I just started buying for a large x-wing set and was curious how many of each ship I would need to be able to build every possible squad. Even at lowest level. I have 9 tie fighters and think that at this point I could probably get rid of one of those right? just looking for I guess the "Ultimate set". Thanks

If you are talking about within 100pts, you need the following: I believe my counts for Wave 3 are correct, obviously if not, feel free to correct me. Clearly, a few of them you have to guess at since the cheapest ship hasnt been spoiled yet.

8 TIEs

5 TIE Interceptors

4 TIE Advanced

3 Firespray-31

5? TIE Bomber (Wave 3)

4? Lambda-Class Shuttle (Wave 3)

4 X-Wings

5 Y-Wings

5 A-Wings

3 YT-1300

4? B-Wing (Wave 3)

5? HWK-290 (Wave 3)

Other point levels all you have to do is divide the points total by the cheapest copy of the ship and round down.

Awesome that is exactly what I am looking for. Perfect list thank you. I am so excited for wave 3 and will see how that goes. Oh yeah guess I could have just done the math. Thanks for the help

i don't understand why people say you need multiples of each ship...you really don't....in tournaments its 100 points. If you buy one of each ship (do buy the stand alone x-wing and tie fighter the cards are worth it) you will be fine. 4 of each ship is a waste of money in my opinion.

There may be the "ultimate set" where you own everything you could possibly need for any combination but then there is probably a much more practical set that will build 75% or more of the wings you'd really consider but using far fewer ships.

i don't understand why people say you need multiples of each ship...you really don't....in tournaments its 100 points. If you buy one of each ship (do buy the stand alone x-wing and tie fighter the cards are worth it) you will be fine. 4 of each ship is a waste of money in my opinion.

it depends on what squads u play. 4 of every ship is overkill imo but if u have unlimited funds, go for it.

id buy smart and look at all the "likely' squads you would play and go from there.

ive got 8ties, 3 intercepters, 2 slave 1's and 2 tie advanced and i have all the ships i need to build the squads i like to play.

ive got extras of rebel ships too... 5 X-Wings (a few were showing pretty bad wear on the pegs), 2 Y-Wings, 2 A-Wings, 2 Falcons and thats plenty enough options for me at this time.

as for wave3 im going to adopt a 2 of each small ship approach and just a single shuttle to start with.

There is no right answer here, just get enough for what you like to field. I play both factions and I wanted enough to supply all the ships in the game if needed. So I ended up with 4-8 of each fighter and 2 falcons, 3 slave 1s. Wave three will add 4 of each fighter and 2 each of the shuttles.

I would like to have a reason to field more balanced fleets. Mostly fighters followed by support craft and have missions to go along with that. I wish, hope, want, have asked for... a scenario book from FFG and hopefully they'll come out with one.

Having said that, I don't play competition but for fun. I like 3 or 4 X-Wings and 2 Y-Wings or 6 or 7 Ties and 2 Interceptors, etc... Heck I'd like to field everything at once with a mission, 4 X-Wings, 2 Y-Wings, 2 A-Wings, (not sure how the B-Wings will fit in). I've never fielded more than 1 large ship per side though I have played with both YT-1300 and Firespray on the same board.

With missions you don't have to worry about killing every single ship so you could field a few more and not delay the game too much. Can you imaging 4 or 5 Tie Bombers in a single flight?

Hey FFG, I respectfully ask for a book of 50 Missions. Just think we would need at least 2 of every ship (not large ships please) to play all the missions.

In general I think two of each ship is enough, greettings.

I am a beginner here also, my plan is 2 core set, then 2 Tie Interceptor, 2 A-wings, 1 y-wing and 1 Tie Advanced.

From there start to build list and then see what else I need.

Personally I am probably going to end up buying a lot of ships over time. My preference is towards imperials so I will be probably be getting as many of every small ship as you could field in 100pts and 1 or 2 of each large ship. For the Rebels I will get a reasonable smattering of everything, probably 2 or 3 or each small ship plus a falcon. I am interested in playing both sides but I do really love the imperials so I am going to get what is more or less a "full set"

I currently have 2 core sets, 1 x-wing, 1 tie, 2 interceptors, 1 advanced tie, slave 1, millenium falcon, 1 y-wing (I want another) 2 a-wings. I can do anything I want with this set.

bottom line get what you want... buy as much as you want... I personally based mine on every 100 point squad combination.. with a few additional ships to even the numbers up..lol basically what hida 77 said with two core sets and 6 each of all the fighters except the ties.. 8 of them...

I'm with the opinion of get what you want. I prefer to play rebels, but have a decent number of Imperial ships as well. Three total x and y wings, one Falcon and one A-wing. I'll likely pick up two more A-wings so I have an equal amount of each fighter. I'll definitely pick up at least one of each wave 3 ship.