u/Playful_Letter_2632

A formal and organized military supported by China and the USSR and a highly armed guerrilla force reduced to farmers

I'm going to use a mix of in universe and real life examples to explain my point.

Point 1: F-104 vs F-16 vs F-22

Many people assert that star fighters and other technology in the OR looks similar to PT-ST era technology. I don't see this as evidence technology isn't advancing.

Imagine you are someone in 1946 who has lived through WW1 and WW2. To you, biplanes = WW1 and singular wing planes = WW2. If were to show you pictures and video footage of the following aircraft: Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, and the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, do you think you could accurately tell me which aircraft is the most technologically advanced? Probably not.

Someone from WW2 can't look at two aircraft made decades later and say which one is more advanced. Just like how we can't say technology that works completely different from our own is as good this other technology that we are unfamiliar with. An X-Wing looks similar to an ARC fighter but it probably has better engines, more powerful weapons, stronger shields, better sensors, etc.

Point 2: The idea of technological advance

There are multiple metrics to determine if something has technologically advanced. Something becoming cheaper and more accessible is an advance even if it is not as capable as the previous technology.

The fastest manned jet is the Lockheed A-12 Oxcart. It was designed in 1962. Has human aerospace technology stagnated? No, we realized that pursing increased speeds did not give much of an advantage compared to the costs to do so. The A-12 had a host of quirks and problems that made it difficult to use while not providing much extra capability compared to other technologies in its role. The aircraft that the A-12 was supposed to replace was the U-2. The U-2 is still in service while the A-12 left service in 1968.

A TIE fighter doesn't need to be more "technologically advanced" than its predecessor. It only needs to be a better starfighter for its cost.

Point 3: We actually see technology advance

The Death Star is a technological achievement that previous eras were not capable of. Same with TIE Defender, bacta, Star Destroyers, and all of the other various technology we see. There is no indication that the OR era is capable of making a military that's largely droids or mainline battleships that can take on a Star Destroyer. Could the Galactic Republic make something like Starkiller Base? In Legends, we know that the New Republic/GAFFA technology was better at countering the Vong in Unifying Force than it was in Vector Prime

The X-15 was also capable of flying into space and is the only manned aircraft capable of hypersonic flight.

It is more expensive when counting inflation however. Is Bugatti still too expensive for what you get?

The Model T is greatest car ever created. No extra luxury bullshit like electric starters or airbags shoved in by automakers to drive up the profit margins. No extra points of failure or complex engineering that makes repairing difficult. Truly the car for everyone.

Hate tech? Get a model T

Love tech? Get a model T and install one of those CarPlay screens

Want reliable? Less parts and easier to repair than a Toyota

Want a manual? Get a model T

Want an automatic? It’s only two gears, figure it out

Want self driving? It has cruise control(sorta)

Can’t operate the manual starter? Hit the gym

Need a safe family car? Don’t crash

Clearly the weakest of the soft breachers currently.

Buck can play from below and is more precise. Ram is the fastest and can quickly expose site. Sledge is in between the two where he lacks the precision of Buck and the speed of Ram. He can clear utility unlike Buck but has to get up close while Ram can throw her gadget. He can’t vert from below either. His gun is low recoil but low rof. R4C and C8 are some of the best ARs in the game.

So, why would someone pick Sledge over Buck or Ram?

Great to see!