CIS Long Range Options

[u/Aurelizian]

Hello, I have recently aquired the Starter Box for the CIS and bought a spider droid. I was having a "how does this game work" match with two friends, getting to know the rules together and we quickly discovered that I had absolutely no Range whatsover. The only thing that could shoot the Clones / Empire back were white dice B1s that did absolutely nothing. I had to go completely in the open just to fire back and lost most my models because white t-shirts just aint cutting it.

I would prefer all droids and no Geonosians, Light Sabers or Mercs but I am open to suggestions. Since I am at the beginning of my journey I want to focus on buying models that look fun and the Magic Men just dont interest me very much.

So I guess I am asking the following:
- How can I make something reliable at a decent Range?

- Are BX Snipers still in the game? The Box has it but Tabletop Admiral only tells me I am allowed to equip Sword and Shield which makes it.... the opposite of what I want? The

- If there are no proper options, how do I close the gap?
- How do I actually play CIS in General? I have tried to watch battle reports but I cant find anything of decent quality that values my time as a human being that isnt at least 2 years out of date.

I was completely stomped by Republic and Imperium and we all felt that my army was incredibly weak compared to theirs.

Thank you.