1 hour ago, Khobai said:

I dont think you should need Saw to use Saw's partisans in a rebel list.

all that does is limit options by forcing you to take model X to use model Y.

I do however think Saw should give Saw's partisans a bonus like entourage to incentivize you to use them together. The carrot approach IMO is better than the stick approach.

They do this already with keywords like Counterpart and Detachment. The way I would do it is less restrictive than those. I would create a 2 new keywords called Affiliate _____: or something like that, and something like Faction ______: (the name could be worked on). Affiliate would basically state that this unit can only be deployed if a commander or operative with Faction _______ is deployed. Faction _______ would just say that this unit belongs to _______ subfaction.

For Saws partisans he is the only one in charge that I know of so it isn't a great example of how it would work. For Ewoks, units with the Faction Ewok key word would be characters like Cheif Chirpa, Wicket, and there are several other options.

I think there needs to be something more than just entourage to make a sub-faction a sub-faction. There needs to be some kind of either limiting factor or bonus otherwise it is just a themed force and not actually a sub-faction which is exactly what we have now with the current set of units.

I dont agree with the counterpart or detachment rules either.

I feel they limit list construction.

It could just be done as a bonus if certain units are in your army and not others. For example, There could be a bonus called "Air Superiority" when you have a generic officer as a commander and 2x T-47 Airspeeders that gives those units a free recover every turn or something like that. The more restrictive the better the bonus. Another example would be something like "Earn a place in history" where if your list has no unique cards in it than every unit gets a free dodge or aim when they activate and the effects of the Endurance card. This would help underutilized units and add to themed lists. It should be done with units that are already out or already scheduled to come out soonish to help with the logistic issues. New bonuses and updates to older ones could come out every year.

I would do it through command cards personally.

If youre using subfaction models as part of the imperial army you use imperial command cards

If youre using subfaction models as part of their own subfaction you use a different set of subfaction command cards

I feel like command cards as a means of differentiating factions are kindve underutilized in Legion. Although they seem to be making better use of them in that regard with units like Padme and Anakin by having them grant permanent faction appropriate abilities.

The units could also have different stat cards if theyre working for a main faction as opposed to a subfaction. So for example boba fett working for the empire wouldnt be exactly the same as boba fett working for a jabba faction.