Spectrar Ghost wrote:
If you are closer to the assaulted formation than the Scouts, per the GW FAQ, you need to be inside the scout cordon.
wut? sorry I don't understand a word
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That means you are assaulting into the formation itself, and will neccessarily barg units out of the way unless they are extremely spread out.
which formation? scouts or my original target? again, why do I have to barge? As soon as my unit enters a ZOC, I move it in base contact. If I don't want that, I stay out of your ZOC.
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Additionally, in the case of a Scout cordon 6cm away form the guarded formation, the scout ZoC will extend 16cm out from the formation you are trying to attack, which means the only way to reach engage range is to hit the inside.
hmm hmm not sure if I get this. You are assuming that the scouts are between me and my target, and the distance between scouts and target is 6cm. So as soon as I come closer than 16 cm to my target (coming from the "front") I will enter the scout's ZOC.
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Why do you consider this cheesy? It is one of the main tactical reasons to take scouts. The GW doc disallows screening from behind specifically. This indicates that screening from the front is not only allowed, but intended, otherwise they would not need to make an exception.
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screening from the front is perfectly ok with me. After all, the formation "behind" the scouts would not be able to interfere with the assault, because the standard ZOC is 5cm, and if you are within 5 cm of another unit, I can make it an intermingled assault.
Unless the second formation (the one "behind" the scouts) would be scouts as well, in which case we are dealing with the FAQ again - "hang your head in shame!"
cheers,