Was ChickenLittle already taken?

My wallet feels like a herd of Jawas ran over it. A big herd.

Clearly that's not the case. E.g., the OP.

No pics right now, but the 1520XL has about two vertical feet of space for 15"x12" trays. Right now, I have my whole X-Wing collection in it, plus space for at least one more 2.5" tray.

Why post in the Wave 2 speculation thread just to say don't speculate on wave 2? For the same reason that nuclear reactors have control rods.

I have (way) more than enough tokens from the ships that I've already purchased to want more of them. Even if they are official and neat

Wave 2 stuff will get here when it gets here. Speculation based on very little information just gets people's underwear in a bunch. I wouldn't expect to see Episode 7 ships in Armada until Wave 3, if not later.

Battle Foam 1520XL for me, although I've got an older 432 for the overflow.

Who needs aerodynamic when you have antigrav?

Yavin was just a lucky shot.

No, FFG has stated on several occasions that they are focusing on the OT era.

At some point they probably will. I expect that it probably won't be until after Wave 4, though.

Thanks ScottieATF. Your opinion is understandable. BTW- Were there any Star Wars battles in which capital ships fought without squadrons? I can't seem to find a single one. If you know of any, please post the link. Thank you sir. Well, the sample size is very small, though. There are only three 'fleet' battles in the OT: The opening scene in ANH, the escape from Hoth in ESB, and the Battle of Endor in ROTJ. There were only two ships involved in ANH, and fighters were only marginally involved in ESB. Thus, most of what is being argued is on the basis of one battle, which is hardly definitive either way.

If you want all fighters, FFG already has a game for that. The TIEs are all launched on Round 0 (or before), so why wait until Round 1?

You mean all one of them? There were no capital ships in the battle at the end of ANH. ESB was nearly all capital ships (the fighters were only there as escorts). That leaves ROTJ. And, as Lyraeus said, the second-place finisher had squadrons.

Armada is a game of capital ships with fighters, not fighters with capital ships. Squadrons will always be secondary, and the fact that you can make forces without them is a feature, not a bug.

Sure. I guess if you're looking to do missions or campaigns, though, you may want to consider a 'forced retreat' mechanic.

Nothing is preventing you from fighting to the death, unless you're in a tournament situation. Although in real life, few forces fight to the death.

Well, the Force was with Kenobi, after all.

You realize that second ship is showing up in Armada's Wave 2, right? It seems awfully likely that it will end up in X-Wing, too.

Unlikely. Wave 2 was announced four months ago. It just went to the printer maybe a month ago. I believe FFG also mentioned that they had some issues at the printer that they couldn't get into the details with. That seems to be a much more likely scenario.

Armada uses a 3x6 playing area. Only the setup area is 3x4.

Maybe you shouldn't panic until Wave 2 comes out.

One thing that the X-Wing Gozanti opens up is the possibility of it being an Imperial small ship in Wave 3+. I think it fits more a squadron than small ship. Given the huge X-Wing == small Armada correlation with the CR90 and the Raider, I think that FFG probably would disagree with that sentiment.

One thing that the X-Wing Gozanti opens up is the possibility of it being an Imperial small ship in Wave 3+.