Activation Order: Part 2
Previously I wrote about the basics of the activation order. With the release of operation frostbite there are some additional rules that change things a little. When you have two units that can be represented by the same card you may choose which unit to activate when that card is turned over. You do not need to pick ahead of time which card will represent which unit.
Some players are claiming that this removes some strategy from the game. This is true, but it does streamline play a little. if you have 2 identical units on the board there is no need to mark which is which, you simply pick one to activate.
Personally I preferred the rules the old way but I suppose I will get used to this new rule. It doesn’t change a whole lot, and remember unless you’re playing a tournament just use a house rule, that’s what I do.
actually you cannot fire at and hit stealth units at a range band greater than 1. the stealth rule specifically states that shots fired at it from a range band greater than one are “automatic failures”, and the indirect fire rules state that if the shooting test would result in an “automatic failure” then the shot is “lost in the blue and therefore doesn’t hit anything.” (official rules pg. 65).
sorry my post was meant for the strategies against stealth units
This is a rule that has been clarified in the rules forum. This was a problem in translation for the stealth rules. Instead of “automatic failure” they really meant “automatic miss”. If you use the definition of automatic failure from the rulebook then you are correct but unfortunately as with many rules in the rulebooks they have been translated poorly or the definitions have changed over time. Here is a link to the rules forum ruling regarding this. http://en-forum.at-43.com/viewtopic.php?t=5719
Hope that clears things up a little. Thanks for pointing that out though, when we read that rules forum post it made us scratch our heads and say “what?”.