Sentinel-class shuttle
    • Deathtrooper-transport TIE Striker variant
    • Ehhh...???
  • Rebel
    • Partisan T-65 X-Wing (possible 'Scum' candidate, but they seem to be doing alright for options already)
    • 'Blue Squadron' T-65 X-Wing repaint? (Fills out missing T-65 pilots from 'Rogue One'/'Episode IV')
    • Phantom II
    • Resistance Transport (Captain Lackwit reminded us of this one - the B-Wing mk2 from TFA)
    • Naboo Starfighter (another Captain Lackwit suggestion - IMHO, seems long odds, but it has re-appeared in the 'rebellion' era in canon material, and does feature an astromech slot)
    • Ehhh...???

(Keeping in mind, of course, that 'Aces/Veterans' packs are not part of regular waves. So, sure, we still expect a 'Scum Aces' that includes a Kihraasvcxzcvzx fix and Starviper fix, 'Rebel Veterans' for E-Wing, etc. But those aren't part of a 'wave'.)

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Just trying to start a fire :P

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ships, there will be ships with dials and tokens.

Wow I really don't have any idea what they could do next. Guess I could wishlist? Really I could just list what I think could maybe be done.

Imperial: First Order transport? Gunboat? Missile Boat? Any of these, please?
Rebel: Resistance transport? Uh... N1 Starfighter would be totally welcome. ETA-2? Can we really justify a Phantom II?
Scum: V-Wing sho nuff, it has an astromech slot. Hondo's shuttle? Er... Uh... I dunno guys.

Rebel Veterans is almost overdue at this point but given we got heroes of The Resistance, I think we won't see it for a while. Unless we get like, I dunno. Barons of The Empire and or First Order?

Scum needs a larger epic but we're about a year and a half off from that I think.

Wow I really don't have any idea what they could do next. Guess I could wishlist? Really I could just list what I think could maybe be done.

Imperial: First Order transport? Gunboat? Missile Boat? Any of these, please?

Rebel: Resistance transport? Uh... N1 Starfighter would be totally welcome. ETA-2? Can we really justify a Phantom II?

Scum: V-Wing sho nuff, it has an astromech slot. Hondo's shuttle? Er... Uh... I dunno guys.

Rebel Veterans is almost overdue at this point but given we got heroes of The Resistance, I think we won't see it for a while. Unless we get like, I dunno. Barons of The Empire and or First Order?

Scum needs a larger epic but we're about a year and a half off from that I think. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Gunboat, here we come.

Scum is behind in ships again right?

If so then probably a four ship wave of 2 Scum, 1 Rebel, and 1 Imperial.

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Dream:

Imperial- Gunboat

Scum- Scurrg H6 Bomber

Rebel- Anything but the Resistance transport or an imperial ship flown by rebel pilots

Actual:

Imperial- Tie Striker lander thing

Scum- Mining guild Tie

Rebel- Resistance transport or an imperial ship flown by rebel pilots

Wow I really don't have any idea what they could do next. Guess I could wishlist? Really I could just list what I think could maybe be done.

Imperial: First Order transport? Gunboat? Missile Boat? Any of these, please?

Rebel: Resistance transport? Uh... N1 Starfighter would be totally welcome. ETA-2? Can we really justify a Phantom II?

Scum: V-Wing sho nuff, it has an astromech slot. Hondo's shuttle? Er... Uh... I dunno guys.

Rebel Veterans is almost overdue at this point but given we got heroes of The Resistance, I think we won't see it for a while. Unless we get like, I dunno. Barons of The Empire and or First Order?

Scum needs a larger epic but we're about a year and a half off from that I think.

Couple good ones, there, which I forgot and might be possible.

(FWIW, I'm with you on the 'Scum larger epic' - it's a long ways off, if ever)

I'm almost thinking that we might see that Assault Gunboat, after all. Looking at the 'obvious candidates' list...Scum and Rebels are wayyyy ahead of the Empire right now...

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Sabine's TIE Defender, of course.

I'm almost thinking that we might see that Assault Gunboat, after all. Looking at the 'obvious candidates' list...Scum and Rebels are wayyyy ahead of the Empire right now...

Unless they do shuttles back to back.

My prediction? At least one item will be something completely unexpected nobody was seriously thinking about.

I'm almost thinking that we might see that Assault Gunboat, after all. Looking at the 'obvious candidates' list...Scum and Rebels are wayyyy ahead of the Empire right now...

Unless they do shuttles back to back.

My prediction? At least one item will be something completely unexpected nobody was seriously thinking about.

Not impossible, but...name one? The "on-screen" candidates for the Empire are...thin, at this point. Even allowing for both the Sentinel and the TIE Deathtrooper Transport (which gives the Empire 5 different shuttles counting the TIE Bomber title)...I mean, would they even put them in back-to-back waves, even if they DID release them all?

I guess I could see the TIE Scout? Maybe?

Scum I can see getting the Kom'rk with the next wave. It's been featured heavily enough that I can believe it.

Rebels... Phantom II? Maybe? N1, possibly, since it was seen in the Shattered Empire comic and got flown by Leia. Which would give us a Leia pilot card.

Empire, I don't think there's much outside of that TIE Striker-looking transport from Rogue One that comes to mind. Or the Eta-2, which Vader still flew all the way up to the Tarkin novel.

Now, if we dip into the Legends continuity again, then it's not quite so tough. I'd love to see Scum get the Skipray Blastboat, the Rebels I still see getting the N1, and the Empire, I can picture getting the Gunboat or one of the many TIE Advanced variants, such as the TIE Avenger.

If I don't get a Blue Squadron X Wing with a fix for X Wing generics I'll be a very sad pilot :(

Rebel:

Phantom Mk. II (Rebels)

N1-Starfighter (Leia as a pilot)

Empire:

Sentinel-Class Shuttle (Rebels and A New Hope)

Alpha-Class Star Wing/Assualt Gunboat (Required to mention it)

Scum:

Lady Luck (Scum Lando, and Hondo if he isn't in the scum epic)

Kom'rk-Class (4 dice attacker, and Maul)

I don't really want anymore new ships too be honest. We have far enough already and balance is just getting more and more crazy every wave. We are now 10 waves in with 5 aces pacs and 5 epic ships. There is so many ships and options that it's hard to get the time to fly all the things I already have :P.

There are also so many pilot and upgrade cards that had potential but was poorly designed or have become weak in comparision to the new stuff. I just want card's getting errata and underpowered ships getting som buffs.

Scum I can see getting the Kom'rk with the next wave. It's been featured heavily enough that I can believe it.

Hrm - fair point on that. Darth Maul is certainly a very popular character FFG would surely like to get into the game - I'll add that as a possibility!

I don't really want anymore new ships too be honest.

Well...I can definitely, for 100% sure, say there is someone in this thread who isn't getting what they want. :P

Not impossible, but...name one? The "on-screen" candidates for the Empire are...thin, at this point. Even allowing for both the Sentinel and the TIE Deathtrooper Transport (which gives the Empire 5 different shuttles counting the TIE Bomber title)...I mean, would they even put them in back-to-back waves, even if they DID release them all?

I guess I could see the TIE Scout? Maybe?

Zeta-class Cargo Shuttle, Delta-class shuttle (Krennics), both of which have enough variation to do their own sort of thing in the design space. But again, this is my point, Empire has ships for days (or waves, rather) but FFG would need to back to back on shuttles then.

My prediction point was in general, hence why "at least one item". Scout is a fair guess, though, LFL recently let FFG put it in the card game.

Here's my guess:

Imperial: Gunboat

Rebel: N-1 Naboo Starfighter (* Leia Organa pilot card)

Scum: YT-1300 (* Lando Calrissan, Irvin Boys, Ducain pilot cards)

I could also see a Lambda Class Shuttle for Rebel also (with Kes Dameron crew card, Han, Leia, Chewbacca and possibly a Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker w/an abilty close to Palptine possibly?)

Edit if the gave us the N-1: we could get a who's who of pilots possibly.

Anakin Skywalker (I mean he should be a pilot in some forum for the Rebels) and if you recall R2D2 was his droid, Leia Organa, Shara Bey, Queen of Naboo, it appeared in Episodes I and II, Return of the Jedi, the Clone Wars and Shattered Empire III. It's generics could be Naboo Royal Guards; if they wanted to add Obi-Wan the Delta Class 7 Interceptor would be a great idea

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Here's my guess:

Imperial: Gunboat

Rebel: N-1 Naboo Starfighter (* Leia Organa pilot card) Stolen Lambda Shuttle

Scum: YT-1300 (* Lando Calrissan, Irvin Boys, Ducain pilot cards)

I could also see a Lambda Class Shuttle for Rebel also (with Kes Dameron crew card, Han, Leia, Chewbacca and possibly a Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker w/an abilty close to Palptine possibly?)

You forgot Lambda Shuttle. IF the Rebels have a stolen TIE Fighter they can surely have a Stolen Lambda Shuttle. Here let me fix it for ya ;) .

Got it 22 points Pilot skill 3 with EPT (Non Unique) Bothan Agent. As for other pilots well there's Chewie so no crits, there is luke so that is almost as good as palp defense with a perminate focus. Then there is Han for the Rebel's version of the Buzzsaw. As for the title maybe something like a stolen imperial codes which could be at the start of the combat phase if you have not made an attack this game you may discard this card to avoid being the target of an attack.

Rebel: ETA-2, N-1, Delta Jedi Star Fight w/jump ring, T-47 Snowspeeder

First Order: Assault Stormtrooper Transport

Scum: Mining Guild Tie

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Scum: Mining Guild Tie

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Scum: Mining Guild Tie

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I'd say "Mining Guild" delivering Scum-faction units (not least because their 'large'-base ship is also used by slavers) is one of the few sure guesses in the set.

Oh, also the line in 'Empire Strikes Back' between Lando and Leia which clarifies the Mining Guild is not part of the Empire. That helps, too.

Imps: Gunboat or Tie Striker Transport

Rebs: Resistance Transport

Scum: Raven's Claw