Yeah, I have a feeling I'm going to need to pick up some TIEs and play with them a bit. The butt gun feels like having it would become a maneuvering crutch way too quickly. Is there any real way to get some of the shield/engine upgrade cards without having to buy a YT-1300? I'm ok with buying new ships to get cards, I just really don't want to be buying cross faction stuff.
And thanks for teaching me. Maybe next time I won't get so lucky and keep blasting ships out of the sky in single attacks. (And halfway through game 2 I got ready to fire my missiles, only to realize I'd accidentally grabbed the AoE one instead of the heat seeking one. Not so useful when the opponent only has one ship left).