Gear, Vehicles, or Weapons you want to see?

By Ebak, in Star Wars: Edge of the Empire RPG

This wonderful system has been around for several years now and we've seen a lot of different pieces of gear, weapons, and of course, vehicles added by various books across the three separate lines.

I made this thread simply to see what people can't wait to see in future books. Whether the item in question is very general or that hyper-specific thing you really want, I'd like to see what you have to say, maybe even state how you'd make it?

Personally, there are two things I want to see:

Weapon

The K-16 Bryar Pistol. I have very fond memories of the Dark Forces games from yesteryear and that series cemented Kyle Katarn's trusty Bryar Pistol as an iconic weapon, worthy to be up there alongside Han Solo's trusty DL-44. Every book that is released I always scan the weapons section to see if my favourite blaster has finally made it into the RPG and alas to this day I am still looking.

If I were to make the Bryar pistol, I would certainly make it have two firing modes. The standard stats for the pistol would be respectable but nothing to write home about. However, as a maneuver, the character may charge up a blaster shot adding breach 1 and plus 4 damage to the shot. However, the shot is slow firing and as such, you cannot charge shot consecutively. Of course the GM could spend Despair on a charged shot to have the weapon overload in the user's hand causing it to be damaged by two steps.

Ship

TIE Advanced X1, and TIE Advanced V1.

Given that these ships are used by the Dark Lord himself, as well as Inquisitors I am very surprised these ships have not been included in any Force and Destiny sourcebook, although I assume the Warriors may finally include these two iconic dark side ships.

Personally, I'd like to see the official take on the Lasat bo-rifle and the lasat species itself. I know they exist in fan made form, but I'd like to see the "FFG canon" take on them.

I'm looking forward to the ARC-170 and Eta-2 Actis, and maybe the DC-17m IWS. Yes, I like the Clone Wars era, why do you ask? :P

The lack of inclusion of the TIE Advanced ships really is weird, I'm surprised they haven't shown up in an AoR splat yet.

While it's not exactly gear, I'd love to see FFG's official take on Deathtroopers. It'd also be cool to see the various phases of Dark Troopers represented in one place.

5 hours ago, Tom Cruise said:

It'd also be cool to see the various phases of Dark Troopers represented in one place.

I thought I saw those in the Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook?

8 minutes ago, Ebak said:

I thought I saw those in the Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook?

Those are Phase II, I believe.

I'd like to see an officially stated YT-1930, but not so likely to happen now all the EotE class books are done.

I'd love to see stats for the Loronar Skyblind (and any other vessels from WEG's "GG8 - Scouts" or "Stock Ships" books that haven't been covered already).

Does anyone know of any fan-converted EotE stats for the Skyblind?

I want the new gear and vehicles from Rogue One. These have been inserted into the era many of us are playing in with FFG Star Wars, so hopefully these will come out officially (not just home made) in a supplement soon.

3 minutes ago, Sturn said:

I want the new gear and vehicles from Rogue One. These have been inserted into the era many of us are playing in with FFG Star Wars, so hopefully these will come out officially (not just home made) in a supplement soon.

Based on the film's theme and setting I would not be surprised for most of these to be present in the Spy book. We know the Engineer book is coming out soon and that was in development before Rogue One's release. However, the Spy book is probably at the stage where they could insert things from Rogue One into the book.

Even my short list for vehicles is too long. I could probably go on forever .

Some of the weapons used by the obscure Force traditions would be nice; wan-shen, discblade, Siang lance, san-ni staff. I'd like to see a double-bladed sword, finally.

While I don't have any specific named requests I would like to see more brawl weapons printed. Currently there are only 11 brawl weapons out of the ~285 printed across all three lines. Given that they printed at least 4 or 5 viable brawler specs, including the new Martial Artist, it would be nice to have more than the current 3-4 viable brawl weapon options.

It would also be nice to increase the variety of cybernetic options. I think they've done a nice job of printing all the obvious, low hanging fruit, options, but it would be nice if they had some more variety. It would be nice if Ganks and Cybertechs had a few more options, particularly at some lower price points.

It would be nice if there were some more gear options for the Face character archetype. I have found that faces get left out in the cold when it comes to cool thing to spend their credits on. Although I admit that the contacts network system went a long way to improve that. Still, some gear that provided minor social buffs would still be welcome.

10 hours ago, Ebak said:

If I were to make the Bryar pistol, I would certainly make it have two firing modes. The standard stats for the pistol would be respectable but nothing to write home about. However, as a maneuver, the character may charge up a blaster shot adding breach 1 and plus 4 damage to the shot. However, the shot is slow firing and as such, you cannot charge shot consecutively. Of course the GM could spend Despair on a charged shot to have the weapon overload in the user's hand causing it to be damaged by two steps.

There is a mod called an Overcharge Valve in Fly Casual that allows you to give a blaster prepare 1 and +4 damage, then causes it to run out of ammo. Not quite the same thing, but your version is significantly more powerful.

The biggest thing i'd like to see would be a series of force artifacts that are created from kyber crystals, and geared toward playing more low key force users. Like for example focus items that allow you to take a maneuver to spend 2 strain for +1 pip of your color when you use a specific force power. I'd really like it if the game had a bit more stuff in it that's geared toward force users that have lower force ratings, are cross classing with other systems, don't want to wield a lightsaber and so on. Something that lets you use specific powers more reliably at low force ratings without eating conflict every time would go a long way for that. Being able to put kyber crystals to use without turning into the archetypal lightsaber wielding Jedi would be nice.

Another thing I'd like to see would be a portable gungan shield. Would be a fun item to use to control the flow of battle a bit, making it so that shots from longer than short range are deflected by the shield. It could have its own HP or something, to make it not super cheesy.

9 hours ago, Ferretfur said:

I'd like to see an officially stated YT-1930, but not so likely to happen now all the EotE class books are done.

they aren't all done. they still have an adventure and a region book

I'm also a fan of the Dark Times comic, so I'd love to see Nosaurians, T'surr, Togorians, Tintinna, Blood Carvers, etc. Oh, and Cathar!

5 hours ago, Daeglan said:

they aren't all done. they still have an adventure and a region book

"all the EotE class books are done "

43 minutes ago, Stan Fresh said:

"all the EotE class books are done "

yes. And there are ships in both Edge region books and in all the adventures. So still possible. Plus we have what 5 more career books over all. plenty of opportunity to get ships. )

Watch the next release have nothing but mounts. :-)

I'm always looking for prequel era gear and vehicles. I just love those designs.

U-Wing plz, all three versions.

Yes, I said three.

52 minutes ago, Stan Fresh said:

Watch the next release have nothing but mounts. :-)

That would make me an EXTREMELY happy space pirate! :D

That said? I like the prequel ships too, Stan. And I would SO like to see the Corporate Sector's IRD fighters make an appearance in an upcoming EotE book. (Hey, we gotta fill those Marauder-class corvettes with something other than TIEs, right?)

12 hours ago, Daeglan said:

they aren't all done. they still have an adventure and a region book

When were these confirmed?

7 hours ago, Ferretfur said:

When were these confirmed?

well I know playtesters who have said more is in the pipe. None can say what it is. But past releases and knowing no more careers leaves adventures and region books. we have 2 un named books in the product numbers odds are a region and an adventure. So confirmed by FFG no. Confirmed more is coming by playtesters yes. confirmed as to what they are no one. but your can make a pretty good prediction based on past material. My guess is the Arkanis sector which includes tattooine. Which would also give us Jawas and sand people.

Those are excellent guesses based on sound reasoning. I just hope the future bears it out.