Especially for things like the Tie Adv?

That have already come out in Wave 1?

Maybe?

Probably?

Ace packs are likely to be a thing again eventually

I think we will get more versions of Vader and Luke and such. So a version A and a version B but you would not be able to have both in the same squad.

Might be a chance we could get cardboard and card only expansions in second edition. Would be a nice way to get say a Blue Squadron pilot pack for T-65s.

Mmm. And I want my female Tie Adv pilots back. =(

41 minutes ago, jokerkd said:

Probably?

Ace packs are likely to be a thing again eventually

With seven factions and a huge backlog of ships to re-release as 2.0 expansion pacs, I'm not so sure ace packs are likely to be a thing... If they are, we are likely talking 3-4 years out.

13 minutes ago, AllWingsStandyingBy said:

With seven factions and a huge backlog of ships to re-release as 2.0 expansion pacs, I'm not so sure ace packs are likely to be a thing... If they are, we are likely talking 3-4 years out.

Nit to mention the reason for ace packs (fixing ships by giving slots or changing points) is handled by the app

you'll notice that very few (like...what 4 ships?) that arent Wave1 releases have more than 4 pilots, even ones like the Interceptor which had i think 9 of them in 1.0

They had to leave pilots out for future rereleases. Otherwise they'd be scrounging for new pilots or end up repeating pilots.

I know imperials the only ships that got more than 4 pilots are the TIE Adv/Fighter which were 2.0 released and for some reason the defender/striker has 5 and bomber has 6. Heck the punisher only has 3 lol.

With so many factions, there will be a lot of pilots. Since there seems to be an unwritten rule that no pilots can have the same ability, and there are only “so many” abilities, I don’t know how many more pilots they can give the current ships. I’d love to see more pilots, ace packs, thematic packs (come on Scarif!), but I’m not confident. Hopefully I’m wrong.

eh, same exact ability no nobody has a duped ability.

But weve had several iterations of abilities that are virtually the same thing but way better. *cough* Cobra and Fenn *cough*

One thing i fully expect to see is new phantom pilots having more things to do to mess with decloaks. Like break the Stygium to both grant/use a focus instead of evade, use a 1turn template to decloak, decloak backwards, or improve defenses while cloaked (+3 dice or auto evades?)

8 hours ago, jokerkd said:

Probably?

Ace packs are likely to be a thing again eventually

If I don't recall wrongly there was some comment during the 2.0 reveal saying that they will not go the Ace packs way as this was just to fix ships (and obviously make more money).
I wouldn't mind if they end up doing it as long as they stick to release the new cardboard aside so the people who converted doesn't need to buy any more "repeated" ships just for pilots/upgrades.

I think it's confirmed that we will have additional pilots in the expansions as they release. This is already present in wave 1 (the little baggie in the conversion kit with Norra Y wing and some others), so we will see the same for later releases. It absolutely will give them a chance to correct their mistake and put Hera Syndulla on an A-Wing with her exact same ability and Initiative Value.

I don't expect to see many new additions to ships that have had official wave releases. but time will tell.

i suspect the reason all the ships have a title under their name is not just for flavor, its for future repeat uses of that pilot on that ship.

They do this with Destiny where the actual name of the character doesnt change but the title does to dictate which one you are actually using.

I dont expect it to happen for quite awhile, but i'd be surprised if it never happened.

4 minutes ago, Vineheart01 said:

i suspect the reason all the ships have a title under their name is not just for flavor, its for future repeat uses of that pilot on that ship.

They do this with Destiny where the actual name of the character doesnt change but the title does to dictate which one you are actually using.

I dont expect it to happen for quite awhile, but i'd be surprised if it never happened.

That's what led me to a similar idea. We could get another Luke but with a different title. They could give us another Vader themed around his attack on Phoenix Squadron with a new title.

The use of the titles also allows for other game effects or squad building off of them.

A more cynical view allows them to power creep but keep Luke on the table by giving him a different title.

Maybe, but not for quite some time.

I think they have to be careful about introducing too many pilots into the game, precisely because it will eventually lead to ability bloat.

However, so far we've had a fair few pilots with identical abilities on multiple ships (the Rebels characters, Nora Wexley and Garven Dreis being ones that come to mind). If they continue that pattern, I would expect to see some more duplication in future waves with 1.0 ships. So Ibtisam (ARC-170) will be ported over to the B-wing. Shara Bey (ARC-170) will be ported over to the A-wing. Then feasibly Corran Horn and Gavin Darklighter from the E-wing onto the X-wing, etc.

However, I would not expect more pilots for the Wave 1 ships for some time. They have a lot to get through in the next 12 months while also providing entirely the occasional new ship.