Topic: Imperial Army Troops (Read 1200 times)

urkspleen · « **on:** December 23, 2008, 09:41 pm »

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_Army

Info on imperial infantry. For those who are too lazy to read, what you should understand is that during most land battles, imperial troops (different than stormtroopers) were the main infantry unit, and stormtroopers were actually an elite shock trooper unit. Therefore, in the mod we should replace the majority of imperial infantry with army troops, and keep stormtroopers in as a better and more expensive alternative. I'm thinking army troops should be close to rebel infantry in strength.....thoughts, anyone?

Argonnath · « **Reply #1 on:** December 23, 2008, 09:52 pm »

They are Easter egg or something in original EAW. (or was they naval troops?) But anyway its stupid idea to have even more weaker unit than stormtrooper .

e^(πi)+1=0 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 23, 2008, 09:59 pm »

actually, IAT's are supposed to be just as good as rebel troops and stormtroopers much better; this allows that to be implemented; its a good idea.

urkspleen · « **Reply #3 on:** December 23, 2008, 10:03 pm »

i know, im just full of them.....

but yes, this makes stromtroopers make a lot more sense

D · « **Reply #4 on:** December 23, 2008, 11:22 pm »

this actually makes stormtroopers worth something.

make stormies expensive, but REALLY effective against rebel troopers.

Solar · « **Reply #5 on:** December 24, 2008, 10:06 am »

This has been discussed and was agreed that they would be the troops that come out of the garrisons.

urkspleen · « **Reply #6 on:** January 02, 2009, 04:02 am »

only out of garrisons? not buildable?

Solar · « **Reply #7 on:** January 02, 2009, 09:36 pm »

No, the wiki article mentioned them being the standard peacekeeping troops on imperial worlds if i remember correctly. Thus they can do the defending.

urkspleen · « **Reply #8 on:** January 03, 2009, 01:50 am »

that does not mean that defending is what they were restricted to.

" During the Imperial era, one of the Army's most common duties was the maintenance of planetary garrisons throughout the galaxy, as well as waging war on the Alliance to Restore the Republic."

see? they defended garrisons and acted offensively (quote is from wiki article)

this is also the perfect way to place stormtroopers in their proper roles.

Solar · « **Reply #9 on:** January 03, 2009, 11:04 am »

yes, but we can put them in the canon role of garrisons and leave attacking to the stormies. Personally i don't care as it is more work for us.

Sage · « **Reply #10 on:** January 03, 2009, 12:41 pm »

The Staff are not slaves...

urkspleen · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2009, 03:56 pm »

Yes, of course they are not. However, it seems slightly foolish to have a requests section and not take requests because you don't want to do the work in the first place. I would understand if it were for something that did not add to the game significantly, but this would probably have a substantial effect. I dunno, i guess if you really want you can put it off to V3....

Solar · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2009, 04:52 pm »

Hmm, they look exactly like the Officers you get, so not much extra work. Coding isn't a problem so long as a new model isn't needed it is fine. but they should either replace stormies completly or just be the garrisoned units. Stormtroopers are seen often and these troops haven't been seen at all. BF series, EAW series, GBG Series all used stormies.

urkspleen · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2009, 05:23 pm »

yes, and it has been the problem in all of them. Stormtroopers are only meant as elite shock troopers, not standard gun fodder. The reason why stormies are seen often is because in many situations that we see in Star Wars, high value targets are being dealt with and the imps send their elite troops to deal with it. In EAW, we look at a much broader conflict with "standard" combat situations were stormies are too valuable a resource to throw at the problem. It doesn't make sense having the stormies be elite if they are the only ones.

IAT's should be garrisoned as well as a buildable option with stormies, with stormies at an increased price and the increased strength that we have already established.

Solar · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2009, 05:36 pm »

but find me a cannon source of IAT's?

They are never used in films or games. Battlefront and Galactic battlegrounds technically had the same broader fighting arena and they never used IAT's.

urkspleen · « **Reply #15 on:** January 03, 2009, 07:02 pm »

the wookieepedia page (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_Army) lists 34 cannon appearances, 1 non-cannon appearance, and is sourced from 31 references.

Solar · « **Reply #16 on:** January 03, 2009, 11:11 pm »

Most of those are books, film appearences confirm nothing and i don't remember thei role in any of the games. Battlefront had stormtroopers. the only guys that looked like that were the officers, same as EAW and probably GBG.

urkspleen · « **Reply #17 on:** January 03, 2009, 11:45 pm »

there shouldn't not be stormtroopers, but there should be both.

Argonnath · « **Reply #18 on:** January 04, 2009, 12:49 am »

Rebels have plex and soilders so I dont see any harm to have 2 units for imperials too. So dont mind my first post. Stormys for plex and IAT for rebel troopers.

Dr. Doozer · « **Reply #19 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:35 am »

Problem here is that the IAT is essentially the Stormtrooper, only not so famous. We see more of Stormtroopers and they are regarded more as the main Imperial Infantry. IATs are basically downgraded versions of them, so then even faced with the option of getting them as garrisoned troops, it would be rather confusing to the player as to what they're getting.

Leave it the way it is, not because it's truely canon, but it's more regarded as Imperials=Stormtroopers.

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