Hi there,

I need some general opinions about Mas Amedda. My friends are giving me a hard time because I play him a lot. They believe he's the most imbalanced single character in the game.

My personal opinion is that given the truth that me and my friends play without fringe they never see a possibility like Mas Amedda in the form of a mouse droid for their armies and therefore look at him as imbalanced.

Maybe he gives too much to republic that are already a very good faction, but I believe he's essential for imperial to give them the chance to boost their units without massing and be shot like ducks by missiles, lightning or grenades.

Please give me your opinions.

Thanks.

Well do you consider him being anywhere near totally broken?

not really. I can, however, understand where they are coming from. I see him more as an evolution of game mechanics. If they don't have him, or have mouse droids for a similar effect on there squads than you do clearly have an advantage. You don't suffer from restricting placement, etc. Where as they would if they don't have Mas. You can easily anticipate their movements where you can run free.

Simply put, you can't play Republic or Imps competitively without him.

I see his use, but I would rather he not have been made. I couldn't get one back in Champions, still haven't gotten him, and I manage fine. It encourages players to think more about positioning without him, and I think I've become a better player because of his absence. However, I play primarily Rebels, NR, and Seps, and the Mouse Droids are a boon to them. They are actually well made, making positioning important, but keeping commanders aloof.

Not playing fringe sounds silly.

That is no more true then you need Doombot to play them competitevly. They are big helps and big boosts, but not absolutes. Those factions however are easier to use when they are on the field. I played an Imp squad without him earlier today that dominated without Mas. And I do mean dominated.

Again he makes building squads easier because all the consideration for commander movement is gone. That's soemthign a lot of factiosn still have to deal with, and thats one of the things that makes them more challenging to play. Crutch is often a word tossed around. But thats again more for ease of use then brokeness



QFT' goes hand in hand with what I was saying.

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How did you not get one? he's just a rare? Now a days he's mucho expensive, so I'm glad that your happily without.

And as for the OP, I think you need to let fringe become usable, then the mice can see some action and the imbalance of Mas will lessen. Or be a pal, and lighten up and not use him for a few sessions.

I think he is one of the best fig's for his cost in the game, broken no, he has patetic DO, and has a pour life expectancy if put into a troubling situation.

I bought Mass for like 4 dollars back in the day and he is great but when I did't have a huge collection I and the people thought he was almost illegal but mice fix that problem and brings balance to the force.

Just a caution but you aren't giving Mas too much power are you? He may allow commanders to ignore range 6 but remember you still need to be able to count to the units to be affected which means you can't leave your commanders shut in a room and still expect them to work everywhere.

As for power he is certainly nice but is also a long ways from being a squad onto himself. In order for him to be "broken" that means you need to run short ranged command effects which can be broken and that may be the problem.

For a couple of years I have considered Mas as the most imbalanced piece in the game. His Booming Voice CE was just rediculous for his cost. The Thrawn switch the obvious example of it's abuse.

Nowadays, I'm not so bothered. A lot more Commanders have boardwide CEs negating his use. And now we also have the Fringe Mouse Droid - exactly the piece I thought we should of had rather than Mas.