Talk:Most Wanted Expansion Pack/@comment-181.197.157.233-20170814184725/@comment-454133-20170814203546

Slave I is both Empire and Scum. If you purchase Most Wanted you'll get the cards for it, but if you're okay with just proxying cards instead then you can save some money. Buying expansions for just the cards gets expensive fast, and you don't need to own the cards unless you want to play tournaments.

Arguably the scum ships that will feel like Empire are Protectorate Starfighter (maneuverability and power), M3-A (TIE-like cost and stats), and StarViper (maneuverability and cool features). Guns For Hire is coming out soon and will make the StarViper extremely cool (it was already pretty cool, but overpriced, and Guns does more than just fix the cost).

Scurrg comes with bombs and cards that will benefit your TIE Bombers and TIE Punishers etc. And it's a fantastic ship in its own right.

For something very different from Empire, Quadjumper is a very neat utility ship (that Spacetug Tractor Array is fantastic fun, and works well with a lot of fleets). Scum will also give you a wider assortment of turreted ships, like the HWK, Y-Wing, and Jumpmaster. Until the TIE Aggressor hit, all Empire had for turrets was the Decimator, so a turreted ship may provide some novel play styles. ^_^

In terms of power, Jumpmaster is currently top meta but there's rumors it's getting a nerf soon to bring it back into balance. Lancer and Protectorate are quite powerful too. I have high hopes for the K-Fighter and StarViper becoming awesome once Guns For Hire lands, but I've yet to play them with their abilities. Still high hopes. :D

BTW if you decide to also branch into Rebels, the Z-95, Y-Wing, HWK, and Scurrg are both rebel & scum, so those ships will feed both factions nicely. Unfortunately the only shared ship between scum and empire is the Firespray (Slave I). I hope they widen that with time.

With all that said... is there any ship that particularly interests you? We can help you plan other purchases around it.