Overview
Hi, seasoned player here. I find RaW to be one of the easiest mods, even on hard difficulty. There is a formula one can follow to easily win a gc as either faction in RaW, every time. Here are the steps in sequential order:
Steps:
1) Combine your entire space fleet
2) Take over the credit rich planets such as Mygeeto and Bespin and build refineries on them as early as Day 1
3) Build Barracks and a Light Vehicle factory if Reps or Droid Factory if CIS on every planet possible in order or importance and likelihood of being attacked
4) Get the tech level required to build 5x Saber tanks/10x Droideka at minimum on each of those planets
5) When attacked, ctrl-a to select all units, select your tanks/droideka, and rush them to reinforcement zone
6) Kill enemy units while landing
7) Replenish any units lost after battle, if any (not likely if executed correctly)
8) Repeat steps 6) and 7) every battle
9) Build fleet and gradually take over planets
10) Win
Tips:
– The AI ALWAYS brings an overwhelming force when attacking. Defending on land is best, because you can destroy their forces before they even finish spawning in.
– Killing units as they spawn in does 3x more damage
– Target Spider droids with saber tanks ASAP, as they are the most resistant to saber tanks
– Try to capture the reinforcement zone to minimize battle time
– If build pads are around the spawn, build anti-air turrets and target the enemy units ASAP
– For planets you need the space station built on, build w/e the ground-to-space weapon is (2 if you’re CIS), 3-5x carracks if you’re Reps, and NOTHING else. The ground weapons are op and the ai underestimates it. The smaller the fleet you have defending, the smaller the fleet the AI will bring to fight it, so it’s wise not to have a large fleet defending.
– DON’T wait to build up before you capture planets. You start with a ton of units and the ai’s planets are extremely weakly defended. The longer you wait, the stronger defense they’ll have.
– Stealth Jedi raid is effective for Reps at the beginning
– Bonadan is neutral at start in at least the large maps, so 1 trooper can successfully raid it.
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tl;dr: Build 5x Saber tanks/10x Droideka on almost every planet, rush the spawn point, kill all units as they spawn in, repeat every battle, never lose a planet if done effectively.
It’s really that simple!