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I also think there is a serious echo-chamber on the FB group that kinda obfuscates what non die-hard players are thinking which is a shame.

I can understand that perspective. I think there is superficial tactics but they are limited. Terrain makes a big difference.  I think the game has great potential, but there are some serious limitations right now to be honest. I have a detailed take on it (from my perspective) in the thread in General: Why Dystpopian Wars is heading for sales failure I still think it is heading that way. There isn't enough substance to the game to justify selling models. There are some die-hards that see good, but I can't agree, I think the game is poor in execution, and moderate in enjoyment. There is very little decision making. Take ships of the class that roll the most dice and go from there. 

They did lower the amount of support dice quite considerably, and increased the armor and hull on the bigger ships. 

Ok... yes I found it... seem to be the same as before.   Well... seem the game have not changed much since I last tried it out. Feels mostly as I'm throwing dice at the opponent as ranges are too long. There should be a cap on how many support dice each gun system should be able to provide. I tried a game where each system could only add up to as many dice as the initial gun had... so maximum of twice the dice on any attack. Made the game way more tactical for such a s small change.

It's all in the ORBAT. The entry states how large the initial unit is and how many additional models you can take.

I think this game balance is a joke... there seem to be almost zero tactics and just dice rolling going on.   I have played a few solo games to get a feel for it and I completely agree with the assessment of the OP.   It is all about managing to get those first few alpha strikes off, probably with the help of some re-rolls from a tactical card... game over... I hardly need to move the ships anywhere clever either. I don't understand how the developers don't consider this absurd and game breaking. Ranges of weapons are just too long and combining dice pools are just too strong, especially on cruisers as proven in his thread.   Not sure I would bother more with this game as I'm more of a tactical player and want the game to be decided by clever moves and positioning and not dice-rolling. People that want a more though provoking game experience probably should move to another game system.

There used to be information both in the rules and unit cards how big certain units could be, how many models a unit could have. I don't find this information anywhere outside the ORBAT which only seem to mention the minimum amount, not the maximum amount? Am I missing something?!?

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I can only answer two of your questions sorry mate. You don't need bases for the models (but you raise an excellent point about orientation and angles, missed opportunity by the model designers there). They are very sturdy and unless you do something that would damage any model, they won't get damaged through usage. The fleet points value (and the rules) are all free on the "Pick a Faction" link on the dystopian wars web page. you can jump on, download the ORBATYS for free and go from there.