Wasn't it a thing that ships depicted on cards in one wave came out as their own ship in the following wave?

That's from Anakin's Aethersprite cards by the way.

I noticed that too. I believe the Scyk appeared on card art before it was released. On the other hand, we're still, four years on, waiting on that Scum ship Etahn/Gavin is shooting at.

It's a bit confirmation bias-y, but yeah. Eventually it seems we get all the ships hidden away in the art.

By the same token, the N-1 starfighter is prominent in at least one of the Vulture Droid's cards and there's something that might be a Hyena Droid Bomber in one of the ARC-170 cards (or it might just be the ARC itself in shadow/rendered quite darkly, I can't tell).

17 minutes ago, Okapi said:

I noticed that too. I believe the Scyk appeared on card art before it was released. On the other hand, we're still, four years on, waiting on that Scum ship Etahn/Gavin is shooting at.

Gavin's a weird case because I don't think the ship in that artwork is actually from anything. I certainly don't recognise it. It kinda very slightly looks like a Toscan Fighter , but it's not close enough for me to think that's what it's supposed to be.

I highly doubt we're ever going to see that ship just because I don't think it's 'real'.

Honestly, I think it's confirmation bias. It's happened a bunch of times, but ships have also appeared on cards which haven't been published for ages, if ever. It's not remotely reliable.

1 hour ago, thespaceinvader said:

Honestly, I think it's confirmation bias. It's happened a bunch of times, but ships have also appeared on cards which haven't been published for ages, if ever. It's not remotely reliable.

Oh, which ones? Except for the nonexistant Gavin ship, that is. The Scyk appeared on card art and showed up in the following wave, or maybe the next one after that.

Viktor Hel's card has ships which have never been in the game. E: in 1e. Haven't check to see if 2e is the same artwork.

13 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

Viktor Hel's card has ships which have never been in the game. E: in 1e. Haven't check to see if 2e is the same artwork.

Aren't these atmospheric patrol craft? Would look weird in game... Then again, there's a quad jumper and a wookie chopper already, so who knows..

2 minutes ago, takfar said:

Aren't these atmospheric patrol craft? Would look weird in game... Then again, there's a quad jumper and a wookie chopper already, so who knows..

The LAAT/e are primarily intended for atmospheric use but can travel to space. Ezra used one to fly to a capital ship in orbit.

It's similar to the LAAT/i used by the clone troopers in the prequels. They need to be launched from a capital ship in orbit but are primarily used for landing troops on the ground while clearing the LZ. The LAAT/e also has a secondary use similar to police helicopters in our world.

Are there any examples of recognisable, we-know-what-those-are, they-should-be-in-x-wing ships not coming the wave after they were glimpsed?

Of course, it would be very surprising if the N1 and Y-Wing weren't in the next wave anyway.

11 minutes ago, mazz0 said:

Are there any examples of recognisable, we-know-what-those-are, they-should-be-in-x-wing ships not coming the wave after they were glimpsed?

Of course, it would be very surprising if the N1 and Y-Wing weren't in the next wave anyway.

I would love it if every wave after 4 had a ship for all 7 factions, but we all know its not gonna be that clean and simple, especially with Squadron packs hitting now.

39 minutes ago, CaptainIxidor said:

The LAAT/e are primarily intended for atmospheric use but can travel to space. Ezra used one to fly to a capital ship in orbit.

It's similar to the LAAT/i used by the clone troopers in the prequels. They need to be launched from a capital ship in orbit but are primarily used for landing troops on the ground while clearing the LZ. The LAAT/e also has a secondary use similar to police helicopters in our world.

Thanks for the extra data, yes. Again, these would look weird in a dogfighting game. But we've seen weird stuff before.

1 hour ago, mazz0 said:

Are there any examples of recognisable, we-know-what-those-are, they-should-be-in-x-wing ships not coming the wave after they were glimpsed?

Of course, it would be very surprising if the N1 and Y-Wing weren't in the next wave anyway.

Hmm, Y-Wing seems incredibly likely but I don't know if the N-1 is guaranteed.

Between the V-Wing, V-19 and Delta-7 the Republic already has a wealth of small, agile 2 attack dice fighters (guessing at the V-Wing there). And while the Eta-2 is likely to be three attack dice, I can't say that for sure and it is otherwise very similar.

With the nippy and medium base (the ARC) ships taken care of, the Republic need a bomber (the Y-Wing) and I would argue either a large base or a support ship. Very possibly both.

My guess would be either the Nu-class or Theta-class shuttle, or Anakin's Twilight.

N-1 might make sense as an opponent for the Trade Fed skin Vulture though, so I might be talking out my *** here.

Equally, in my view, Seps getting the Sheathipede as support and Hyena as an ordnance carrier seem like the best bet for their next wave.

You may be right about N1 not coming next wave due to gameplay making it lesser priority, but it’s too iconic not to come at all (and pretty early you’d think). As you say, Y-Wing is likely, and they will no doubt want a big ship too (shiny Naboo chrome - fingers crossed).

8 hours ago, Okapi said:

I noticed that too. I believe the Scyk appeared on card art before it was released. On the other hand, we're still, four years on, waiting on that Scum ship Etahn/Gavin is shooting at.

Intimidation is the card. It came out before the Scum release (wave 6), and it featured the M3-A on it.

4 hours ago, GuacCousteau said:

Hmm, Y-Wing seems incredibly likely but I don't know if the N-1 is guaranteed.

Between the V-Wing, V-19 and Delta-7 the Republic already has a wealth of small, agile 2 attack dice fighters (guessing at the V-Wing there). And while the Eta-2 is likely to be three attack dice, I can't say that for sure and it is otherwise very similar.

With the nippy and medium base (the ARC) ships taken care of, the Republic need a bomber (the Y-Wing) and I would argue either a large base or a support ship. Very possibly both.

My guess would be either the Nu-class or Theta-class shuttle, or Anakin's Twilight.

N-1 might make sense as an opponent for the Trade Fed skin Vulture though, so I might be talking out my *** here.

Equally, in my view, Seps getting the Sheathipede as support and Hyena as an ordnance carrier seem like the best bet for their next wave.

CIS could get trifighter with the hyena. Hyena is a shoo-in in my mind, but they’ve got a few options for second place.

well there is still a lot of source material out there.

For the Republic Y-wing I expect an Armored Y-wing where it has mostly the same stats but Agility of 0 and the dial is like the 1st edition Y-wing dial. The Ship special ability is Armored Plating, every time you would take a damage in combat reduce that damage by 1 to a minimum of 1. So no agility but like a permanent 360 reinforce, and only 2 blue maneuvers (1 straight, 2 straight)

Armoured Y Wing just getting a ship ability for a red reinforce after an action would be cool.

But give it only the 1 and 2 straight for blues and you're basically making it unplayable without R4 Astro. FFG have learned that lesson, even the DEFENDER got blue banks.

Republic Y-wing is comming, its just a question when. They even future proofed the rebel/Scum y-wing with putting the BTL-A4 title on the cards/dial. I would also bet good money on the N1 flying in soon.

Something that is reeeally interesting, is if that's Darth Malgus on one of the cards in the Sith Infiltrator expansion?

11 hours ago, mazz0 said:

Wasn't it a thing that ships depicted on cards in one wave came out as their own ship in the following wave?

Short version: no.

Longer version: the designers want every possible Star Wars ship in this game, and they also need a lot of different art for all the various upgrade cards. And it gets really boring to not depict a huge variety of ships on those upgrade cards.

It also seems likely that they'd be inspired to use art for ships they're working on a wave or two in the future.

But I don't think this is any kind of Easter egg or anything.

1 hour ago, thespaceinvader said:

Armoured Y Wing just getting a ship ability for a red reinforce after an action would be cool.

But give it only the 1 and 2 straight for blues and you're basically making it unplayable without R4 Astro. FFG have learned that lesson, even the DEFENDER got blue banks.

Well it wouldn't be a red reinforce it would be a permanent reinforce (but 0 agility so even out). Well the astro auto-include might be cause for some concern but with the flexible point spread the pilot upgrade combo could still be viable. Also you could just have pilot abilities that shed stress so there isn't a reliance on blue maneuvers.

1 hour ago, Dwing said:

Something that is reeeally interesting, is if that's Darth Malgus on one of the cards in the Sith Infiltrator expansion?

Literally HOW?

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I still maintain that when we get it, the Y-Wing should be Medium base. This is especially true if it is to get the reinforce action- which, honestly, it should.

2 minutes ago, Marinealver said:

Well it wouldn't be a red reinforce it would be a permanent reinforce (but 0 agility so even out). Well the astro auto-include might be cause for some concern but with the flexible point spread the pilot upgrade combo could still be viable. Also you could just have pilot abilities that shed stress so there isn't a reliance on blue maneuvers.

That implies the Republic Era Y-Wing had a thicker and more durable hull than many frigates...

2 minutes ago, Hiemfire said:

That implies the Republic Era Y-Wing had a thicker and more durable hull than many frigates...

So what you're saying is that the Firespray and Decimator, craft below 50m in total space taken, have a thicker and more durable hull that most frigates?