I hate Disney Canon, but if that’s where we’re going… Truthfully I’m not sure there’s any sub factions from Canon who have enough to work with. Resistance and First Order are tapped out. No Black Sun, idk if there’s enough from the god awful High Republic series to make a new OR or Republic faction. I know Legion just released Clan Wren, but again there’s what, Ursala Wren and???
Maybe Crimson Dawn, new Qi’Ra? I know that event is happening rn.
On the Legends side, Lost Tribe is tapped out, there’s still some One Sith from Legacy to be made. We’re still missing republic commandos and Null Arcs, but again for the Nulls, not much is know about several of them like Prudii and Kom’rk. I’m still baffled that there’s only like 4 Hapan Pieces. So they get my vote.

Neo-Crusaders
Covenant needs it's last 2 main characters
Republic Clone Pilots

To name a few.

I think part of the challenge is that it really is best when subfactions are built with multiple pieces over multiple sets. But it’s hard to keep the focus over time, and different designers sometimes take things in a different direction. So there is some motivation to build a new subfaction to a competitive level in one set (or with one piece!)

And of course people have their favorites (only natural), they get obvious focus. Also subfactions that seem “close” to competitive tend to get more focus than subfactions that seem like they’d need a truckload (or a broken piece) to be competitive.

As far as “characters missing”, they are often under discussion and miss the cut. One example is the last 2 Yayax squad members. Since Yayax has been singled out on cards and abilities, it feels like we are “missing” them. However, every set I’ve worked on (since the first 2 were done), we’ve decided against them for multiple reasons. First, Republic Commandos are already a very solid subfaction. It’s tough to pinpoint something they are missing. It’s pointless to do a character just to do a character, without direction or purpose. Beyond the subfaction, Republic in general has a lot going on. The have numerous subfactions in addition to general top tier pieces. Since in general we try to spread the pieces through most if not all the factions in each set, spaces in each faction is precious, especially for uniques. Republic also has more pieces than any faction (not counting Fringe). So all that together, it’s hard to justify making the last 2 Yayax members. Not saying we never will, that’s just why we haven’t yet.


Another note - certain subfactions are legitimate subfactions (as in, by name in cannon - ie Crimson Dawn, Wraith Squadron, etc), some are more generalized (Pirates, Mercenaries, etc), and some are simply species. The specific (named) subfactions are harder to continue expanding because their core material is limited (as mentioned earlier in the thread). They are often era specific, and sometimes only have a single source. Generalized subfactions are easier to expand because they come from multiple eras, multiple sources, etc. Species as a subfaction make sense sometimes in my opinion - such as Ewoks (re: return of the Jedi), Wookiees, etc. But does the game really need a top level competitive Jawa squad? I don’t personally think so. Some inter species synergies are great, but they don’t need to be built into full squads.

All this conversation is great for getting more input from the community.

The limited figure pool for tuskens is unfortunate. But lack of good proxies shouldn't hold them back. On the plus side, tuskens from imperial assault are on a good scale, and Etsy is full of nice looking 3d printed star wars figs.

If Tuskens are going to actually be a subfaction, Vsets shouldn't use the Tusken WotCs as recommended minis anyway. That's what happened with Imperial Knights, and when they eventually became viable it became an absolute mess trying to figure out what's what on the board. The regular Imperial Knight RMs were used too much.

The Pykes are becoming a large part of the current canon. Having appeared in Solo, Clone Wars, and now BOBF. I don't feel like just doing a random Pyke is good enough and would take too long to develop the sub-faction. I think to go down that road we need to do a small collection of maybe 3 characters. (No less.) And follow them up with about 2 or 3 in the next set.

Sith Assassins could use a character or two to make them a viable part of a squad. The Sith Assassin and the Elite Sith Assassin are good characters, but need a little bump to be really useful.

I think the Sith could use a decent droid boost as well. They have several droid options, but nothing that really pulls them into a competitive game.

Kota's militia could use 1 or 2 more options.

The Quarrens would be a good species to do a CIS commander for I think.

On that note the Mon Cal could use a good Republic/Rebel leader.

Phoenix Squad was pushed out there and then has not gotten any real love since then.

Red Hand (Rebel) only needs 1 more unique and then maybe 1 or 2 non-unique.

I would also like to see some love for the Wookiee.

ISB, 501st Legion, and the AT-ST are all good candidates for Empire.

I agree with the earlier assessment of the New Republic. With the exception of the GA, they seem to have plenty of options right now. Maybe that will change in a year or so.

Crimson Dawn and Tuskens could use some help.

Mandalorian Protectors, Neo-Crusaders, and Imperial Super Commandos could use some love in Mandos.

I don't really want to see much more in the way of Vong, but there are a number of N/U characters that could be done to fill in some wholes and flesh out the different Domains.

Actually, I think that having some pre-built squads is not a terrible idea. I think it could be helpful to new or returning players. Not a lot of them, maybe 1 or 2 per faction.

I feel that the tusken raiders need to have a solid sub faction after watching the Book of boba fett show and The Mandalorian. They should get a massif that synergies with them because they are essentially the tuskens guard dogs.