So, first of all, I am really excited for this! Thank you so much for heading this up, Spryguy! You are awesome! I hope to be involved!

But I have a question: Some of the heroes for the Imperials and Republic are the same character... What happens if an Imperial player is allocated Emperor Palpatine (for example) and his opponent is allocated Chancellor Palpatine? Or what happens if those characters are even used in two different battles during the same round for that matter?

(And was this the right thread to post this question on...?)

I think Mas, should be available for any/all squads.
otherwise, NOT having him would be a huge disadvantage.

the Republic has the advantage in 12 areas, that I think are important.

# of characters possessing
SA/CE EMPIRE REPUBLIC
override 1 2
satchel charge 3 4
accurate
shot 2 9
commanders 66 80
GMA 0 11
triple att. 10 12
twin 15 20
force users 56 106
LS def. 7 13
force renewal 7 13
LS assault 4 12
unique 75 141

all these combine to give the Republic a huge advantage.

I think by altering some rules and limiting character we can make it a better match-up than the last one

I don't think the override factor would be too major of an issue here as the Security Stormtrooper is a good reinforcments option as well as you can have more than 1 in a squad.

I also don't see the unique differential being as big as one might think. Most of those Republic uniques will never see play, and the ones that do will have a central role in their squad types so their defeat would be catastrophic.

I'm not against thinking of ways to balance it out though, that's for sure. Not sure exactly what we could do though. Republic had a lot of stuff going for it before in the Sep campaign and managed to lose.

I would rather see no Mas than every squad with access to Mas, but I think the cap for mice should be raised to 2 if not 3.

One could possibly allow the same unique to be allocated twice but specific to Player A gets Thrawn, Player B gets Grand Admiral Thrawn. Player C gets Vaders 1-5, D 6-10 etc. We could also choose a few Fringe uniques or even Sep uniques to be added to the Imperial side. I do think Republic should get Roan Lands, I5YQ, and Laranth but even then Imperial could get several.

Open to more suggestions.

Killing him would also be job number 1. Should be interesting.

Or another option for making the sides more even would be to add the AT-AT Imperial Walker to the Unrestricted list.

I think the war needs more of a story behind it. What is the year? What happened in the Republic v Separatists war?

The story would help answer the questions about what to do with Anakin/Vader and Palpatine/Emperor.

One thing that could be done to even things out (if the thought is that Republic has the advantage)... Empire gets all the Anakins. Once one unarmored Anakin/Vader is defeated (or an armored Vader is used voluntarily), then only use armored Vaders after that.




Proposed storyline...

On Mustafar, Anakin surrenders instead of leaping over Obi-Wan when he gets the high ground. Obi-Wan leaves Anakin stranded and leaves with Padme. Yoda still loses. The Jedi go into hiding, and while in hiding Sifo-Dyas (who had been hiding for years) makes contact with Yoda.

"I learned about Order 66, but because the Kaminoans dealt primarily with me I was able to override it. The clones stunned the Jedi instead of killing them. After stunning them, the clones hid the Jedi bodies and left them in stasis. I felt that Sidious would have sensed any bigger change to the plan. I also added Order 67. The clones will join us whenever we are ready. It's why I've been in hiding. Sidious would surely have sensed the deception in me if he knew I were still alive."

Yoda and Obi-Wan visit world after world, finding and reviving the Jedi that Palpatine thinks are dead. After a year of regrouping in the unknown regions, they are ready. The entire Senate is against them, though, which means basically the entire galaxy is against them. And within the year Palpatine has added Stormtroopers to his army of Clone Troopers.

In the first battle against the clones, Sifo-Dyas manages to activate Order 67 and within days, the entire Clone Army has relocated to the unknown regions to regroup. The Jedi are working with the clones again, against Sidious - the same enemy they fought during the Clone Wars. But now all the systems are on his side and he has stormtroopers instead of battle droids.

Excellent job supreme commanders in learning from the last campaign, making this one more balanced and making sure both factions compete, which will hopefully continue to be close to the end, keeping all of us interested throughout. May the Force be with us gentlemen!