For me it was Heros of the Republic/U-Wing/Striker era

mostly because it brought me my favorite list to date: Swarm Jess, GSP Awings with snap/juke, and Jan Ors

I posted sarcastically on this thread a few weeks ago because I wasn't sure what my answer was. After giving it some thought...

I have no favorite wave. From a fan boy perspective, I could have had years and years of enjoyment if we had only ever seen A, X, Y, B and YT for the rebs and Ln, Int, Adv, Bomber and Lambda for the Imps. If they just kept releasing new pilots and paint jobs for those I would still be all in and would love this game.

On the other hand, as someone who has always enjoyed games of strategy and tactics, every new ship, every new upgrade slot and card, all give me something new to explore. Every card and pilot in this game has a use and can be exploited in some way, though we all know many are not quite what they could be.

I guess I will revise my statement. Me favorite wave is what ever wave just came out, because it gives me new things to think about, new enemy ships to try to defeat and new ways to make old ships better or different.

I’d say waves 1-3; none of those was quite enough all by itself, as these waves gave us the basics of both multi role and specialized fighters. By the end of wave 3, we had the foundation for a game with diverse strategic options for a variety of play styles. The rest of the waves have either built on these foundations or needlessly complicated them.

Granted, I like a lot of the later ships- love my defenders, the Ghost, phantoms, and ARCs- but the core of the game and the parts I think HAD to be produced for it to feel complete lie in the first three waves.

I know it is not a popular answer, but Wave 5. With out the YT-2400 I would not have looked at the game.

After that Wave 9. Love me some ARCs.

The one with ships and dials

Wave 9... I love all four of those ships.

29 minutes ago, hawk32 said:

Wave 9... I love all four of those ships.

If it wasn’t for the shadowcaster I’d agree, wave 9 was otherwise pure awesome.

Crack Shot wave and asajj ventress wave.

Wave 3 and 4 are really close in my mind, but 3 has the edge with those B-Wings.