If any of your group ever plans on going to a regional or Gencon, Id say no, as it is likely to lead to confusion if you/they show up to a sanctioned tournament and try to argue that it does work against those abilities.

If you/they dont ever plan on making it to a regional/Gencon, then sure, why not.

If any of your group ever plans on going to a regional or Gencon, Id say no, as it is likely to lead to confusion if you/they show up to a sanctioned tournament and try to argue that it does work against those abilities.

If you/they dont ever plan on making it to a regional/Gencon, then sure, why not.

Also, it would make Captain Rex more overpowered than he already is. For 33pts, he's a huge bargain...and just wait until you see how he works a few months from now!

I'm just going out on a limb here, but is this just another thread gripping about General Weir? Seriously, did you just come on to argue, or are you actually going to listen to others? This isn't a good idea, because pieces were not costed with it in mind. It will break quite a few things (Rex was already mentioned). You are welcome to try it, but if I am correct, and this is simply about your fears of General Weir, please actually do some playing with the pieces before you make some drastic change to the game based on a personal desire. That will not be good for your gaming group. It could be perceived as simply convincing others to go along with a change, because it makes your own personal squad better. Once that happens, you've lost all respect with the play group, and the group itself will be injured, perhaps collapse. Please think twice about trying to encourage a rule change for selfish reasons. If I am wrong, then simply consider this a warning. Make sure your motives are what's best for the game, and not what's best for you.

Senate Commandos are still a just fine, tier 2 squad with a ton of options for building around them. They don't need the help. I think once you've actually played in a tournament with General Weir, you'll see that he certainly doesn't break them.

I agree with this reasoning...as long as it is what the GROUP wants. But...if that is indeed the case, why are you even posting it? While I am all for doing things locally to put more people in seats playing Star Wars Minis, creating major rule changes like this will serve to eventually isolate your group. Even if your group has no intentions of ever going to an official tournament, simply encountering groups or players outside your own will result in a lot of confusion. This has happened both ways to my own group, even as recently as this past weekend, where an incorrect interpretation of rules regarding cover played by a group in New York affected our gathering.

Nickname has often said (And I am paraphrasing here) that the value of having a universal rules set is so that 2 total strangers can sit down and play this game without first sorting out 'real life' or 'Star Wars' logic. There are aspects of the rules set that maybe don't make good 'Star Wars' logic but within the 'game logic' make perfect sense. Further, pieces have been designed around these rules for a long time, so changing rules could unravel a lot that has been built on.

In short, as a leader in your group you should be doing what you need to do to promote the game locally. If you are looking for advice, there are lots of us who care about the game who would be glad to pitch in. If however, you are looking to stir things up, without a global view of the game you're just taking a knife to a gunfight.

Bao-dur. He should do pretty well vs shields.

All you have to do is get him adjacent. The character can't use shields at all, not just against Bao-dur.

Isn't this how overwhelming force works?

Penetrating Attack (This character's attacks are not affected by enemy special abilities that reduce damage)