Talk:Norra Wexley/@comment-47.189.226.74-20170725032158/@comment-454133-20170725065425

ARC-170 is great, as is Y-Wing, though Y-Wing is currently out of print (it could take some months or a year for it to come back). If you find a y-wing for a non-scalped price, get it. Both the ARC and Y-Wing are relevant in the meta right now, and they can be amazing if equipped & flown well. The ARC also comes with Tail Gunner, which should make your Slave I happy (assuming you can't proxy; if you can, don't buy for upgrades, buy for ships). Y-Wing does best with the Twin Laser Turret, which comes with the K-Wing and TIE Aggressor (again, if you can't just proxy them).

I love X-Wings and the expansion comes with Wedge, one of the T-65's best pilots. Unfortunately they're not very powerful right now in the meta, while the ARC-170 and Y-Wing are currently very good.

Imperial Vets or the standalone Interceptor is great, I'm fond of TIE Interceptors even though they're slightly weak in the meta at this time. TIE Advanced is great fun if you're able to proxy cards (the cards that fix it are paywalled behind the expensive Imperial Raider, which saddens me greatly). TIE Phantom is great if you want something that's really different; it's a cloaking, dancing glass cannon with a lot of firepower on the tip of its nose.

Imperial Veterans, however, is the real star of the show for empire. It makes TIE Defenders great, and helps TIE Bombers (and TIE Punishers) out a lot too. Tomax and Deathfire are excellent bomber pilot choices, and the titles for the defender can be extremely useful (assuming you can't proxy). Frankly the titles fix the TIE Defender so people can get proper use out of it. Veterans also comes with some great mines, etc for bombers and punishers, and "Deathfire" is one of the best pilots for bombing (he's very cheap and very useful).

The most powerful and achievable options in the list are Imperial Veterans and ARC-170 (y-wing is tricky right now). If you're in love with a specific ship, definitely get that (it's more important to love the ships you're flying); but for current meta effectiveness, the ARC & TIE Defender are very good choices.