A grittier or more “realistic” game where the PCs are clone troopers or a group of salvagers needs tougher B2s. Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that the B2 Super Battle Droid must be portrayed based on the feel of the campaign being run. I thought about this for some time, trying to decide which side I was on. The other side were the B2s-as-Minions crowd, which instead looked to sources like the movies and The Clone Wars to show how our heroes effortlessly cut down swathes of the droids. On one side were the B2s-as-Rivals crowd, who pointed to sources like Republic Commando for how tough these droids should be against a group of squaddies. Despite the years, the game was everything I remember: an immersive and gritty Star Wars soldier experience, fun squad-based game play, and full of super-tough Super Battle Droids! When I started searching the internet to see if anyone has taken a crack at stats for the B2, I noticed on the Fantasy Flight Games forums that there were two camps. I recently reinstalled Star Wars: Republic Commando on my PC after picking it up fairly cheaply from Steam.
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