I see what you're saying, but the current ships seem balanced. They could use the same shippies in a new faction and limit the number of third faction ship releases.

My friend and I have discussed this ad nauseum.. We feel that a third faction would probably be all you would need. Forgetting about the different eras altogether (While I love all of Star Wars, I don't feel droid fighters alongside Ties fit with the spirit of the game), we think that there should be a Scoundrels faction. Whether that includes smugglers (like the YT), bounty hunters or whatever, a 3rd faction would make things interesting. We've even been thinking about different scenarios where a third faction would fit in perfectly.

The table is divided in half. The Rebels and Imperials each start off on opposite ends of the playing field, with the "Scoundrels" starting on the same side, but opposite corner from the Rebels. There is a supply cache of Bacta directly center of the field (5 container ships worth). All players are vying for this precious supply, and must keep the other players from taking it. The player who is able to remove the most wins.

An added bit of nastiness would be to have the area mined with Proximity mines or the containers placed in the middle of an Asteroid field.

I like just having the 2 factions.

If you have more than that....it will make balancing the game a lot harder.

The supreme balance this game has is what I like the most about it and would hate to loose that aspect. (I come from warhammer)

It is going to be hard enough for them the more waves they bring out.

well iam from warhammer 40k aswell and games workshop is doing a great job on balancing like FFG did so far more faction never would scre the gameplay it would give X wing more flare and more possibilities. like for the youngsters and older players. the youngsters will be flieng the Republic or KUS for example while the older ones stick with thier Ties and XYZ_wings. speaking of pirates and CIVIL PLANETARY DEFENSE FORCES aswell ;P

well iam from warhammer 40k aswell and games workshop is doing a great job on balancing like FFG did so far more faction never would scre the gameplay it would give X wing more flare and more possibilities. like for the youngsters and older players. the youngsters will be flieng the Republic or KUS for example while the older ones stick with thier Ties and XYZ_wings. speaking of pirates and CIVIL PLANETARY DEFENSE FORCES aswell ;P

GW do a great job on game balance? Ahahahah hahahhahahaaaa.

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Ahhahahahahahahaa!

Also, please learn to use some spelling, grammar and punctuation. Trying to read what you write makes my head hurt.

Other factions will probably occur in time once they run out, or get close to running out of decent source material in the current time frame and forces for which they are working with currently. It makes sense to go that way if the game continues to remain popular and sell well.