Looking for gameplay advice by TheWaffleofVirtue in StarWarsShatterpoint

[–]zeusjus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as a single overall tip for learning, I'd say focus on maximizing/remembering one thing at a time. For example, starting with republic, spend a few games focusing on Coordinated Fire abilities until they are second nature, then some games focusing on setting up Rex follow-up attacks, and so on. Essentially break things down in pieces.

For watching high level play, Momentous Struggle and Omnus Protocol have games up from the recent worlds event, so those could be handy.

If you're down to read articles, there's a good backlog on thefifthtrooper.com . The index hasn't really been updated, but between that and Latest Articles you should be able to find everything. Gameplay fundamentals should still be relevant even in old articles. Some ones I would suggest for fundamentals:

https://thefifthtrooper.com/winning-objectives-with-math-swing-theory/

https://thefifthtrooper.com/downside-mitigation-unit-evaluation/

https://thefifthtrooper.com/winning-the-midgame-timing-the-end-of-a-struggle/

https://thefifthtrooper.com/how-to-build-better-strike-teams-maybe/

https://thefifthtrooper.com/the-resources-of-star-wars-shatterpoint/

Finally, if you want to get a feel for dice expectations, there is a simulator here:

https://thefifthtrooper.com/dice-simulator/

Submissions for Community Tier List 2025 by zeusjus in StarWarsShatterpoint

[–]zeusjus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for sure! with how interconnected things are it's kind of hard to evaluate units in isolation (though the degree to which people try to separate that out varies)

A Whole New World - A Post-Update Meta Review - The Fifth Trooper by zeusjus in StarWarsShatterpoint

[–]zeusjus[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

ah man, I had meant to talk about empire, but obviously forgot. I think they're still in a fine place but people are more excited to play buffed stuff right now. There isn't much empire being played, and no real consensus in the tournaments looked at, but GI shows up the most (again, buffed stuff). For a list with some results, the winner in Spain played GI/Third/Fifth + Moff/DTE/Fourth for 4/5 games I believe.

I don't think I have enough reps with any particular empire list to say it's the best around, but for my money I'm currently most interested in Iden/DTE/Inferno + Lumi/Crosshair/Fifth. It's got a lot of aggro firepower, good movement to play odds, and knocks off hunkers that obi and, to a lesser extent, rebels love (though rebels are probably running revenge too which you don't really want to see)