So I have seen a couple of 500 point lists, but not many 300 point ones.

And, for my money, when I tried building an epic list even 500 points filled up really fast.

So how do you guys feel about 300 points? I know its 50% bigger than standard, but it still felt small to me.

I feel good about 300 points. You do have to make tough decisions, but with scenario objectives your game should be done within an hour and a half. I find the extra 100 points to be enough for a huge ship + escort. The size of the escort depends on whether you have a corvette or smaller huge ship.

In 500 points I think about different elements of my squad performing specific objectives or goals, but I find 300 points doesn't have enough points for flexibility, so I have to choose ships that are inherently flexible, and not designed for one purpose. For example, I'm comfortable with Trajectory Simulator TIE punishers in a 500 point squad, but they give me pause in a 300 point squad.

300 pts is more scenarios, which means they are dependent on what the scenario is. I can see not using a Huge ship for that type of a game. Or.....using one of the cheap support ships, like the football (GR-75).

I am hoping to try out one of those games this week.