Here are some ideas I posted on gamers, feel free to year them apart. Many new CEs essentially:

-a really easy way to create a slew of new commander effects while maintaining simplicity is to start handing out the hunters. It's already started but keep going, ces to give out to allies:
Haraar, captain rex, bao dur- droid hunter
Aurra Sing, pretty much any mandalorian- jedi hunter
Dooku- dathamori hunter
Senator tikkes- mon calamari hunter
Bossk- wookie hunter
Anikan- tusken hunter (hahaha)
Reven- mando hunter
Darth Vader- ewok hunter (also hahaha)
Darth Maul/ dash render- black sun hunter (would be an excellent counter to the black sun)
Kyle Katarn - imperial hunter
Darth Vader- rebel hunter
Nas Choka -new republic hunter also mobile...
Kyp Durron- vong hunter
Nexu -mouse droid hunter for savages (haha alright I'm not really taking this serious anymore but you get the idea)

Thrawn/chiss commander - allied chiss gain xenophobia(+4 attack and twin attack against any species other then chiss/droid)

Sith Sergeant E at the end of this characters turn one sith trooper follower may immediately move 4 squares, this does not count as activating that character.

Sith assassin sect leader- sith assassins in your squad gain deadly attack and vicious attack

That sith that trained Bane- sith allies within 6 squares gain lightsaber duelist

Ziro the hutt- followers in your squad count as fringe characters for the purposes of commander effects

Sideous hologram for the seps- allied separatist characters with a force rating gain force renewal 1

Geonosian queen- Geonosian allies gain +4 atk  +4 defense and charging assault

Commander Bly- at the end of this characters turn, up to three  characters with order 66 can immediately move 2 squares. This movement does not count as activating those characters.

Clone trooper sergeant major- trooper followers that combine fire against an enemy gain suppressive fire (a living enemy hit by this characters attack has -4 defense and can not move until the end of the round, save 11)

Republic intelligence- order 66 Characters in your squad with stealth within 6 squares gain deceptive

New grandmaster yoda- allied characters with a force rating gain 2 additional force points and may spend this characters force points. 

Jedi librarian woman- followers in your squad with a force rating gain advantageous defense (it makes sense she is teaching them new things to help them survive)

Polis massa surgeon- polis massa medics within 6 squares gain heal 20

Mace windu, hero- Allied characters with a force rating gain surprise move

Antares Draco, captain of the guard- Imperial Knights within 6 gain charging assault 

General rom moc- droids are subject to this effect. Dark trooper followers gain damage reduction. Phase one troopers gain charging assault and momentum. Phase two gain mobile attack and speed 8, phase three gain advanced missiles 40 (need a save of 16 to avoid)

Baron Fel- (side note give him pilot!) allied characters with pilot gain wingman (if this character combines fire with another character with pilot, it gains +6 attack and twin attack for it's turn)

Regent Morlish Veed- as long as a follower has line of sight to an enemy, you may activate 1, 2, or 3 characters that turn.

Mandolorian Kal Skirita- squad assault/firepower to order 66 commandos and null arcs

Jerec (as mace Windu)- unique characters with a force rating gain force renewal 2

Dessan (trandoshian)- reborn gain force renewal 1 and reflect

Dooku, separatist leader - allied sep commanders gain extra attack and +4 atk

General Loathsoam, ground force commander- (rapport 10 for huge droids) huge droid followers gain advanced shields 1 and (flanking attack or splash 20)

General Grievous, Enemy of the Jedi- droids gain jedi hunter

Sev'rance Tann- (first a special ability for devastator fire support) droids are subject to this effect. Separatist non-unique followers gain advantageous defense.
Separatist Droid followers that combine fire gain suppressive fire (a living enemy hit by this characters attack has -4 defense and can not move until the end of the round, save 11)

Super Battle droid commander- super battle droids gain momentum

Tactical droid- (tactician+4) at the end of this characters turn, one separatist ally can immedietly move up to it's speed, this does not count as activating that character this round.

Alto Stratus- separatist commandos gain flight, speed 8, and mobile attack

Darth Sideous hologram (same CE but for the seps)




And finally: the one CE and/or character that would fix Droid swarms for tournaments:

Mar Tukk, tactical genious- as long as a droid in your squad has line of sight to an enemy you can activate 1, 2, or 3 characters that turn, this includes droid and savage characters. Also a special ability; Explosive upgrade: separatist droids gain self destruct 10, this would finally make Droid swarms playable again, see how far you get strafing when every guy you hit blows up. Please make this one!!!



These are just a start and I think the biggest thing when it comes to commander effects is to keep the faction flavors. Example, only the rebel, republic and new republic should ever have evade and mobile for the masses.
Old republic is the strong force users, lots of force powers.
Sith is alot of damage if they don't move, advantageous, deadeye, double attack, careful shot as well as support for the unique force users.
Mandalorian can have everything but they pay more for it.
Separatist should have the swarm armies with no fancy abilities.
Imperials should be trooper heavy with a touch of counter to jedi.
Vong are melee through and through and should be reflected as such.

Also another possibility whether it be by special abilities or ces is to upgrade the save abilities. Missiles and grenades save 16 to avoid. Save with master deflect and master block saves of 6 to make it. S

SO true in regards to the first especially

DEffinatly would be usefull, like a concussion blast typed thing. Cant really think of a chracter who would have it though....

Gawd I wish there was a way for me to play Poggle Bombs at Regionals, lol.

It would be an uphill battle to obtain that many drones.

Bossk and Etain Tur-Mukan, both carried Concussion rifle's.

Just saw a custom of Carnor Jax. What with V-Set 3 being created with the intention of bringing Force Users back into the rightful place they should take, I am thinking it would be great to get one of him!

I had good luck with this:

Squad discussion thread

--Bug Swarm--
43 IG-88, Assassin Droid
27 Lobot
20 General Whorm Loathsom
10 Rodian Trader
9 Poggle the Lesser
8 Wicket
6 Mouse Droid x2
3 Ugnaught Demolitionist
24 Geonosian Drone x12

(150pts. 21 activations)


Bugs swarm on juicy targets. Trader hands out Grenades to make the bugs explode. IG can quad, twin or Pulse Cannon for massive damage. Wicket helps the bugs to possibly hit something. Customize with Lobot for maximum benifit against opponents squad.

For 200 add Sid and more bugs Sid pawns the little buggers to run up to their friends adjacent to your opponent's non Disruptive unit and they have an explosion party!

This. As nice as Dooku from LOTF is, I really would like to see a commander Dooku.

how about this:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Custom/5538/commander-dooku

and this:

http://www.bloomilk.com/Custom/5543/master-dooku