RE: RE: [NetEpic ML] Re: [v5.0] Core Rules Part II

From: <jyrki.saari_at_...>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 11:24:01 +0300

[snip]
> > 2) in Real Life(TM) shooting just doesn't go like it does
> in Net Epic (Okay men, if we can just remove one more stand
> we can get a LOS to the medic behind it and use our remaining
> attack die to frag it because it will be a legal target). In
> real life he would just be shooting at the platoon in his sights.
>
> --------> Yes! This is my very point! If the next viable
> target is the medic, you should be able to shoot at it and
> not some other guys further away.
>
> (No way men, you can not shoot at the guy with the needles,
> he is a member of the chapter-staff and do not belong to the
> detachment you where shooting at. You have to shoot at the
> marines further back!)
>

I see your point. It all depends on the method of hit allocation in this case. However, the problem with wargames of this type is that the positions of "stands" of models are abstract way of representing groups of men. The "stand" is more like the center of a particular group of men. It could as well be argued that the medic "drowns" quite well in the mass of other marines. The marines in the back of the formation would rush forward to plug gaps made by casualties etc.

>
> Eivind


Jyrki Saari

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