8 minutes ago, TheCeilican said:

Step 1: don't 'have' a faction. Why lock yourself out from having as much as possible?

That's an important point!

I enjoy certain list and ship types the most, and they are faction independent. It's usually the (heavy) interceptor style ships in some way (hence the Dragoon) and/or swarms. At the moment, empire, resistance and republic have the ships that are most fun for me. But I'll likely go back to snapshot RZ1 Awings later this year, and the silencer is always interesting.

Happy Friday!

Hmmm....I have most of the factions, but I still stick with just a few of them. I'm into Empire, Scum, and Confederates (I mean Separatists). I still enjoy the game with them.

I wonder, Cubanboy, is hyperspace restrictions making it perhaps a bit boring for some people? I never play that way, but I recall you saying that a lot of your locals do. You keep talking about when a new ships is re-released that "Yeah, we can fly the x again!". I keep thinking.....why did you ever stop? 😃 Maybe only playing the restricted lists are getting old for some people? I mean the rules are out there for all the ships. Why not fly them?

I tried to get by on just 4 factions all converted from kits, but the resistance sucked me in anyway with their large number of high initiative pilots to choose from — and I happen to like Ace play. I can take 4 I5s with a bid? Yes please!

I am still having fun in 2.0, but mostly because I try all the factions. Right after points drop I was having fun with 2x IG2000 plus Lando falcon with IGD. My first Hyperspace event I went with was a (now illegal) squad leader Null, QD, and fanatical FOs to fill the list.

I’m less worried about not getting new ships until all the old ones are out — I couldn’t afford to keep up so many factions with fresh content every wave! I am however worried about must have upgrades that make my ships better being locked behind new factions.

2 minutes ago, ScummyRebel said:

I am however worried about must have upgrades that make my ships better being locked behind new factions.

There has been more noise about the card packs.....so maybe they will come up with those soon for you. Hopefully.

I'm not faction locked. I've been pretty successful with Empire, Scum, Resistance and recently placed top 8 at a trials with Republic. Empire got a huge hyperspace bump by including Fel and bombers so there's a reason to look back there again. I bought into CIS but haven't cracked the boxes yet. Just been having too much fun with Republic lists.

I main Galactic Empire, with a side of First Order. There are so many ships to try between those two factions, but every time I open up my case I go, "Ooh! TIE strikers!" So I think it's safe to say that I'm not tired of my factions yet. TIE strikers are my favorite ship in the Empire, while the Upsilon is my favorite ship in the First Order. I should branch out more within my factions, but as long as I'm having fun I won't stress about that.

55 minutes ago, heychadwick said:

There has been more noise about the card packs.....so maybe they will come up with those soon for you. Hopefully.

Seeing them in legion makes me hopeful. I just don’t want it to be another year of waiting first. Hopefully it’s Wave 6 and includes all the prequel only cards that any faction can use.

I also want my epic conversions for wave 6.

I started playing to fly Imperials, but have not been that thrilled with 3 TIEs and 2 Advanceds. Will see if that remains true now that I've got Interceptors, a Phantom and a Defender.

I want an Assault Gunboat but alas I can't justify spending the market price on them.

I have been 100% Scum since they were introduced.

Since 2.0 has come out I have been playing other factions more and more. At this point I think I've become faction neutral.

Took Imperial Aces to a top 8 finish at a HS Trial so yes, I'm still in on Empire.

I've got 6 factions right now. I'm holding off on the Republic until ships I like are released. I have indeed used all 6 since 2.0 has been released, though some much less than others.

6 hours ago, flooze said:

Comparing leia organa to contraband cybernetics makes me laugh...

🤨 If by laugh you mean along the lines of "What the ever lovin **** were they thinking when they decided this was a good idea?" style of laughter I'm with you on it. Otherwise it makes me want to vomit.

1 hour ago, Hiemfire said:

🤨 If by laugh you mean along the lines of "What the ever lovin **** were they thinking when they decided this was a good idea?" style of laughter I'm with you on it. Otherwise it makes me want to vomit.

You are on my side...

In 1.0 I played Rebels and Scum, with brief dabbling into the Empire. Now that I’ve gotten back into 2.0, I am loving the Republic. I’ve wanted prequel ships for a while, and my favorite pilots have historically been slippery arc dodgers (Tycho, and Soontir when I went Empire), and what else do I have to say except: Anakin.

I'm still a Rebel player at heart, but I've had a lot of fun playing S&V lately, and that was my least-played faction in First Edition.

Oh, happy Friday!

I've said this before: what is this "faction, singular" nonsense?

I have ships; I fly ships. Only problem is not having enough time to fly more ships!

Yesterday, for Heroes of the Aturi Cluster, we flew 2 X-wings, one B-wing, one Hawk and a Transport against one Tie Phantom, one Lambda, 3 Interceptors, and 6 TIE Fighters.

Meanwhile, the other half of our playgroup flew one A-wing, 2 B-wings, and two X-wings against 3 bombers, 3 x1s, a pile of TIE Fighters and an entire refuelling station and it's Turbolaser turrets!

We have 3 missions left before we have to decide if we will use the 2nd ed rules next play through.

My local meta is all Rebellion and Republic. So let's just say that I'm a bit frustrated with Scum right now.

I'm taking a break partially because I still couldn't figure out what faction was for me (or list type, for that matter). I tend to like Interceptor-class ships and am good at using them in video games, but can't seem to get the hang of them at all in X-Wing. I guess I haven't really tried a big tough ship outside of the Lambda shuttle, I keep looking at the Falcon, but I haven't decided what to do with it yet.

I started with Resistance and Scum, but I have flown Scum only two times since the pts changes (I love Boba but believe that they overnerfed him). Grew weary of Resistance's bidding war, so I fully switched to CIS which I mono faction since the release and I'm having a blast. I also want to try some Republic lists, but Vultures are too much fun atm for me to leave them at home.

Converted my Rebels and Resistance, and have been enjoying them both quite a bit. If the Rebels aren't quite doing the more Ace-like stuff, I can switch to Resistance, and if I'm feeling like putting more ships down, The Rebels are there to allow that. I've been messing around with the Republic as well. They are interesting to work with for sure. Still getting the hang of Dodging arc's, but even when they explode, I still love my Delta-7's.

2 hours ago, Gilarius said:

I've said this before: what is this "faction, singular" nonsense?

I have ships; I fly ships. Only problem is not having enough time to fly more ships!

So, time is definitely a factor in me basically only flying 2 factions (Empire with some F/O), but I just like TIE's, the Imperial play style, and the most interesting (IMO) force users (at least in HS, for now), Kylo and Vader.

6 hours ago, Parakitor said:

There are so many ships to try between those two factions, but every time I open up my case I go, "Ooh! TIE strikers!"

I resemble this remark.

Ill craft some funky thing involving two X1’s, a v1 and a Lambda. Plan on flying it at the store. Then get there and start setting up and next thing you know I’ve swapped out all the ships for Strikers and Interceptors.

Or lately Jedi. Always two of them, there are. And some other stuff (usually)

I'm loving the faction splitting. Each one feels more like their own stylized piece of the game. I also think they feel more balanced and I'm having more fun switching between the ones I have (Rebel, Empire, CIS, and FO). Well except the first order I guess. I just converted them because I owned all the ships, but I think they were better as empire lol.

28 minutes ago, impspy said:

So, time is definitely a factor in me basically only flying 2 factions (Empire with some F/O), but I just like TIE's, the Imperial play style, and the most interesting (IMO) force users (at least in HS, for now), Kylo and Vader.

So from 2.0 launch (really since the Nymranda meta where I went full pariah and said screw the meta) I’ve been about 85% Empire 10% Rebel and 5% Scum.

Then Republic dropped and it’s been about 25 Republic games, 1 empire, and 1 Scum game. That will change, and it’ll probably be close parity between Empire and Republic.

I honestly don’t even know what place Rebels have for me. Maybe if RZ-1 gets good…

But the reality is that the Jedi give me a very familiar style of play, that of the Interceptor, with less ‘the dice just hosed me’. They really are like Empire for me, just with shields

15 minutes ago, millertime059 said:

So from 2.0 launch (really since the Nymranda meta where I went full pariah and said screw the meta) I’ve been about 85% Empire 10% Rebel and 5% Scum.

Then Republic dropped and it’s been about 25 Republic games, 1 empire, and 1 Scum game. That will change, and it’ll probably be close parity between Empire and Republic.

I honestly don’t even know what place Rebels have for me. Maybe if RZ-1 gets good…

But the reality is that the Jedi give me a very familiar style of play, that of the Interceptor, with less ‘the dice just hosed me’. They really are like Empire for me, just with shields

yep, those top jedi pilots such as anakin and mace play like improved push the limit interecepters... so much repositioning capability and dice mods both on attack and defense and shields.