Talk:E-Wing Expansion Pack/@comment-85.178.200.75-20170823141122/@comment-454133-20170823144640

Unfortunately I haven't heard of any common houserules. I love my e-wings conceptually but the only one that sees play is Corran Horn, who can be very powerful when built well and directed by a skilled player. Corran is fun but very dicey to field; you really have to know your ship and plan several turns ahead or you'll be munched fast. But Corran has done quite well in tournaments (and he's probably part of why the ship isn't high on FFG's priority list for fixing).

The E-Wing needs a cost drop and probably a bell or whistle or two, and I didn't see much consensus in past discussions. But if you need a houserule to use as a base, I'd guess drop its cost by about 3 or 4 points. That's kind of the range of overpriced that people talk about when discussing the ship, but I haven't heard of anyone actually playtesting it to see if that corrects the problem nicely, falls short, makes it OP, or what. (my guess is it helps the ship, doesn't make it amazing or OP, just helps)

You could allow using Integrated Astromech on it, since it's part X-Wing. Maybe even try letting it use A-Wing Test Pilot and/or a torpedo version of Chardaan Refit, since it's part A-Wing (at least from what I'm told). There are two problems with this, however. First, it encroaches on other ships' turf, making them less special. Second, the double Elite slots on an E-Wing might swing it over to overpowered. You will have to test.

You might look into the lore of the ship, and imagine some iconic abilities you could give it. Playtesting would be tough, but making something that gives the ship a unique flavor will make it much more exciting than making it more like the x-wing or a-wing.

Last but not least, we have a Homebrew Forum devoted to these discussions, so see if you can strike up a conversation there about good house rules, and even get people to test some ideas that are exciting. You can also post on FFG's Forums, which have a lot of people on them. There's likely many people who've tried some E-Wing homebrew fixes and had good success with them. People on that forum are sometimes quite rude, but others are awesome and it's worth digging through the jerks to find the jewels.