Tie title. Formation flying. 0 points. If three or more ships are within range one of each other all ships roll one extra attack dice.

Crew. Imperial strategist. 2 points. At range 1-3 choose 1 ship that pilot skill becomes 12 until the end of the round

A modification that allows for defensive rolls against splash damage and bombs.

Give Firesprays a general buff, and Imperial ones a special buff.

They need something to reflect the proper training their pilots all go through. It makes no sense that generic random idiots in scum/rebels can outfly the snot out of an academy graduate.

Should just introduce a new slotless upgrade thats empire only to reflect this training. Given that most of the imp ships simply dont have upgrade options TO BEGIN WITH its a good move in more ways than one.

Change TIE only. modifications into another slot, so ships can take both a mod slot and TIE only slot.

Add imperial crews that help all ships in the game.

More unique upgrades.

something to help 2 dice ships do one damage

Squadron mechanics so that generic pilots help each other in combat.

Nerf TLT. Get rid of stupid Harpoon.

TIE Reaper. Chiss Clawcraft. TIE Oppressor.

Hmm, a lot of Imperial ships have a missile slot, what if they made a really really really good missile?

1 minute ago, Tvboy said:

Hmm, a lot of Imperial ships have a missile slot, what if they made a really really really good missile?

That wasn't a missile at all but some sort of really cool ability.

2 minutes ago, Celestial Lizards said:

That wasn't a missile at all but some sort of really cool ability.

Yeah, like something that synergized well with Palpatine's ability to grant auto-crits.

Add all three of these characters to the game as Imperial Crew.

Plus

Galen Erso:

Increase your Hull Value by 4.

You receive all damage cards face up.

1 pt. crew slot.

BAM.

If only they had some cheap missile carrier to exploit that cool Harpoon card. Or a tanky 360 turret ship with crew Kylo could use. Maybe a decent heavy fighter that can attack twice a turn or have a token stack while moving fast...

14 minutes ago, Darth Meanie said:

Plus

I would say we already have Mara Jade, but...yeah.

27 minutes ago, SabineKey said:

I would say we already have Mara Jade, but...yeah.

That's supposed to be Admiral Daala. Maybe the image was mislabeled. . .but she is a red-head, too.

And as long as I'm reposting, let's not forget this guy:

3 minutes ago, Darth Meanie said:

That's supposed to be Admiral Daala. Maybe the image was mislabeled. . .but she is a red-head, too.

Ah, my bad.

Crazy idea: "the Empire" does not need help.

• Ships with high defensive variance need a comeback.
• Auto damage and non-variable defense needs to be toned down.
• out-of-arc shots and defense needs to be adjusted (e.g. no primary bonus for range 1 out of arc, standard additional die for out of arc defense)
• ... (and many more)

These changes would tone down primary and secondary weapon turrets. And this helps aces and high variability ships to return.
As side effect it would of course help the faction which has generally high agility values and this high defensive variability. Which is the empire, but also similar ships in the other factions. Because otherwise they are left behind.

... and the Empire could need some cool crew options, because they have Kylo, Vader and Palp at the moment, while the other factions have many more great options.

But these are two different points that should not be mixed up.

5 minutes ago, GreenDragoon said:

Crazy idea: "the Empire" does not need help.

• Ships with high defensive variance need a comeback.
• Auto damage and non-variable defense needs to be toned down.
• out-of-arc shots and defense needs to be adjusted (e.g. no primary bonus for range 1 out of arc, standard additional die for out of arc defense)
• ... (and many more)

These changes would tone down primary and secondary weapon turrets. And this helps aces and high variability ships to return.
As side effect it would of course help the faction which has generally high agility values and this high defensive variability. Which is the empire, but also similar ships in the other factions. Because otherwise they are left behind.

... and the Empire could need some cool crew options, because they have Kylo, Vader and Palp at the moment, while the other factions have many more great options.

But these are two different points that should not be mixed up.

That's fair. I do think the Empire is in a pretty good position right now.

My suggestion mainly came from the idea of helping a struggling archetype within the Empire (i.e. The TIE Swarm) return. Though, to be fair, the other factions could use that kind of help too.

9 minutes ago, SabineKey said:

The TIE Swarm

Good point, I should have mentioned non-missile-swarms, too. The imperial version (and A-Wings) overlaps with the mentioned high-variability ships, but there are also others. Then again, the main other is Z95s or M3As, and there we have missiles as option.

1 hour ago, SabineKey said:

I would say we already have Mara Jade, but...yeah.

How about a Mara Jade card that doesn't suck?

The Empire should get sole access to Doctrine upgrade cards that affects all of their ships on the board.

Swarm Doctrine - Reduce the cost of each of your ships by 1 point. 0 Points

Elite Doctrine - Increase the Pilot Skill of each of your ships by 1. 3 Points

The Emperor - Same as old Palp, but off board. 12 Points

etc.

6 minutes ago, HolySorcerer said:

The Empire should get sole access to Doctrine upgrade cards that affects all of their ships on the board.

No

Just now, GreenDragoon said:

No

Yes.