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Considering both play value, and the included cards which might be needed for other ships in official, organized play... how many of each Wave 4 ship is considered "enough"?

Currently I own the following, and don't know what my next X-wing purchases should be. I obviously want a Falcon, but refuse to pay triple the cost to a third-party-seller, and thus will wait for an official reprint. Beyond that though, I feel relatively done for now. I have even paid for my preorders of the upcoming Wave 5 and Rebel Aces, which is why i'm considering them a part of my "collection".

If i'm done on ships, I feel a touch weird. Maybe its time to buy some luxury side items like acrylic token sets, etc? 3D asteroids?

Rebels:
- X-wing x4 (Two starter, one blister, one Rebel Transport)
- Y-wing x1
- B-wing x3 (Two blisters, one Rebel Aces)
- A-wing x2 (One blister, one Rebel Aces)
- Hwk 290 x1
- Z-95 Headhunter x2
- E-Wing x1
- YT-2400 x1
- Tantive/CR-90 Epic Ship x1
- Rebel Transport Epic Ship

Imperials:
- Tie Fighter x6 (Four starter, two blister)
- Tie Advanced x1
- Tie Interceptor x3 (One blister, two Imperial Aces)
- Tie Bomber x2
- Tie Defender x1
- Tie Phantom x2
- Slave One x1
- Lambda Shuttle x1
- VT-49 Decimator

I normally buy 1 of everything and then pick up extras if I like them. The maximum I would ever get is enough to run a full squad of that ship (2-3 Phantoms, 2-3 Defenders, 2 E-Wings, 7 Z-95s), but I probably won't go that far. I almost never run a whole squad composed of the same ship type, and currently I'm pretty happy with my Wave IV collection:

2 Phantoms (1 is probably enough)
2 Defenders
1 E-Wing
3 Z-95s (might pick up 1 or 2 more eventually)

I have all of the acrylic stuff that I want: maneuver templates and range rulers, and some "droid" and "elite talent" tokens if I ever want to indicate that there's a delayed effect using one of those abilities. There are lots of other cool acrylic tokens out there, but I only want acrylic stuff for practical reasons. The templates and range rulers are more accurate than cardboard, and the game doesn't come with droid and elite talent tokens, which are actually handy.

Well..I've only started recently...I went imperials. I have...

1x Tie Bomber
1x Shuttle
1x Tie Advance
8x Tie Fighters
3x Tie interceptors (two aces)

My original order for wave 4 was 4 Z-95's and 2 of each of the others. I ended up winning a Z-95 and an E-Wing in the 3 Imdaar Alpha events I played in and purchased another TIE Phantom after seeing a friend use 3 in one list to great effect. Another friend has used a 7 Z-95 swarm to good effect but I'm not quite ready to pull the trigger and buy 2 more Z's.

My long term Wave 4 plan is 4 E-Wings, 6 Z-95, 4 Defenders, and 2 Phantoms. I play both factions. I'm just hoping Predator gets released in another set like Push the Limit was. I love that upgrade.

Just picked up my eighth z-95.

Already got 3 Ewings, 2 phantoms, only 1 defender which haven't used yet although for cards it's probably the best so will end up with 2 more at some point.

I think Predator and Advance Senses will be the most used cards from wave 4. Maybe Outmanoeuvre as well


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Just picked up my eighth z-95.

Already got 3 Ewings, 2 phantoms, only 1 defender which haven't used yet although for cards it's probably the best so will end up with 2 more at some point.

I think Predator and Advance Senses will be the most used cards from wave 4. Maybe Outmanoeuvre as well

I also have eight Z-95s. As for the rest: three of each.

Incidentally, I obviously know why, fluff-wise, but I wish the Z-95 had a more unique shape when viewed at a glance, on the table, versus the X-wing.

My wife keeps looking at my funny saying "don't you own this ship?" whenever I bring home another one. :-p

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
"don't you own this ship?" whenever I bring home another one

Doesn't seem like she's confusing the Z-95 and the X-Wing.

I ended up getting 1 E Wing and 2 of each of the others.

Only reason I didn't get a second E Wing is because it's easily the fugliest ship the Rebels have and I just don't care for it.

I plan on getting more Z 95's eventually, I just need to figure out a smart way to run more than a couple at a time. They don't have a good "Howlrunner" type character to my knowledge to buff their damage output. 13pt PS 4 ships is pretty sweet though.

I bought 2 Z-95's, but will eventually get 2 more I'd say.

Also picked up 2 E-Wings, but that was so I could get a hold of 2 more Advanced Sensors upgrade cards. 1 probably would have been enough for me.

I must say though, I'm a Rebel player and rarely play anything over 100-150 points.

The TIE Defender does look amazing though. I have thought about picking one of those up too!