You know, with the new releases, a third faction might be emerging. A sort of pirate/lawless faction. The Firespray was commonly used by the pirate and lawless types, as was the headhunter. The Hawk and the yt are both fairly notorious for operating outside of legal boundaries. Match those up with a privateer own cr90, and you've got yourself a regular pirate fleet.
A third faction
Like the idea
Yarrr!
Those TIE wings look ridiculous...what faction used them?
Thanks? ANyone who could weld battlefield wreckage could have one, I suppose.
Pirates, privateers, smugglers, planetary defense squadrons, etc. If someone had Z95s, they could just as easily have Tyes.
HAH! Found them, they are called TYE-Wings:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TYE-wing
"TYE-wings were often found in the service of
pirates
, notably
Kavil's Corsairs
and others under the
Blazing Claw
sigil. They were also found in many private defensive fleets. Some were used by the
Imperial Remnant
."
Here's a list of other 'composite ships' or 'uglies':
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ugly
Does anyone remember the names of the ships pirate factions used in the games: TIE Fighter and Empire at War?
Edit:
Found the pirate ships from Empire at War:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rihkxyrk_assault_fighter
Some kit bash ideas for those pursuing a homebrew pirate faction:
X-Ceptor
Y-TIE
X-TIE
Z-Ceptor
Corellian BWing
Twi'lek Chir'daki
We might as well have a third faction at this point. Why not? We've got all the rebel and imperial ships we can really think of.
Well it was clear that Han Solo had no affiliations either way til that farmboy came along. Smugglers and Pirates could make a great new faction.
Those TIE wings look ridiculous...what faction used them?
many pirates would salvage the ships that thet pillaged. they would try and cause as little damage to the ship as possible, but sometimes parts from diffrent kinds of ships would be attached to replace damaged pieces.
Some kit bash ideas for those pursuing a homebrew pirate faction:
X-Ceptor
Y-TIE
X-TIE
None of these ships have engines.
Some kit bash ideas for those pursuing a homebrew pirate faction:
X-Ceptor
Y-TIE
X-TIE
None of these ships have engines.
If you saw the rearview you'd see they've jury-rigged TIE engines to the back of the fusulage of the ships. The removed the traditional engines in favor of an engine type that can be powered by the solar panels.
Those TIE wings look ridiculous...what faction used them?
many pirates would salvage the ships that thet pillaged. they would try and cause as little damage to the ship as possible, but sometimes parts from diffrent kinds of ships would be attached to replace damaged pieces.
Yeah I already covered that in a follow up post, I found the info and linked the relevant wiki article about the 'uglies' as they are called
I love my z-ceptor. That thing is awesome. I use a y-wing or bomber dial.
Starvipers are another ship option.
Starvipers remind me of the Tristan ships from EVE Online.
Have you made any models for Starvipers yet?
Starvipers remind me of the Tristan ships from EVE Online.
Have you made any models for Starvipers yet?
I ordered some from Shapeways. They arrive on Monday! Not sure what I'm going to do for paint yet.
The Y-Tie and the X-Ceptor are totally ridiculous, they don't even have a propulsion system!!
Concerning a new faction i would say if they bring a wave 5 it will have to be another faction. There are not a lot of ships left for Rebels and empire, so i would say they will have to look elsewhere for expansions!
The Y-Tie and the X-Ceptor are totally ridiculous, they don't even have a propulsion system!!
Concerning a new faction i would say if they bring a wave 5 it will have to be another faction. There are not a lot of ships left for Rebels and empire, so i would say they will have to look elsewhere for expansions!
URE WRONG WITH EMPIRE FIGHTERS !!!
tie hunter, tie sentinel, tie opressor, tie agressor , tie drone, tie interdictor, tie heavy bomber, tie scout, tie vanguard arent made and there are many more ties to come look at the wookipedia !!!
i want my tie agressor !!!
and dont forget the shadow squadron tie with terror trooper pilot with the boarding pod launchers !!!
so many fighters on empire side like predator and neutrolizer class fighters
i like the idea of a pirate faction and maybe even planetary defense forces as 4th faction
The Y-Tie and the X-Ceptor are totally ridiculous, they don't even have a propulsion system!!
Concerning a new faction i would say if they bring a wave 5 it will have to be another faction. There are not a lot of ships left for Rebels and empire, so i would say they will have to look elsewhere for expansions!
URE WRONG WITH EMPIRE FIGHTERS !!!
tie hunter, tie sentinel, tie opressor, tie agressor , tie drone, tie interdictor, tie heavy bomber, tie scout, tie vanguard arent made and there are many more ties to come look at the wookipedia !!!
i want my tie agressor !!!
and dont forget the shadow squadron tie with terror trooper pilot with the boarding pod launchers !!!
so many fighters on empire side like predator and neutrolizer class fighters
Look at it from a game designers side. What would any of these, except the drone fighter maybe, bring to the game in terms of diversity of gameplay. Because until now every ship is pretty much different stat and pointwise from the others, so it fills a niche in its faction. Most of the ones you name are just improved TIEs with shields. And some more bombers that also have very dubious looks. I understand that with this expansion they went some way down the expanded universe road. And i like the idea. But that does not mean they have to do every single variant of a TIE with shields that existed in it.
And what would they bring for the rebels meanwhile? Older fighters that just would be pirate ships basically anyway?
Then i would honestly prefer a pirate/freelancer faction where they would have lots of potential exotic ships available and add some of the existing ones by reprinting some cards...
Or they just turn towards episodes I-III for 2 new factions. That's the other possibility. I would not mind either thing happening.
Edited by ForceM
The Y-Tie and the X-Ceptor are totally ridiculous, they don't even have a propulsion system!!
Concerning a new faction i would say if they bring a wave 5 it will have to be another faction. There are not a lot of ships left for Rebels and empire, so i would say they will have to look elsewhere for expansions!
URE WRONG WITH EMPIRE FIGHTERS !!!
tie hunter, tie sentinel, tie opressor, tie agressor , tie drone, tie interdictor, tie heavy bomber, tie scout, tie vanguard arent made and there are many more ties to come look at the wookipedia !!!
i want my tie agressor !!!
and dont forget the shadow squadron tie with terror trooper pilot with the boarding pod launchers !!!
so many fighters on empire side like predator and neutrolizer class fighters
Look at it from a game designers side. What would any of these, except the drone fighter maybe, bring to the game in terms of diversity of gameplay. Because until now every ship is pretty much different stat and pointwise from the others, so it fills a niche in its faction. Most of the ones you name are just improved TIEs with shields. And some more bombers that also have very dubious looks. I understand that with this expansion they went some way down the expanded universe road. And i like the idea. But that does not mean they have to do every single variant of a TIE with shields that existed in it.
And what would they bring for the rebels meanwhile? Older fighters that just would be pirate ships basically anyway?
Then i would honestly prefer a pirate/freelancer faction where they would have lots of potential exotic ships available and add some of the existing ones by reprinting some cards...
Or they just turn towards episodes I-III for 2 new factions. That's the other possibility. I would not mind either thing happening.
well yeah first iam a biiiig galactic empire fanboy and there are plently of other abc-wings to go either for rebels. and dont forget the rouge squadron guys that captured some of the tie variants like the tie hunter and such just sayin that we arent in any way of stopping to see more stuff to come to us and iam excited to see more
^^
I think a third faction would greatly enhance the game experience. Or maybe a system where the Empire or Rebels could take 3rd faction ships as allies for part of their list. It would greatly expand tactical gameplay if you were never sure if you would be fighting a pure list or a blended list. That or release a book of "historical lists" that had other elements involved.
Releasing more of the tie fighter PC game ships like the assault gunboat, missile boat, avenger (on top of the upcoming defender) and you can create the thrawn/empire vs zaarin traitor imperials conflict where each side only had access to certain ships at certain points of the conflict with zaarin favouring a more technological advantage with defenders and avengers and even regular ties and interceptors with shields and the empire forced to counter with standard imperial craft as well as the assault gunboat and eventually the missile boat.
i cant wait for pirates and planetary defense forces...
GIVE ME MY **** NABOO FIGHTERS !!!
they existed even in the 2nd galactic civil wars till 40ABY and only at that time they were called antique so i really see a good usage for them as planetary defense forces faction, as rebel fliers cause some rebels used N1 too and i can see em as pirate fighters too cause the black hammer pirates had some of them aswell
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/N-1_starfighter
Edited by SoulCrusherExReleasing more of the tie fighter PC game ships like the assault gunboat, missile boat, avenger (on top of the upcoming defender) and you can create the thrawn/empire vs zaarin traitor imperials conflict where each side only had access to certain ships at certain points of the conflict with zaarin favouring a more technological advantage with defenders and avengers and even regular ties and interceptors with shields and the empire forced to counter with standard imperial craft as well as the assault gunboat and eventually the missile boat.
The TIE Avenger, like the interceptor and the advanced had a baby:
