While i am a proud member of TeamVenator, and a member of the Broha'tok Gunship Fan Club, I feel that since we just got the Hammerhead and Imperial Light Carrier, we won't see either ships this wave

So what does each faction need? In my opinion, the Rebels could use some medium ship love and the Imperials could still use another large ship.

Soo...then it comes down to what i think we'll see vs. what i PERSONALLY would love to see. As much as i would LOVE to see the MC-40, Liberator-Class, Dauntless-Class, Majestic-Class, Endurance-Class, etc etc; i think they'll give us the MC-75 as a medium-base for Rebels and a Tector-Class as a large-base for Imperials.

Assault Gunboats. 'Nuff said.

47 minutes ago, Nostromoid said:

That's never been true. Core Set and two waves came in 2015. CC a double wave, and another wave came in 2016. Armada may not have the market demand of X-Wing, but its popularity is growing and it's never dropped to one release per year.

Core Set (Announced August 8, 2014 / Released March 27, 2015)

Wave 1 (Announced November 10, 2014 / Released May 15, 2015)

Wave 2 (Announced April 6, 2015 / Released November 26, 2015)

Wave 3 (Announced March 16, 2016 / Released August 11, 2016)

Wave 4 (Announced May 20, 2016 / Released August 5, 2016)

Correllian Conflict (Announced July 22, 2016 / Released December, 2016)

Wave 5 (Announced August 5, 2016 / Released December, 2016)

Wave 6 (Announced March 14, 2017)

So if we take CC as a standalone expansion or part of Wave 5, we can expect an average of 3 waves a year?

Either MC75 and some other Imperial ship from the EU or random ISD variation from Battle of Endor

OR

New trilogy ships from Episode 7 and 8 along with potentially new Squadrons in line with what seems to be a pattern of releasing squadrons in certain waves.

11 hours ago, TallGiraffe said:

I just don't think we NEED any more squadrons as we have plenty to work with at the moment. If they want to do some more CC squadrons, sure go ahead. More Geniques would be cool. But I don't know what they would add nor if we have any need for them as squadron play is pretty strong right now. Unless it is XG-1 Assault Gunboats to piss off the X-Wing guys. I mean we got the H-6 before them.

I wouldn't hate seeing U-Wing or TIE Striker squadrons that introduce some kind of new squadron keywords? Don't really see the need for four squadrons of each, and not sure what else you'd fill the pack with, but...

Wouldn't one obvious choice be Phoenix Home 2 (a.k.a stolen ICVL?) Since X-wing did Sabine's tie and all... it would probably include that snazzy 70's style paint job.

Rebs: MC75, Rebel Quasar (2 mediums! Please!) I wouldn't mind if the Rebel quasar came as part of a Lothal campaign box and Giraffe ISD's came for the imps (minus 7 hull ISD's, halve all the dice- that way it fits the show )

Imps: Resurgent (epic???) ISD-I as a "veteran box" a la the TFA millenium falcon variant from x-wing, tector (?)

As of now, my only request is.....

NO Bulwark Mark III, Please!!! http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bulwark_Mark_III

(I'm playing SW Rebellion on PC and reminded myself how out-of-place and ugly they are, lol)

3 minutes ago, Gunner070 said:

As of now, my only request is.....

NO Bulwark Mark III, Please!!! http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bulwark_Mark_III

(I'm playing SW Rebellion on PC and reminded myself how out-of-place and ugly they are, lol)

Didn't somebody start a thread praising them a while back? I'd be happy to seem them join in on the fun, but they do indeed desperately need a change of looks. . . like, a complete overhaul.

Rebs: MC-75 and Dornean gunship (flotilla)

Imps: Tector and a flotilla

I think the quasar killed any hope for a venator for the imps.

The MC75 is pretty much a given.(my guess is this ship will be the rebels quasar, very squadron focused)

Rebs are gonna need some help in the anti-fighter game (thanks Sloane)

I think the Imps will get a large base that comes in cheaper than the ISD but that can still fill that battleship role, the Tector is the only thing I can think of. If the rebs get a antisquadron flotilla then I bet the Imps will get one also.

27 minutes ago, xanderf said:

I wouldn't hate seeing U-Wing or TIE Striker squadrons that introduce some kind of new squadron keywords? Don't really see the need for four squadrons of each, and not sure what else you'd fill the pack with, but...

Oooh what if the U-wing did a mini boarding thing?

9 minutes ago, TheToad said:

Oooh what if the U-wing did a mini boarding thing?

Like flip 1 random face down damage card face-up, or exhaust one of the defender's defense tokens? But as a squadron's keyword? That'd be nasty.

4 hours ago, Animewarsdude said:

Technically the Arquitens is a Clone Wars ship that was refitted for Imperial service, and the Venator was also a Republic ship that was refitted for Imperial service so it would be great to see that. Though considering the new Quasar Fire class is going to be a squadron based ship we might need a wave or two to not just give the empire another squadron based ship, with the main difference between the two being that one is bigger than the other. Granted the Venator would be more durable and would probably end up costing between a VSD and a ISD and having better overall firepower than the Quasar too.

So was the Victory Class Star destroyer, Okay maybe right after but I consider it a clone wars era ship (the Z-05 should have been one as well).. Putting the Disney Cartoons aside (as Rebels was the primary source of the new ships not Clone Wars) the movies Episode 1, 2, &3 which will remain cannon (unless Disney tries to reboot them into better stories) is still absent from the scene.

Now that's not to say that will never happen. I believe we might be closer to Clone Wars ships than you think. Depends on what the next movie has to offer as well. But the OT ran out of capital ships in Wave 4. Sure Armada doesn't get waves as frequent as X-wing and doesn't get new ships/squadrons as much as X-wing. But soon it will have to start looking around for the next wave of ships/squadrons.

2 hours ago, Nostromoid said:

That's never been true. Core Set and two waves came in 2015. CC a double wave, and another wave came in 2016. Armada may not have the market demand of X-Wing, but its popularity is growing and it's never dropped to one release per year.

Core Set (Announced August 8, 2014 / Released March 27, 2015)

Wave 1 (Announced November 10, 2014 / Released May 15, 2015)

Wave 2 (Announced April 6, 2015 / Released November 26, 2015)

Wave 3 & Wave 4 (Announced March 16, 2016 & May 20, 2016/ Released August 11, 2016)

Wave 4 (Announced May 20, 2016 / Released August 5, 2016)

Correllian Conflict (Announced July 22, 2016 / Released December, 2016)

Wave 5 (Announced August 5, 2016 / Released December, 2016)

Wave 6 (Announced March 14, 2017)

Core set is not a wave. So you can put that with Wave 1. Neither is Correllian Conflict so that could be scratched off the list. Wave Three and Four were combined into a single wave often called Wave Thour.

However even with these corrections you are right as Waves 1 & 2 were released in 2015 and Wave 5 was released last year which was the same year as the previous 2. It seems like Armada expansions don't come out as frequent as X-wing.

And well that is because X-wing has more special releases with Epic and repaints, and a 3rd faction as well that they have to provide ships for as well. Lets not forget the movie release that gets thrown into the last wave but often is announced after and released before (I consider the movie tie-in ships to be their own wave). So Armada has about as many waves as X-wing but not as many ships come out for Armada per year. So it does seem like it takes a whole year before ships come out.

15 hours ago, Gottmituns205 said:

Time honored tradition, right after news of the next wave drops...a new thread for the next appears.

Calling it now, MC75 with Admiral Raddus, and a Venator with Governor Price (or director Krennic)

Grand Admiral Thrawn as a commander card

Governor Price as an officer card

Admiral Raddus as a commander card

Bail Organa as an officer card

woulld be nice for wave 7

51 minutes ago, Marinealver said:

Core set is not a wave. So you can put that with Wave 1. Neither is Correllian Conflict so that could be scratched off the list. Wave Three and Four were combined into a single wave often called Wave Thour.

You may call it that,

But it was two Distinct Waves, with two Distinct Testing and Development Periods, that only ended up happening together, because Wave 3 Was heavily delayed by Manufacturing and Shipping, especially considering the Port Explosion, Backlogs from that, and then the Hanyan Shipping Crisis...

Which made them delivered at the same time.

But they were still two distinct, separate, developed waves.

That is how FFG considers them. That is how the Distributors considers them. That is how Retailers had to Order them and get them Delivered.

1 hour ago, NobodyInParticular said:

Like flip 1 random face down damage card face-up, or exhaust one of the defender's defense tokens? But as a squadron's keyword? That'd be nasty.

Something along those lines. Although I don't really recall either type doing 'boarding' in the movie. They did seem to have more modular/expansive capabilities than other fighters, though.

Maybe the first squadron that could equip an upgrade slot? U-Wing with a Gunnery Team slot, TIE Striker with an ordnance slot?

I dunno, there is still definitely design space in the squadron game...wouldn't count them out, yet...

1 minute ago, xanderf said:

Something along those lines. Although I don't really recall either type doing 'boarding' in the movie. They did seem to have more modular/expansive capabilities than other fighters, though.

Maybe the first squadron that could equip an upgrade slot? U-Wing with a Gunnery Team slot, TIE Striker with an ordnance slot?

I dunno, there is still definitely design space in the squadron game...wouldn't count them out, yet...

I'd never count anything out when a company can make money off it. I do not particularly like the idea of upgrades for squads though. . . potentially too difficult to follow. Keywords are essentially the upgrades squads have. . .

'Genique' squadrons as Im seeing them called are basically the upgrades squadrons have.

New dial, new card, same ship.

1 minute ago, Grey Mage said:

'Genique' squadrons as Im seeing them called are basically the upgrades squadrons have.

New dial, new card, same ship.

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4 hours ago, TheToad said:

Oooh what if the U-wing did a mini boarding thing?

Well, I had no interest in a U-wing in Armada until I read this sentence.

4 hours ago, xanderf said:

Something along those lines. Although I don't really recall either type doing 'boarding' in the movie. They did seem to have more modular/expansive capabilities than other fighters, though.

Maybe the first squadron that could equip an upgrade slot? U-Wing with a Gunnery Team slot, TIE Striker with an ordnance slot?

I dunno, there is still definitely design space in the squadron game...wouldn't count them out, yet...

The TIE Reaper would make a good choice for some type of 'boarding' action or support. I don't expect to see upgrades on squads anytime soon though it is a cool concept.

10 hours ago, NobodyInParticular said:

Didn't somebody start a thread praising them a while back? I'd be happy to seem them join in on the fun, but they do indeed desperately need a change of looks. . . like, a complete overhaul.

I would love them in Armada for their firepower and toughness, but yeah they need some redesign love. In SW Rebellion i considered them so ugly i never added a single one to my Navy.

If Episode 8 features a bit of fleet action, the next wave may focus on that? (Since the release timing will be pretty right compared to Rogue 1 and associated X wing ships).