Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-68.194.169.97-20160112040149/@comment-226878-20160115195950

That seems to be the concensus as General Hux says pretty much the same thing. Hopefully, the NEU materials will explain why the Empire decided against clones. Also, it's possible that trooper "conditioning" is a method employed strictly by the First Order meaning Palpatine allowed troopers to enlist voluntarily as a career move... or not.