Howdy, returning scum player, haven't played since shortly after the jumpmaster was released. I was just curious, is there any recommendations toward particular ships? I have no idea how the meta has developed the last 2/3 years.

Currently, the biggest staple of Scum is the Lancer, with Ventress in particular. There's a lot of nice ways to kit her out, though the current favorite seems to be with Lone Wolf, Latts Razzi, Glitterstim x2, and Countermeasures.

Jumpmasters have recently been dealing with their Astro and torp slots taken away, but are still quite dangerous, with Dengar being a pretty common wingman for Ventress.

The Scurgg Bomber has been doing well, with Captain Nym being favored.

Ships that aren't doing as well in the meta but are still fun include the Protectorate Fighters with their in your face Ace play style, the Kimogila with it's bullseye arc (which prevents defensive token use of those got in it against the Kimo) plus the ability to reload ordnance, and Starvipers enjoying a fix that marked them pretty fun, especially a new pilot named Thweek, who can either copy an enemy ship's pilot skill or pilot ability.

2 hours ago, SabineKey said:

... plus the ability to reload ordinance ,...

3 hours ago, LordBritish said:

Howdy, returning scum player, haven't played since shortly after the jumpmaster was released. I was just curious, is there any recommendations toward particular ships? I have no idea how the meta has developed the last 2/3 years.

Welcome back!

I would suggest running, not walking, to pick up the Guns For Hire pack. It contains 2 copies of the current meta bugaboo Harpoon Missiles, which are officially "OP plz nerf". It's also got a good Starviper fix, and an ostensible Kihraxz fix that at least enables some jank.

But who will fire those Harpoon Missiles? I've been enjoying the new Kimogila lately, though I'm hardly a top-tier player (and its paintjob is ugly as sin). Another candidate is the new Scurrg bomber, which I've still yet to fly, though I've been getting plenty of mileage out of its included Bomblet Genrator and bomb-slot-giving Cad Bane.

45 minutes ago, RufusDaMan said:

Ah, my mistake. Thanks!

2 hours ago, SabineKey said:

Ah, my mistake. Thanks!

Go, Kimogila! Replace those legal documents that you shot into space!

7 hours ago, LordBritish said:

Howdy, returning scum player, haven't played since shortly after the jumpmaster was released. I was just curious, is there any recommendations toward particular ships? I have no idea how the meta has developed the last 2/3 years.

Welcome back

Depending on how competitive you plan to be, it might be worth noting Scum isn't in a great place right now from this point of view. In tournaments they are consistently outperformed by Rebels and to a lesser extent by Imperials as well.

I came back after a year away and had to scrap my entire scum list! Guess that's what I get for running a Manaroo/Mindlink squad.

Now I'm testing a Emon Azzameen/Sol Sixxa bomb list. I think I may actually like this better, so I'm not complaining!

Drea Renthal is sneaky and everyone should fly her. (... she's not my favorite scum jank pilot, what told you that?)