Constucting a squad

WARMACHINE: Tactics is designed around the philosophy of synergy between the members of a squad. Every unit is part of the whole and can interact with other units for greater effect. Similar to the concept of creating ability combos in a trading card game, units in WARMACHINE: Tactics can combine effects and abilities that support each other’s efforts and increase one another’s effectiveness. Careful and creative selection of a squad’s warcaster, warjacks, and warriors is essential to an effective strategy. Plus, it means you can design exactly the force you want to put onto the battlefield.

=Squads= Each Squad consists of a Warcaster, Warjacks, and Warriors. Each squad has a maximum point value of 50 and a maximum number of 16 units.

Warcaster
Each Squad must have a Warcaster, it will not be valid if it does not. Each Warcaster is free and does not count toward the point cost of the squad. Warcasters come with a set amount of Warjack points, which they can spend on Warjacks.

Warjacks
Warjacks are optional, but very powerful additions to the squad. Warjacks cost the most points of all the units, but Warjack Points will be used for initial Warjacks added to the squad. Once all Warjack points have been used, Warjacks will start using squad building points. If a Warjack is added that uses more than the number of remaining Warjack points, it will also use squad points to cover the difference.

Warriors
Warriors are optional, but useful units. They cost less than Warjacks, but are less powerful. Warriors only use Squad building points.

=Creating a Squad= On the main menu of the game there is a Squad Construction option, which loads into Squad Construction.

Loadouts
All of the player's created squads will appear in the Loadouts menu. There the player can Edit, Delete, and Create loadouts. The player can have a maximum of 10 squads. Each loadout must contain a Warcaster unit.

Creating a New Loadout
The player has the option to create an entirely new Loadout. Here they can pick the faction they want and all of the units.

Picking a Warcaster
In the Warcasters panel all of the faction's available warcasters will be displayed. The player can add the Warcaster to their loadout by clicking the + button. The Warcaster's Warjack points will be added to the "Warjack Points Remaining" section.

Picking Warjacks
In the Warjacks panel all of the faction's available warjacks will be displayed. The player can add a warjack the same way they add a Warcaster. Warjacks will initially use Warjack Points until the points are gone, then they begin using Squad building points.

Picking Warriors
In the Warriors panel all of the faction's available warriors will be displayed. These are added the same way as Warjacks and Warcasters. They only use Squad Building points.

Removing Units
The player can remove a unit from the Roster by clicking the X button next to the unit.

Naming the Squad
At the top of the Squad Building screen there is a text box with "New Faction Loadout" inside. The player can click inside that box and add whatever text they want inside the box. Squad names are limited to a certain space on the screen. This is the name that will appear in the Squad Selection screen when playing Multiplayer games.

Saving the Squad
Once all requirements are met and the player is happy with the squad, they can click the Save button on the bottom of the screen and they will be brought back to the Loadout List.

=Editing a Loadout= In the Loadouts screen, the player can choose to edit an existing loadout by pressing the edit button. Once this occurs the player can edit their squad the same way they did when creating the squad. Everything about the squad can be edited.

=Deleting a Loadout= If the player is unhappy with an existing squad or wants to make room for a better squad, they can delete squads on the Loadouts list by clicking the Delete button and clicking Yes on the confirmation pop up. Deleted squads are gone forever.

=Using a Squad in Multiplayer= When a player joins a Multiplayer game and picks a faction, all of their available squads for that faction will appear in the Squad Selector. Clicking a Squad will display its details.