2 minutes ago, Kieransi said:

So I'm kinda caught up with the polling now. @Alpha17, @Darth Meanie, and @drail14me, so if you needed to pick just one of the ships for each category, what would they be?

And just an FYI to @GameError, @ScummyRebel, and @BlodVargarna, you also get to pick an overall favorite in addition to the three categories.

Lore: E-Wing

In-Game: TIE Defender

Looks: E-Wing

All-around: TIE Defender

Lore: TIE Defender

In-Game: Lancer

Looks: HWK-290

All-Around: Lancer

4 minutes ago, Kieransi said:

So I'm kinda caught up with the polling now. @Alpha17, @Darth Meanie, and @drail14me, so if you needed to pick just one of the ships for each category, what would they be?

And just an FYI to @GameError, @ScummyRebel, and @BlodVargarna, you also get to pick an overall favorite in addition to the three categories.

That's like asking which child is my favorite, very hard to do!!

22 minutes ago, AngryAlbatross said:

All-around: Tie Figher or T65. I miss the old school stuff.

I put you down for a TIE Fighter there. That ok?

32 minutes ago, drail14me said:

Lore: It's a tie between the Falcon and X-Wing (t-65)as both are some widely recognized as Star Wars.

I put you down for a Falcon. Is that good?

Oh right, overall favorite. I know it's boring, but I gotta go with the T-65 X-wing. Loved the Rogue Squadron books/games, really dig the design and I think the in-game pilots are a lot of fun. Very excited for their new title.

My answers in Bold and my Wife's in Italic

Lore: TIE Bomber (a tanky ship that I could actually play well in the old TIE Fighter game, lobbing missiles at ships from afar, and when I discovered it could be a Shuttle I had custom map tiles made for RPG purposes of the TIE Shuttle variant)

A-Wing

In-Game: Ghost! (I'm a massive fan of the TV show this is the ship that finally got me to pick up X-Wing, and since there is nothing but Empire/Scum players in my area I take it upon myself to play the boring Rebellion, and my sole saving grace is this super modular ship that can be built so many different ways and fill so many different roles)

Interceptor

Looks: Ghost (The largest non-epic model, brightly coloured and reminiscent of old WWII bombers makes this girl shine even more than the Lambda or epics in my book)

Defender if she had to choose, but says it's too hard haha

All-Around Best: Ghost (I've been flying her almost exclusively since I got her and have yet to play the same build more than once, such a fun modular ship.

Interceptor

Lore: Tie Defender. Because, yes.

In-Game: Tie Interceptor. It's the ship that best reflects the "no shields, all guts" motto.

And it was fun as **** to fly through hordes of enemies denying all of their attacks!

Looks: Gunboat. Absolutely gorgeous. Unmatchable beauty.

All-Around: Gunboat!

Beautiful five pointy wings.

Flies fast.

Packs a punch.

Can withstand harsh punishment.

Bears both cannons and ordnance.

GUNBOAT!!!

Lore: YT-2400

In game: YV-666

Looks: ARC-170

All around: YV-666

Cool! I ran out of likes for the day, but I got everyone's votes!

Lore: B-wing (I love the backstory of this ship in the old EU and the X-wing game series, it's originality as a design, and the moment you finally got to fly one after managing to protect its delivery to the fleet!
In-Game: Gunboat (one of the best designed ships in the game)
Looks: TIE Defender (it's the coolest looking TIE)
All-around: Gunboat (It's the most original Imperial fighter, it brings the nostalgia of the good old flight sims, it's able to fulfill at least 3 very different roles in the game, it's based on the best looking model by legendary Fractalsponge, and it was one of those rare cases where the hype totally delivered, it's announcement and release a moment of catharsis for great part of the community. GUNBOAT!)

1 hour ago, Kieransi said:

So I'm kinda caught up with the polling now. @Alpha17, @Darth Meanie, and @drail14me, so if you needed to pick just one of the ships for each category, what would they be?

And just an FYI to @GameError, @ScummyRebel, and @BlodVargarna, you also get to pick an overall favorite in addition to the three categories.

1 hour ago, Darth Meanie said:

Lore: Squint. The first "dangerous looking" TIE

In-Game: TAP if I want to die fast like the tongue of a snake, or Defender if I want to die slower than the molasses in January.

Looks: X-Wing T-65.

All-around: TAP. Live fast, die young.

I Like TAPs best because they still have some of the fragility of a TIE but can deliver a nice alpha whallop before they go.

Lore: Gunboat

In Game: Its completely obsolete, but flying a TIE Phantom is so much fun

Looks: TIE Defender

Overall: Gunboat. Honorable Mention goes to Quickdraw and her TIE SF.

Lore: it’s a tie between Ghost, T-65 X-Wing and A-Wing. Ghost for Rebels and it essentially being the Serenity in Star Wars. T-65 from the X-Wing books, A-Wing from the X-Wing/TIE Fighter games. If I had to pick one? The Ghost.

In-Game: again a toss up, this time between the T-70 and the Silencer. They are both just super satisfying ships to fly. But to pick just one, I have to say down with the first order, T-70 wins.

Looks: ARC, but the Ghost is a close second.

Overall: I hate to say it with all the Ghost hate out there recently, but it’s the only contender in multiple categories for me. Ghost.

Lore: Tie Interceptor

In-Game: Tie Defender

Looks: Tie Interceptor

Overall: Tie Defender

Lore: T-65 X-Wing (because Luke flew one)

In-Game: T-70 X-Wing (it's like a T-65, only a bit better)

Looks: T-65 X-Wing (because who doesn't love the scene of the X-wings locking their S-foils into attack position)

Overall: T-65 X-Wing (honourable mention goes to the Falcon though)

Lore: YT-2400

In Game: YT-2400

Looks: YT-2400

Overall: YT-2400

Not to many Scum ships in any of these lists eh? Haha

Lore: X-Wing (Original)

In-Game: A-Wing

Looks: X-Wing (specifically the repaint included with the Transport, until Saw's expansion comes out.)

All-around: X-Wing

But these types of polls are tough for me. I like every ship and every faction. All the Tie variants, the Khiraxz and Scyk, I can go on and on, they are all awesome to fly, each brings its own strengths and weaknesses. Half the fun is running into your worst nightmare matchup and trying to still find a way to beat it.

I have this problem where I like everything.

Lore: Millennium Falcon (with honorable mention to the noble X-wing)

In-Game: TIE Defender (with a very close honorable mention to the Falcon; Rey and Ryad are my two favorite pilots right now)

Looks: TIE Interceptor. Just... just a cool-lookin ship. The base model looks good and both of the Aces repaints look good. (Honorable mention to that lovely red Defender.)

All-Around: X-wing. Hoping that the upcoming fix brings Luke and the other forgotten X-wing pilots back to relevance; an iconic ship. (The honorable mention here goes to every OT ship, which will always include Defenders to me.)

As a side note, my collection is limited right now, but I'd like to say that the ship that surprised me the most with how good it looks is... the TIE Bomber (Veterans). I was expecting it to just be the TIE Bomber I had to round out the OT collection, but I must say it's a very fine looking ship in its own right.

Lore: TIE Aggressor, Lambda, Advanced, ETA2

In-Game: Missile Gunboats

Looks: Lambda

All-around: ? SOONTIR FEL ?

Lore: X-wing (i like the whole stolen advanced tech thing)

In-Game: M3-A Scyk

Looks: M3-A Scyk

All-around: M3-A Scyk

Never regret flying the M3-A even if overall I just want to fly empire for thematic reasons but on the pure ship level the M3-A is just the most fun, looks the best and always performs well.

2 hours ago, Darth Meanie said:

I Like TAPs best because they still have some of the fragility of a TIE but can deliver a nice alpha whallop before they go.

Also that dial gets me hard

24 minutes ago, Commander Kaine said:

Also that dial gets me hard

LORE: X-wing, I guess. Poor thing needs a buff though, so come on Saw's!

In Game: Really tough to choose between all the love imperial Silencers/Sfs/Fos and the (nerfed) Jm5k's joyous maneuverability, but I think I gotta give it to the SCURRG.

Getting pigeonholed into the VI nym set-up really obscures all the glorious jank the ship can be capable of. There's something incredible about janky bombers flying around and flinging explosive payloads from impossible angles

"Deathrain" would absolutely get this spot if we lived in an era where the poor punisher could last more than a turn

Looks: The ARC-170, which is the same as everyone else's favorite

unless they're wrong

Just wish it played better. Norra is the only one who feels like you're flying an actual clunky tank of venerable design. Everyone else just feels like a b-wing with a piddly, nigh useless ***-gun that can only hope to tickle most ships like a doting mother would her child

All Around: Gotta be the SCURRG for me. IT's no ARC but it still looks great and plays amazingly. Can't even say the name without capitalizing it

Also we got a maniac in our group who look my "SCURRG looks like a crab" observation to heart