For the Glorious Empire

[PattyWhack7009]

Well if you ever read the star wars books with Admiral Thrawn and the years after "return of the jedi" you might get a good idea of how to beat the rebels..Even though the book is completly opposite than the settings in this game, were the impire is offensive and rebels are ofensive/defensive, the book shows you how to start with little and end with tons of troops, ships, and supplies. So read the book,

Star Wars: Heir To The Empire

 

Its great book and it has TONS AND TONS of strategy in the book...trust me, if u want to be a great Imperial gerneral in EAW, read all three sequal books or atleast the 1st two in the series.The guy has alot of detail on how to counter attack, stop rebels from retreatin, all kinds of crap, even ground battle..How to properly use a AT-AT. So ima read it b4 the game comes out and i hope u do to to get better and to get a grasp of what u need to do to be victorious.

[Ghostly_Substance]

Interesting, well it depends what the AI does and what you do since not everthing can go picture perfect. Well if the AI is cowardly at the start there you go and if you make one mistake its all over.

[Dorkthehunter]

Also read the Hand of Trawn duology. It also includes Grand Admiral Thrawn (kind of) and has some good strategies.

[Zer_Teron]

Trawn

 

lol

[PattyWhack7009]

we;; uther than that...

 

I would have a fleet of about 3 star destroyers and some smaller support ships with many fighters.

[Popcorn2008]

lol Its Empire not impire. And I do like the Thrawn Trilogy, Timothy Zahn is truly one of the best Star Wars authors ever.

[PattyWhack7009]

YES HE IS..thx for the back up...lol

[Foshjedi2004]

Thrawn initially uses a fleet of just the Chimaera but then he has the Stormhawk, Judicator, Iron Hand, Peremptory, Relentless, Bellicose, Death's Hand, Umm have I forgotten any Impstars?, and loads of other support vessels in his core fleet. Triangular formation. It can really do some damage.

[PattyWhack7009]

yes i agree...I love Impstars.

[Foshjedi2004]

I admire their abilities. I don't actually like them though.

[PattyWhack7009]

y not...if it wasnt for luke..the rebels would have got owned..

I cant see a full stack f imstars and support ships goin up against a full stack of the best of the rebels..The Empire will win..idn what the rebels have better, except fighter..there good for rebels..

 

i guess im ganna be the only one playin with the empire.

[Foshjedi2004]

The Rebels were fighting for a cause so they were a lot tougher than the conscripted Imperials

[PattyWhack7009]

wha? just cause the rebels "fought for a cause" doesnt mean there better.

 

rebels dont have At-AT, rebels dont have massive owning SUPER STAR DESTROYERS, rebel dont have the Dark side..I dont get it..rebels have good fighters ill admit..but storm troopers own, and if it wasnt for luke and the lil ewaks, the empire would have owned...Its a story, the good guys always win.

[Ghostly_Substance]

Well from what I heard so far from Fosh the Rebels also had couple Imperial weapons such as 1 or 2 Imperial Star Destroyers of some sort because Imperials lost the morale for fighting and joined Rebels.

 

Well Rebels also had stealth and more heroes on their side so they had an advantage there, poor Chewie.

[Lytyr]

It just means the Rebels had more fighting spirit.

 

Anyway, I too love those books - I own them, and am currently on Dark Force Rising for the third time (go Zahn go!). Thrawn is a genius, frankly - I'd love to have that kind of tactical mettle. However, I'm afraid that his victoy is not only due to on-the-field skill, but also to his recovery of Mount Tantiss (containing cloning cylinders and a cloaking device), as well as Joruus C'baoth to coordinate and improve his fleets - and, of course, the Katana fleet. Assuming those 3 factors were in-game and siezable (in fact, exit Joruus, he wasn't all that useful anyway and was a pain), then a player reading Thrawn-related novels would have some better Star Wars military theory behind him then the average Joe.

 

Not to mention Thrawn's trick at Sluis Van was awesome, I never would have thought of that (as much as I like Lando - damn him! lol).

 

On the other hand, I'm not sure whether EaW will offer such tactical depths. It's sure to be great, but whether it will be THAT great... we'll see.

[PattyWhack7009]

well i hope ppl will rethink their opinion of the Empire

 

My name in the online EAW will be

 

Admiral. PattyWhack

 

and ill show you the rath of the Imperial navy and army.

[Foshjedi2004]

My Name will be {PFF}_Jedi and I will show you the true meaning of the force.

[Gen.Vader]

General Vader you st the puny world of correllia!

 

but since we were vaguely taliin about thrawn, what did the katana fleet offer him? more troops and ships?

 

or some ungodly powers?

[Stellar_Magic]

200 Dreadnaughts, need we say any more?

[PattyWhack7009]

is {PFF} a clan or somethin..what kind of clan?

[Gen.Vader]

i thought dreadnaughts were light attack ships or transports...am i somewhat right?

[Ghostly_Substance]

About the PFF Clan/Group

 

http://swempireatwar.10.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=934

[Gen.Vader]

did thrawn retrofit or change the dreadnaughts? since 200 dreadnaughts isnt that impressive, thier description is like they are ancient pre OT ships that are fuel hoggers and poorly fitted for combat. how did thrawn change them into a force fit enough to send the rebels running?

[Joshinator]

U shall face the wrath of {PFF}EternalNightmare muh'ahahaha. All your base are belong to me!

 

Rebel and Imperial alike will tremble in fear

[Darkmark]

It all depends whether I can get 'Darkmark' before those other wannabies nick my name... If they do you may face the wrath of Griphyne instead.

 

Might have to make myself captain or commander or something as well...

 

Either way, your bases will be mine.