All I want for wave IV is single pack V-19 Torrents and anything with Hondo Okhana in.

Alrighty, here are my two cents:

I agree with a lot of people who are saying that more squadron packs are coming. I actually think squadron packs is the solution to how FFG will be streamlining rereleases. What's more pressing is cannon stuff. In particular, the ships seen in the movies.

Wave 4 should therefore be:

Rebels: 2x A-wings, 1 B-wing. I'm almost certain about this one.

In hindsight: Half points for this one

Empire: 2x Interceptors and 1 Bomber. I'm less certain about this but they could always release fancy repainted single bombers and interceptors later.

In hindsight: out to lunch

Then for the other factions I think FFG will go with this a bunch of singles:

Scum: No clue. There's a Quadjumper in TFA though...

In hindsight: Turned our to be nothing

Resistance: Rerelease of the Heroes set (gotta have a black T-70) Same sculpt for the Falcon, folding wings on the T-70.

In hindsight: Major FFG curveball here. No points for this one

First Order: Tie Silencer (resized) and/or Spec Forces Tie

In hindsight: Nailed that one

Republic: N1. Maybe 2 in a squadron pack with 1 Y-Wing.

In hindsight: Half point for this one

CIS: Hyena bomber

In hindsight: Nailed that one

This said, aside from my OT predictions, I really don't know which direction FFG's going to take with their release schedule. There's just so much to put out there.

In hindsight: out of 7 predictions I give myself 4 points. Let’s see if I do better for wave 5!

Tycho Celchu. Cmon ffg, you know you wanna make it happen.

1 hour ago, TheBendhu said:

Alrighty, here are my two cents:

I agree with a lot of people who are saying that more squadron packs are coming. I actually think squadron packs is the solution to how FFG will be streamlining rereleases. What's more pressing is cannon stuff. In particular, the ships seen in the movies.

Wave 4 should therefore be:

Rebels: 2x A-wings, 1 B-wing. I'm almost certain about this one.

Empire: 2x Interceptors and 1 Bomber. I'm less certain about this but they could always release fancy repainted single bombers and interceptors later.

Then for the other factions I think FFG will go with this a bunch of singles:

Scum: No clue. There's a Quadjumper in TFA though...

Resistance: Rerelease of the Heroes set (gotta have a black T-70) Same sculpt for the Falcon, folding wings on the T-70.

First Order: Tie Silencer (resized) and/or Spec Forces Tie

Republic: N1. Maybe 2 in a squadron pack with 1 Y-Wing.

CIS: Hyena bomber

This said, aside from my OT predictions, I really don't know which direction FFG's going to take with their release schedule. There's just so much to put out there.

Rebel Falcon needs to be re-released before or along side anything else for Rebels. It is Hyperspace legal and there is no way other than resell purchase + conversion kit for new players to acquire it.

Rebels: Millennium Falcon & B-WINGS

Imperials: TIE Defender

Scum: HWK-290

Resistance: Resistance Transport & Heroes of the Resistance update

First Order: First Order Interceptor (from Resistance TV show ~ it’s Red)

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/First_Order_TIE_Interceptor

CIS: Firespray (Jango Fett’s Slave 1)

New Republic: ETA-2

I'd figure they want to get all factions up to five ship options for Hyperspace if possible. And considering the waves thus far have ranged from 6-10, not counting manuver dial upgrades this would be my best guesses.

Republic: BTL-B Y-Wing, V-Wing

CIS: Hyena Bomber, Tri Droid Starfighter

Rebels: B-Wing

Imperials: Tie Brute

Resistance: Resistance Bomber/Resistance Transport

FO: Tie Silencer

Scum: Nothing

Republic and CIS need more ships, ditto with the ST era ships so I'm sure they will be the ones getting most of the attention. Plus it means that FFG pushes new hotness items that people will want to check out more than rereleases. Adding a bomber and interceptor to Republic and CIS list building seems a good way to expand them.

We've seen the Tie Silencer's new model, or a render of it, and it has new pilots in the conversion kit so it would make sense they would push that out next for the FO. I doubt we'd get the TIE/fo Interceptor unless FFG got a fair bit of lead time on getting the info on that ship to design it already, so at the very least if the FO gets something it will be a rerelease. The Resistance bomber likewise makes sense for the Resistance though they could likely just rerelease the Resistance Bomber since again we get new pilots for it too in the conversion kit. We could get the Resistance Transport since that likely could have a gimmick to let you fly either it as the transport or transport pod and would give a small coordinate ship for that faction, possibly with the chance to add some droid crew to trigger 3PO with.

Rebels could get the Falcon, but if they were to give us a fancy new B-Wing model that had some model gimmick like the X-Wings it might make it sell better to people with them than the Falcon would as older players already have it, and going off the assumption of them wanting 5 ships per faction for hyperspace they'd likely want a new ship added too. And, if they release the Tie Brute and B-Wing in the same way they could mirror each other as a cannon based ship adding new cannon options to the game, and of course releasing a new ship for the Empire would mean new sales overall compared to a rerelease.

Scum, they have more ships than the other factions both in extended and hyperspace so they could likely sit out a wave just fine.

I think they might hold off on the B-Wing to see what needs to be done with it. I don’t doubt the A-Wing is getting a repackaging, and will probably get double talent slots and possibly a Configuration that may allow it to try to pull an RZ-2 firing arc pivot at a risk of jamming. Tycho would be nice to see, but I think the days of Tycho collecting 20+ stress tokens are over. His ability will probably end up being limited to no more than 3 stress tokens.

Tie Bomber will be my guess for Empire, and/possibly the shuttle. Something easy.

Scum I’m still hoping they do a Vraksai at some point, but I think we’re likely to see the Scyk or Khyraxxz get repackaged.

Resistance maybe the ugly B-Wing transport from TFA, while First Order will probably be Specialist Tie. I’m at a loss for nouns on the Seperatist and Republic.

Rebels might get the Falcon (considering it is Hyperspace legal)

Empire should get the TIE Bomber back

Scum has more ships to shake a ysarili stick at.

1stOrder I am guessing one of the ships that are already in Hyperspace (unless the next movies comes up with something different)

Ditto for Resistance.

I think Republic and Separatists are the only thing that will bring something new to X-wing. We might even get the N1 Starfighter finally. Or they could just give us the other ship in the squadron pack.

imperials need bombers, ffg might give them intercepters.

rebels need B-Wings and A-Wings, ffg may give them the falcon.

scum dont need anything right away but could get the Z-95 (extra pilots would be cool... not sure if ffg would be down with adding new pilots for both scum and rebels but why not?)

6 hours ago, It’s One Of Ours said:

I don’t doubt the A-Wing is getting a repackaging, and will probably get double talent slots and possibly a Configuration that may allow it to try to pull an RZ-2 firing arc pivot at a risk of jamming.

**** it. Now you've got me wanting a config card that adds a "rotate arc and role attack die, on a HIT give this ship a disarm token" or something along those lines.

My guess is OT factions only. 2 ships per faction. Potentially first wave without scum.

Rebels:

Falcon - is legal in hyperspace

A-Wing - came out with the falcon last time. Rebels also currently have no light fighters.

Empire:

Bomber - currently no heavy fighter. Will give them some firpower.

Lambda - Big base ship, and a second option for crew carrier.

For CIS:

Hyena Bomber : http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hyena-class_bomber

Sheathipede Shuttle: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sheathipede-class_transport_shuttle

(The Sheathipede Shuttle is in the game as Phantom II)

Starfighters of the CIS:

History of the CIS:

I NEED THE TIE BRUTE!

I don't know why, but I just want it. Something like this;

@Kehl_Aecea , unfortunately, I think it's unlikely we'll get even two ships per faction per wave.

7 factions.

7 ships a wave.

Maybe.

Wave 4 candidates - the short version, all reprints except republic and CIS.

Rebels: most likely yt1300 reprint due to hyperspace rules, Awing and bwing are also possible

Imperial: Lambda reprint? If anything I think the empire will be skipped this wave since they got striker reprints in 3 and Rebels got left out in 3.

Scum: something reprinted, possibly the scum Y, otherwise maybe a reprint of the hwk for moldy crow without buying a conversion? I have no idea here really, unlike the others it’s a blind guess

Resistance: yt1300 for sure. For one, the conversion kit lacks force talents, so they have to have some way to get Rey into the game with non-core set talents like predictive shot or brilliant evasion. The bomber is a maybe.

First Order: Silencer or Upsilon, especially because the kit mentions “here’s stuff from these expansions”.

For folks with conversion kits, I expect no new pilots and likely minimal new upgrades that aren’t introduced in a squadron pack or conversion kit.

new stuff now:

Republic: maybe the v19 single blister, or possibly the clone wars era Ywing.

CIS: hyena bomber is a logical choice

8th faction: skipray blastboat

ship: skipray blastboat

attack rating: skipray blastboat

They might conceivably skip Empire and Scum for Wave IV and put out 5-7 releases (depending on whether CIS and Republic get one or two each).

I'm expecting Rebel Falcon, FO Silencer and Resistance Bomber, at any rate.

7 hours ago, Okapi said:

They might conceivably skip Empire and Scum for Wave IV and put out 5-7 releases (depending on whether CIS and Republic get one or two each).

I'm expecting Rebel Falcon, FO Silencer and Resistance Bomber, at any rate.

i think scum might miss the next wave. theyre ahead of the other factions.if they get anything it will be the z-95 but without Bossk's ship maybe they are planning to release them together in a scum expansion at a later date. that makes sense.

1 minute ago, Da_Brown_Bomber said:

i think scum might miss the next wave. theyre ahead of the other factions.if they get anything it will be the z-95 but without Bossk's ship maybe they are planning to release them together in a scum expansion at a later date. that makes sense.

(Scum Z-95 is coming in wave 3)

1 minute ago, Maui. said:

(Scum Z-95 is coming in wave 3)

@Da_Brown_Bomber ^ https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/11/9/enter-the-clone-wars/

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/x-wing-second-edition/products/z-95-af4-headhunter-expansion-pack/

The republic's next ship should be a designated bomber or crew ship, I'd think? Separatists already have a bit of both, presumably, in the Infiltrator, though the Hyena is decently likely as has been pointed out.

Nobody thinks we'll get the LAAT quite yet?

Either way, Falcon/Silencer/Starfortress seem likely enough, given Hyperspace legality for the first, and the whole deal with missing SKUs and separate packaging within the conversion kits for the latter two. It's anybody's guess if they'll push more Prequel era immediately or focus on OT rereleases (or both ), though I wouldn't expect any new new ST stuff until Wave 5 or 6, closer to Ep IX.

3 minutes ago, SpiderMana said:

The republic's next ship should be a designated bomber or crew ship  , I'd think? Separatists already have a bit of both, presumably, in the Infiltrator, though the Hyena is decently likely as has been pointed out.

Nobody thinks we'll get the LAAT quite yet? 

Either way, Falcon/Silencer/Starfortress seem likely enough, given Hyperspace legality for the first, and the whole deal with missing SKUs and separate packaging within the conversion kits for the latter two. It's anybody's guess if they'll push more Prequel era immediately or focus on OT rereleases (or both ), though I wouldn't expect any new new ST stuff until Wave 5 or 6, closer to Ep IX.    

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Nu-class_transport

LAAT will probably be after the Nu, if ever.