1 PhantomII: I kinda love most of the Rebels stuff except the Wookiee gunship, and this will be a cool support ship either with or without the Ghost.

0 Kimoglia (pretty sure I butchered the spelling): meh, it just doesn't do it for me.

3-5 Gunboats: this will be the ship that gets me to play Imperials beyond my random Interceptor or Defender ace lists. Go figure, my 3 favorite ships from TIE fighter are the ones I will play in this game...

I hope all these people saying that they will get 6 gunboats or so are kidding, because otherwise we will be seeing them in eBay at $30 each due to lack of stocks.

2 Phantom II

2-3 Kimogila

4 Gunboat

51 minutes ago, Azrapse said:

I hope all these people saying that they will get 6 gunboats or so are kidding, because otherwise we will be seeing them in eBay at $30 each due to lack of stocks.

Nope, I'm not kidding. But I'm only getting 2 because I'm a student and don't have disposable income.

I'll be picking up one phantom-II

Most likely one gunboat.

May add more of either one if the non-unique upgrade cards turn out to be really useable.

No plans to get any kimowhatsits at this stage.

When Wave 12 comes out

2 Starwings

1 Kimoguwawa

1 Enterpriseshuttle

A few weeks later

Another starwing

While waiting for wave 13 when plastic-spaceship addiction starts hurting the most

4th Starwing

2nd Kiwogumara

I plan on 4 gunboats

2 kimogilas

And 1 Phantom 2 just to keep my collection complete

2-3 Gunboats

maybe 1 Kimogila

9 hours ago, Azrapse said:

I hope all these people saying that they will get 6 gunboats or so are kidding, because otherwise we will be seeing them in eBay at $30 each due to lack of stocks.

Nope. I need to be able to field an entire epic game of gunboats.

In all seriousness, I'm probably looking at 3 gunboats unless the cannons and other non-gunboat specific upgrades are REALLY good.

13 hours ago, Azrapse said:

I hope all these people saying that they will get 6 gunboats or so are kidding, because otherwise we will be seeing them in eBay at $30 each due to lack of stocks.

Well, you've convinced me. 8 gunboats. I was just going to get 6 but thanks for reminding me I can double my money. Maybe even hit that Y-wing money of old. $100 Y-wings... those were the days.

I am serious about 8 gunboats. We play Double Epic and probably even during a 600+ pts game we will not see more than 4 or 6 on the table but after purchasing so many ships I NEED an ample supply of this mini. I am happy to own and display large numbers of OTS and old PC ships. XYABZ.. Basic Ties... Etc.

So 8 Gunboats 100% sure. And probably only one Kimogila. I never heard about this but during the 90s sooooo many hours playing Tie Fighter. Perhaps even 12 but storage capacity Orange Alert. My ships MUST be displayed on the shelves. Not hidden in custom storage bags.

Space is the definitive luxury. And old pals (ASL boxes per example) will never be relegated.

1 Kimogila

4 Star Wings. 5 if base ship is 20 squad points.

1 Phantom II. 4 if Flight Astromech is 1 point.

None. Didn't buy any of the previous wave either. The dominance of Scum and Villiany, power creep, games that look just like generic space battles and nothing like Star Wars and an FAQ that is almost as long as the rules has totally killed interest in our local wargames group. To buy the new wave would be a waste of money. I wouldn't get enough games in to justify the financial outlay.

I'm far from being an EU expert (here in Britain EU usually stands for European Union, an organisation we are leaving, not Expanded Universe) but take away the Star Wars packaging and my group of 40 and 50 something year olds wouldn't recognise half the ships as actually BEING from Star Wars these days.

Personally I think it's a shame. I really enjoyed the game. I miss the excitement of opening the packaging, seeing what it looks like on the stand, getting onto a squadron builder and putting some builds together. The interest is no longer there for my gaming friends though. Fortunately Armada seems to have longevity here but X Wing? Sadly, in the eyes of my group it just became an ever more complex collectible card game where they had to pay to win and the veneer of Star Wars that was attached to it became ever thinner with each wave. When their interest had gone they moved on to other games.

Ah well at least I still have all my Ancient and Medieval armies, no trouble getting a game with them, I miss TIE bombers and B Wings though.

On 8/22/2017 at 3:22 PM, RedHotDice said:

2 gunboats

2 kimosabis

1 shuttlephantomthingy

This

2x Phantom II

1x Kimogila (probably) for the upgrades more than the ship.

0x Gunboat

I know its unpopular opinion on here but I have always hated the design of the Star Wing, and none of the upgrades really stand out me as of yet.

1 Kimogila for now. But I need to see the cards inside and if it is viable in multiples of them.

The question is: is the Droid in the Phantom II a fix for the x-wing, and E-wing?

Yes:

Then I plan on buy 5 phantom II's, 2 Gunships, and 2 Whatever those scum things are called

No:

Then just two of each.

14 hours ago, Hexdot said:

I am serious about 8 gunboats. We play Double Epic and probably even during a 600+ pts game we will not see more than 4 or 6 on the table but after purchasing so many ships I NEED an ample supply of this mini. I am happy to own and display large numbers of OTS and old PC ships. XYABZ.. Basic Ties... Etc.

So 8 Gunboats 100% sure. And probably only one Kimogila. I never heard about this but during the 90s sooooo many hours playing Tie Fighter. Perhaps even 12 but storage capacity Orange Alert. My ships MUST be displayed on the shelves. Not hidden in custom storage bags.

Hey, leave some for the others.

9 minutes ago, eagletsi111 said:

The question is: is the Droid in the Phantom II a fix for the x-wing, and E-wing?

Yes:

Then I plan on buy 5 phantom II's, 2 Gunships, and 2 Whatever those scum things are called

No:

Then just two of each.

It seems likely that it'll be good (Assumign it does what's been theorised, it'll be 'cannot attack out of arc. When you execute a manoeuvre if you didn't bump or overlap an obstacle take a free boost or barrel roll action' which is awesome.

But how much it COSTS will be really, really telling.

None.

1-2 Kimos!

8x gunboats, 4 kimogilas,...

1 phantom 2. Maybe.

lol almost every player in my area that plays imperials at all want 3-4 gunboats....

3 or 4 Gunboats, just depends on if 4 Gunboats with reasonable upgrades fits in a 100 point list. I don't recall seeing the generic pilot point costs yet.

16 hours ago, Joe Censored said:

3 or 4 Gunboats, just depends on if 4 Gunboats with reasonable upgrades fits in a 100 point list. I don't recall seeing the generic pilot point costs yet.

Considering that each pilot skill point and special ability typically cost 1 point each, it's looking like 20 for the generic.