Some more ramblings on Hyperspace, covering Empire and Scum https://nathanxwing.home.blog/2019/03/17/hyperspace-thoughts-march-19-part-2-of-2/

Fearless is an insult as a faction identity talent... Well written article.

Good read Nathan. As a scum only player I'm feeling the burn from the points increases. Every scum squad im thinking of playing just got a bit squishier.

I'm not seeing any respite for some time either. Its not all doom and gloom. Scum is still playable in both formats. People are just going to shy away from scum as a faction with what's on offer from the other factions. This ebb and flow of factions is of course a normal part of the game. Its just scums turn to sit outside the window looking in after enjoying quite high popularity for a time.

My guess is that FFG have scum stuff planned for a future rollout. Illicits need a buff and scum need some more ship options in hyperspace... yes scum falcon, fenn/Old Trench, escape craft, boba and mining guilds are all playable, they are just quite narrow to build many squads with. The soon to be released scum z-95 isn't gonna change anything, scum is definitely on the sidelines right now.

My plan coming into 2.0 was to remain a scum only player. I might need to alter my view on this if I want to play with what is the new hotness. Rather than stubbornly stick to scum, us scum players might need to jump to another faction until things right themselves again. Maybe ill dust off my old rebel ships. Luke and Wedge are pretty darn good right now. I don't own any U-Wings but I might get one if I decide to go into rebel squads again. XXXU with Leia is looking pretty strong just now.

I am a scum only player, for extended. Before 2.0 rolled out, I sold off all my Rebel stuff and small bit of Imperial stuff I had. When cleaning up, I found the Saws Renegades box I lost track of. Then the core set, and a single X-wing expansion and I fly Rebels for hyperspace.

Scum feels squishy to me in hyperspace. I have seen some interedting list, but none seem to be consistent enough.

On ‎3‎/‎17‎/‎2019 at 2:40 AM, Da_Brown_Bomber said:

Good read Nathan. As a scum only player I'm feeling the burn from the points increases. Every scum squad im thinking of playing just got a bit squishier.

I'm not seeing any respite for some time either. Its not all doom and gloom. Scum is still playable in both formats. People are just going to shy away from scum as a faction with what's on offer from the other factions. This ebb and flow of factions is of course a normal part of the game. Its just scums turn to sit outside the window looking in after enjoying quite high popularity for a time.

My guess is that FFG have scum stuff planned for a future rollout. Illicits need a buff and scum need some more ship options in hyperspace... yes scum falcon, fenn/Old Trench, escape craft, boba and mining guilds are all playable, they are just quite narrow to build many squads with. The soon to be released scum z-95 isn't gonna change anything, scum is definitely on the sidelines right now.

My plan coming into 2.0 was to remain a scum only player. I might need to alter my view on this if I want to play with what is the new hotness. Rather than stubbornly stick to scum, us scum players might need to jump to another faction until things right themselves again. Maybe ill dust off my old rebel ships. Luke and Wedge are pretty darn good right now. I don't own any U-Wings but I might get one if I decide to go into rebel squads again. XXXU with Leia is looking pretty strong just now.

Scum seems like the faction that is really under the radar because it has a lot of tools for the current meta, just that it can be very matchup dependent. Kashoka + Falcon Title makes the Resistance sad. Boba makes swarm sad. Teroch makes token stackers sad. Seevor makes everyone sad. The issue is that you have make a lot of list building judgement calls and if you are wrong on what the field will be, you are not going to do as well. But if you nail your meta prediction, you will clean faces.

44 minutes ago, Scott Pilgrim2 said:

Scum seems like the faction that is really under the radar because it has a lot of tools for the current meta, just that it can be very matchup dependent. Kashoka + Falcon Title makes the Resistance sad. Boba makes swarm sad. Teroch makes token stackers sad. Seevor makes everyone sad. The issue is that you have make a lot of list building judgement calls and if you are wrong on what the field will be, you are not going to do as well. But if you nail your meta prediction, you will clean faces.

Scum are natural gamblers