Kithmaker
Commander
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Kithmaker
Commander
3926 Posts
| | 10/21/2005 10:56 AM |  Alert | | I think you can make a decent Trooper squad with no rares (at least you used to be able to), but with some of the newer stuff (damage reduction, dark armor, etc.) it makes it really tough to compete if you face something that has those abilities. | |
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Darthrau
Underboss
2233 Posts
| | 10/21/2005 11:38 AM | Alert | | Yea you can do it. Sometimes it can be more fun trying. Kith gave alot of good stuff so this is my tiny contribution. | |
Champion of Jarlaxle
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Star Wars Year one complete,44/60 Champions of the Force,0/60 Bounty Hunters | |
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Jhonwolf
Sneak
72 Posts
| | 10/21/2005 12:18 PM | Alert | Large squads of regular troopers makes for fun battles. Talk with your opponent prior to the fight so you know what both of you like to play. You can even arrange a scenario with him to avoid things like mass rebel troopers vs AT-ST (the troopers can't do anything unless there is a scenario based victory possibility).
As far as i know, dark armor is only relevent if someone plays Darth Vader Jedi Hunter...which imo shouldn't be in a game where one only has troopers. Again talking with your fellow players is the key to fun there.
Of course if you want to play competitively...well trouble might arise, but since i am not really involved into that type of gaming, i can't comment much. | |
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Fry
Underboss
1724 Posts
| | 10/21/2005 2:17 PM | Alert | | You can make a decent Battle Droid army with no rares (Super Battle Droid Commander, Battle Droid Officer, scads of battledroids/super battle droids), but in my experience, 'he with the rarer force wins'. | |
"Why am I all sticky and naked? Did I miss something fun?"
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Thalaric
Skirmisher
20 Posts
| | 10/21/2005 3:38 PM | Alert | Thanks for the comments.
Yeah, I don't plan on playing competatively, so I think it will be alright. I also don't plan on introducing rares for the moment, but if I find I really enjoy the game I might start (but wait until I have rares for both sides, etc). Likewise, I don't think I'm going to add things like huge minis just yet (primarily since I don't have any), so I hope it'll work out. | |
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Quantrill
Skirmisher
25 Posts
| | 10/21/2005 6:00 PM | Alert | I don't ever play competitively, strictly for fun. I will say that the last couple of times I've played I've used nothing but Stormtroopers. With the ST Commander and the ST Heavies it's a bit easier to kick up the damage output. Missiles, grenades and hi-def Jedi cramp their style, but against like troops the Stormtroopers can edge out ahead.
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Jhonwolf
Sneak
72 Posts
| | 10/22/2005 12:42 AM | Alert | | I think it's easier to play with basic troops in SWM than DDM... the faction system holds itself better and it appears to me that the point cost is more balanced too. | |
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mordantos
Underboss
1210 Posts
| | 10/22/2005 1:49 PM | Alert | The Empire has quite a bit of nonrare strength: I like Elite Snowtroopers- They can take a 20 damage hit and still return fire for 20. Sith Witch autodamage is nice. A Heavy Trooper combined with Stormtrooper Commander can hit for 40 and the Imperial officer can let him do it again. The Dark Trooper is solid and his missiles helps clear swarms etc.
There is a thread on this very subject on the WotC boards with some sample squads:
http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=521901 | | | |
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NightMoor
Sergeant
448 Posts
| | 10/22/2005 3:43 PM | Alert | You totally can make a competitive force with no rares, it just depends on what force and what faction.
For instance an army with an X-1 Viper Droid, droid commanders, and filler droids, is actually a very solid, competitive army despite having no rares.
A Heavy Stormtrooper army using a Black Sun Vigo has a solid chance in 100 pts and can be quite deadly in 200 pts.
The Imperials can field a semi-decent non-rare squad using units Nightsisters, Dark Troopers, Marauders, and Dark Side Adepts. Not the strongest without some rare-backup, but pretty alright.
There are other combinations that can work too. While your variety in building competitive armies will be very hindered by building without Rares (ie. you'll have to play a lot of the same units in similar combinations), it definitely can be done if you want to save money. | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10174 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 10/22/2005 4:01 PM | Alert | | Some of the SW Demo games I've run for people tend to be 50point uncomon and common games. Then if they seem to like it we move to 100 points with a few iconic characters. | |
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
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