It is wild to see a faction that once reigned supreme (in a batttleforce form mostly) fall well below the others. You made some great points, and I hope more players give Empire a chance.
I think the Riots were a little disappointing to most people, but it may just be compared to other fun new stuff in 2.6. CIS was up and coming and got, arguably, a good bit better. GAR had some super fun changes including a big boost to Annakin, and Rebels got some big upgrades to a lot of units plus a super fun to play new SF unit.
There may be a newness bias we could be seeing with a lot of top players leaning towards some of these upgraded lists, having success in big tournaments, and thus convincing others of a shifting meta then they copy themselves, further tilting the results.
Hopefully we see some Empire lists break through soon. And Riots are actually pretty fun to play, and a pain to get off POIs!
It is wild to see a faction that once reigned supreme (in a batttleforce form mostly) fall well below the others. You made some great points, and I hope more players give Empire a chance.
I think the Riots were a little disappointing to most people, but it may just be compared to other fun new stuff in 2.6. CIS was up and coming and got, arguably, a good bit better. GAR had some super fun changes including a big boost to Annakin, and Rebels got some big upgrades to a lot of units plus a super fun to play new SF unit.
There may be a newness bias we could be seeing with a lot of top players leaning towards some of these upgraded lists, having success in big tournaments, and thus convincing others of a shifting meta then they copy themselves, further tilting the results.
Hopefully we see some Empire lists break through soon. And Riots are actually pretty fun to play, and a pain to get off POIs!