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[Star Wars] What possible reasons could the Trade Federation have for continuing to employ such an incompetent droid army?

An obvious advantage to a droid army would be a lack of traditional supply lines, you don't need food, water, or shelter. But you would need constant maintenance, parts, and power supply. The standard droid although seemingly cheap and quick to assemble, still relies on an extensive and vulnerable supply line to provide raw building materials. The standard droid is loyal without question but comically inept at anything remotely battle related such as shooting and fighting. The vast numbers are an advantage but that is consistently overcome with smaller forces, even nonprofessional forces such as Gungans, combined with special forces such as Jedi, and they are defeated by a smaller professional army of clones. There are better versions of droids with heavier weapons, armor, and shields but they don't seem to be present in numbers large enough to sway battles. Why does the Trade Federation employ battle droids as a standard trooper?
gpt
Easy to mass produce and they were actually very effective in a lot of cases, such as the battle of Jabiim. It's not about the quality of the soldier, it's about having twenty times the amount of soldiers your enemy has and totally overwhelming them.



Edit: Also, most of the Republic's army was conscripts and average people, not the elite fighting force that was the Clone Army. A droid vs a clone is 10:1 in the clone's favor but a droid vs an average human gives the droid a much better advantage.