by magadizer
I made the same mistake about initiative due to poor reading of the full rules in the haste to start playing the game. Fortunately, I was straightened out very early on."Initiative" is not a positive thing. And, I also don't think, contrary to some, that it is a disadvantage either. I think it's just another balance mechanism in the game. As you correctly pointed out, if imperials didn't have the initiative, their barrel rolls become much more powerful a tool. That may be the biggest reason that they get initiative in even-point matchups, or at least the reason why initiative forces you to move first. Imperials have to sacrifice some points in the squad build to make sure that they will move second when fielding a swarm.