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SF range 6?
« Topic Start: September 14, 2011, 01:25:57 PM »


The character Thorbjorn of Caergoth seems to have a unit with range 6. Is this even possible?

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Re: SF range 6?
« Reply #1: September 14, 2011, 01:50:47 PM »
apparently so...
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Re: SF range 6?
« Reply #2: September 14, 2011, 02:27:55 PM »
Unit (3) moved one rank closer, into Range 5, then got shot.
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Re: SF range 6?
« Reply #3: September 14, 2011, 02:28:55 PM »
No, he doesn't. Please read what the battle report actually says before jumping to absurd conclusions:

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Harlequin (3) move closer to get better shots.

They had moved up a line before the Armored Archers fired on them.  That makes it 5 rows.
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« Reply #4: September 14, 2011, 02:35:12 PM »
No, he doesn't. Please read what the battle report actually says before jumping to absurd conclusions:

They had moved up a line before the Armored Archers fired on them.  That makes it 5 rows.

But there are SF's that have range five then, Interesting. And maximum for archers is still 4?
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« Reply #5: September 14, 2011, 02:36:49 PM »
But there are SF's that have range five then, Interesting.

Yes, I thought everyone knew that?

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Re: SF range 6?
« Reply #6: September 15, 2011, 01:04:29 AM »
Yes, I thought everyone knew that?

There are a lot of features that people don't know about because they haven't been playing for the full 10 years to see as things change. I personally knew about this one, but I know for sure that there are a ton of things that I don't know about SF capabilities. and other things of course.
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Re: SF range 6?
« Reply #7: September 15, 2011, 01:51:44 AM »
There are a lot of features that people don't know about because they haven't been playing for the full 10 years to see as things change. I personally knew about this one, but I know for sure that there are a ton of things that I don't know about SF capabilities. and other things of course.

The number of R5 SF is indeed very, very rare.

I would love to see an army of nothing but these, deploying in the rearguard, and peppering everyone to death before they can get anywhere near.
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Re: SF range 6?
« Reply #8: September 15, 2011, 02:57:47 AM »
Timothy, isn't the helpline supposed to be for people trying to understand something?

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I knew SF had a range of 5, but have assumed that when archers fire, they fire on the unit where the unit was at the start of the turn. That everything was relatively simultaneous.

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Re: SF range 6?
« Reply #9: September 15, 2011, 03:45:23 AM »
Get used to it.  The only surprising thing is that Indirik didn't start it.

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Re: SF range 6?
« Reply #10: September 15, 2011, 05:04:52 AM »
It appears that certain members of the forum who shall remain nameless have forgotten that not everyone knows that they do.

Please do not let that dissuade you from asking questions.
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« Reply #11: September 15, 2011, 05:18:00 AM »
Please do not let that dissuade you from asking questions.

Indeed. People should not be rude on a helpline forum. If you can't help it, abstain from commenting.
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Re: SF range 6?
« Reply #12: September 15, 2011, 08:40:25 AM »
The number of R5 SF is indeed very, very rare.

I would love to see an army of nothing but these, deploying in the rearguard, and peppering everyone to death before they can get anywhere near.

but they suck at extreme range i think, and unless it's in the city, it takes ages to recruit them, draft or no draft.

unless i misunderstood tim (from a while back), longer range doesn't mean they cause more damage closer than someone with shorter range.

ie.. exact same stat shooting at exact same range (let's say 4), with exact same roll, a max range 4 cause same damage as a max range 5.
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Re: SF range 6?
« Reply #13: September 15, 2011, 12:16:46 PM »
ie.. exact same stat shooting at exact same range (let's say 4), with exact same roll, a max range 4 cause same damage as a max range 5.
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Re: SF range 6?
« Reply #14: September 15, 2011, 05:46:25 PM »
but they suck at extreme range i think, and unless it's in the city, it takes ages to recruit them, draft or no draft.

unless i misunderstood tim (from a while back), longer range doesn't mean they cause more damage closer than someone with shorter range.

ie.. exact same stat shooting at exact same range (let's say 4), with exact same roll, a max range 4 cause same damage as a max range 5.

But they get many more rounds of shooting at them from a distance before engaging in melee. And ranged SF aren't as pitiful in melee as archers are.
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