Thus the CIS could be a weird military with glaring weaknesses but also great strengths.
What I find interesting, is that in most depictions of the CIS vs the clone army, the clone army can barely hold its own. Most of the successes of the clone army were the result of the heroic actions of either Jedi or veteran Clone commandos. Heroes should thus be one of the most important elements in the Republic army, while the CIS army should appear in large numbers and, despite terrible aim, should be very difficult to stop without brilliant tactics or heroes. The biggest weakness of the CIS army and even navy, was not that they couldn't stand up to clones or deploy proper tactics, Grievous' terror and hit and fade campaigns were hugely successful, but that most of their heroes could not stand up to the Republic heroes, and the Republic was forced to adopt very unconventional tactics that often surprised the Confederacy.
Which brings us to the question- how is the Republic different from the factions in ICW? Might they be somewhat limited in a certain unit type? Unlike the NR and IR, they'd have few capital ship classes, but they would be very good from the outset- venator, victory, and dreadnought heavy cruiser. Might clone task forces be very small but very capable? What would make for a different playing experience compared to the IR of ICW? Obviously they ARE a proto-empire... but the team might not want to make them too much like that.
Both sides seem to have a varied infantry line-up, so that might make them different from the regular infantry/elite set-up of ICW.
What do you all think?
The Republic army is, essentially, a lead up to the Imperial army, same with the navy. Biggest difference is the sheer number of Jedi and the bolstering of their army by local forces of varied kinds. The Republic, visually, is meant to look like it will become the bad guys, but are currently the good guys. Its probably why lucasfilm had most of their fighters look like precursors to the Rebel fighters instead of precursors to TIEs, and why they have a vibrant colour scheme that often includes red, orange and blue, colours we have seen many times with the rebels. At the same time, the look of clone armour, capital ships and walkers gives that direct link to the army of the Empire.
A couple of things I would love to see for the Republic would be; 1: The ability to construct orbital medical stations that could occasionally spawn clone units, representing Republic attention to medical care, or provide a moral boost as the clone forces know that injuries will be treated. 2: The inclusion of more Jedi as small bands of a couple Jedi, with a padawan or two and maybe a couple troopers or an R2 unit. Lots of Jedi existed in the EU, thousands, and many died at the hands of the Separatists even before Order 66. 3: The amalgamation of certain heroes into groups, like is done in ICW with Han Solo and Chewbaca. There are a ridiculous number of heroes in the Clone Wars era, and you do not want the entire upper corner of the screen filled with hero portraits. An example of this would be putting Obi-Wan and Padawan Anakin together in an early GC, and later having Obi-Wan, Anakin, R2-D2 and possibly even Ahsoka in the same unit. Or, if you want to split the two of them up, have Obi-Wan with Cody and maybe Rondo, the Red Arc trooper from the 2003 series, while Anakin could spawn with R2 and Rex, maybe adding Ahsoka if the mod makers want to use her.
Edit: Quote from Wookiepedia at the end of a long evaluation of legends material. "Thus is it is most likely that the Grand Army was combination of clones, draftees, and troops from local planetary armies."