To modify an idea I had above... Maybe in order to use a base defense objective, you must purchase it serparate from the cost of establishing the base and pay upkeep on it . The more you expand and try to fortify your holdings, the more it slows your economy.

My group is just getting to our 3rd wave. So far it's looking like Imperial gaining a lead.

The best thing I can say is balancing the player skills and remember to keep it fun.

Maybe the higher skill players don't go for a complete destruction but just enough to win. The margin is a bit less important in a campaign rather than the tournament scene.

I will say that balancing can be difficult. I've played in one CC, and the two most experienced players ended up on the same team because we had three people who only had Rebel fleets. So that's another thing that can throw people off - what players have available and feel comfortable playing.

Specifically to actual battle matchups, there should be some way to incorporate the fact that a large fleet would be clunkier to get into formation and combat. So maybe at a certain points difference, the player with a larger fleet has to make two deployments to the smaller fleet's one. That would represent the difficulty in coordinating a lot of ships and squadrons, while the smaller fleet could be much more agile. Similar in the way to an ISD having a Command of 3, but a CR90 having 1.

I've had 2 campaigns fail to finish, but neither seemed to be from snowballing. Just wanted to throw that out there before my comment.

Since there is no MoV, my teams have tended to put our weakest fleet as a defender since the defender wins in the event of a draw. Defender forces the other player to come at you as long as you didn't put in an objective that is bad for you (you've got at least one Skilled Spacers, right?). I just started a third campaign with two people as Imperials and myself alone as Rebels. The first round saw both Hyperlane Raid (which I won as Rebels) and a Show of Force (which is happening on Vassal tonight).

On 13.2.2018 at 2:15 AM, MattShadowlord said:

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On 2/20/2018 at 3:48 PM, Darth Veggie said:

Maybe, this is the droids campaign you are looking for...

I will read it in detail.
Thanks Veg!