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lance allocation?
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Author:  spawn [ Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:21 am ]
Post subject:  lance allocation?
Hey Guys,

This one came up tonight.
I targeted a Questor (or any other war-engine) with a falcon unit containing 2 firestorms. I scored 3 hits, 1 firestorm, 2 falcon lances.
In what order are the hits allocated? There is no special rule for weapons with lance for allocation order (unlike macro weapons), so are they considered normal hits? Since it's owners choice, my opponent allocated the lance hits towards the shields and the firestorm hit vs the war-engine.
We couldn't find anything in the faq or swordwind. Or are we just to drunk to read?

Any thoughts? add to Faq?
Author:  zombocom [ Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: lance allocation?
This was discussed and a proposal was put forward that wherever possible, hits should be allocated so that special rules have an effect. However, a lot of people are against it, so it didn't become the FAQ.

Per the standard rules, your opponent applies them in whatever order they like, meaning such abilities will often be wasted.
Author:  stompzilla [ Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: lance allocation?
To be fair though Falcons don't actually have Lance attacks, so it worked out for the best.

Falcons have pulse attacks which means they get 2 x shots on their pulse lasers as per the 2008 FAQ rules changes.
Author:  Ulrik [ Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: lance allocation?
Probably a firestorm/fire prism formation then.
Author:  stompzilla [ Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:52 am ]
Post subject:  Re: lance allocation?
From Swordwind?
Author:  spawn [ Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: lance allocation?
Cheers for the replies guys,

stompzilla wrote:
To be fair though Falcons don't actually have Lance attacks, so it worked out for the best.

Falcons have pulse attacks which means they get 2 x shots on their pulse lasers as per the 2008 FAQ rules changes.


Doh! that's what you get when trying to play intoxicated ;) . Fortunatly, we rolled to see what rules to use and ended up using the normal targetting rules. So no man overboard there.

It kind of deminishes the usefullness of lances firing on War engines though. Oh well, just something to keep in mind for the next time.
Author:  nealhunt [ Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: lance allocation?
spawn wrote:
It kind of deminishes the usefullness of lances firing on War engines though. Oh well, just something to keep in mind for the next time.

Yep... and ignore cover... and disrupt... and salvos with mixed MW/TK.
Author:  zombocom [ Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: lance allocation?
Ah, subtle point, but when shooting at a mixed AV and War Engine unit, you must declare which shots are targetting the WEs and which are targetting the AVs. This will allow you to direct Lance shots at the war engines in such a case.
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