Could you guys suggest what would be the optimal point limit for my friend and I to play, considering my collection ?

2xStarter sets (4xTie Fighter, 2x X-Wing)

Tie Bomber

B WIng

Hawk

I keep reading about 100pt games, and the main rule book mentions a 31 point limit if playing with starter contents only.

I was thinking 50pt? 75 point ?

What do you folks think ?

100 point games are good fun and generally the standard.

with what you have, you can get to 100 points, though it'd be a bit trickier on the imperial side to put up a good fight. I'd recommend grabbing a standard TIE booster as the cheapest way to even out the teams at 100 points

But is 50 or 75 considered fair and balanced ?

But is 50 or 75 considered fair and balanced ?

it really depends on what ships you have available for each faction. u r really lacking the ships to make many of the 100pt imperials lists that would be competitive. id recommend investing in a tie-expansion and x-wing expansion pack as a minimum... grabbing a y-wing and tie-advanced would also be useful but not a priority right away.

if u were sticking just with ur current ships id say 60-75pts would be ok, although without the name pilots for the tie-fighter u r missing out on quite a few options.

imo to run 100pt squads u need a minimum of...

IMPERIALS

5x tie-fighter (7 or 8 lets you run a full swarm list)

1x tie-advanced (vader gives u more options for those 100pt squads)

1-2x tie-intercepter

1x Slave 1

REBELS

3-4x X-Wings (including one x-wing expansion... 3 highly recommended if ur running 100pt squads)

1-2x Y-Wing (having a HWK-290 already makes this less of a priority right now)

1x A-Wing (lowish priority put you do get the Push the Limit upgrade with it)

1x Falcon

I think 75 would be fine for you!

agreed, u could play 75pt games, its just a bit restrictive as to how you make ur squad with the ships you have...

Pilot Options are:

2x Academy Pilot

2x Obsidian Pilot

2x Black Squadron Pilot (Elite Skill Slot)

1x Dark Curse

1x Mauler Mithel (Elite Skill Slot)

1x Night Beast

core set only has Marksmanship and Determination upgrades that can be used by tie-fighter pilots (the rest r R2 units and torps for rebels)

That single Bomber will see lots of play in all your imperial squads but it looks like u will be fine with only Bomber + 4x Tie Fighter models for imperials.

Your rebel options are also a bit limited but u should have no problem spending 75pts to make a rebel squad either

BUT when u can get 1x tie-fighter expansion and 1x X-Wing expansion pack, they will give u loads more pilots for each faction (some of the best like Howlrunner and Wedge)