Infantry

[GreyStar]

Is using infantry useful put of anything other then trying to beat your opponent economically? And in addition how can NR build-able Jedi be useful?

[Ordinarygamer96]

Well for starters you need them to help capture points. Infantry can be useful for the cost/damage ratio as long as you arent trying to fight a giant battle with the basic infantry. Jedi I never use much but I use dark jedi as pentastar to quickly scout and act as autoresolve help.

[Womboning]

Never underestimate infantry. 2 full groups of regular infantry (not plex) can knock out pretty much everything short of specific anti infantry vehicles and air speeders if you micro them right. If you put them in a bunker, they are even more terrifying. They're cheap and expendable so if you do it right the gains you get from them relative to their cost is insane. If you take some time to learn their ranges and how to move them around efficiently you can wipe the floor with your enemy.

As for the Jedi, I use them sparingly, kinda like the heroes. To me they're pretty much just for killing mobs of infantry, then getting out and healing, when I don't have defenses set up to deal with them. I don't think they're really great against vehicles for the most part imo, so if there's an enemy planet loaded with infantry and barracks a few Jedi can save you some heavier units that would get overwhelmed by the mobs.   

Moral of the story is, every unit in the game is useful if you know how to use them right

[JMDurron]

Playing the AI on Captain as the NR, the only infantry I bother with are the Specialists, mostly for healing units on ground maps where build pads are scarce.  I use my Jedi Heroes (Corran Horn, Luke, Kyle Katarn in order of preference) to capture reinforcement points and build pads, but I hate wasting Pop Cap on any infantry unless I really need to repair/heal.  Otherwise, it's just a waste of a slot that would be better used by Freerunners and Speeders/V-Wings.