Squad Leader Archive

I disagree Mav, this game is not about the Imperials and the Rebels, because if it was, you would have a choice to make at character creation saying your a Reb or a Imp, end of story. It is the storyline that drives the game, but that is all it is... a story, a very black and white story to boot. You don't hear about evil Rebs or good Imps... they don't exsist (barring Vader, but then you could argue that he never considered himself evil).

Here is the kicker, and I have said it over and over again. We are a military Profession without a military Organization. We are no more linked to a Faction than any other Profession. I do not see a Rifleman or a Carbineer saying that because they are Soldiers or Assaulters that means they are automaticlylinked to aFaction as front-line troops and thus should get a Faction perk of cheap armor or cheap weapons. Yet is that any less of a argument than saying because we are leaders we should be recognized for our greatness and thus getextra Ranks? To badmost top military leaders are normally Politicians. Should a Politician get extra Rank as well then?

My point is that if they were gonna mix SL and Factions that much, the only way to get to SLshould be to get a Officer rank in a Faction that would unlock it. But that is not the case. You don't need to be in a Faction to play a SL. Thus any suggestion for SL should take that to mind. I want to see folk play SL because they want to play it, not to just play it just to get a Faction Rank bonus.

I had enough of folk doingSL just because a Cube told them to do so.

Vec Prybrom (ICE)
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