Is this situation "complex"?It greatly depends on how "complex" the question is....
Is this situation "complex"?It greatly depends on how "complex" the question is....
Out of curiosity - where was this asked and answered?In the original post, the routing unit never moves further away from its destination hex whereas, in the question I posed, it does and it already appears to be asked and answered that this isn't allowed.
It is quoted by jrv in the thread that Stewart resurrected from 2018. It is actually easy to miss.Out of curiosity - where was this asked and answered?
Almost like revisiting old posts have value. Eh Robin? Necro-Officer.It is quoted by jrv in the thread that Stewart resurrected from 2018. It is actually easy to miss.
You can still move further away when ROUTING, but NOT when LOW CRAWLING.A. Yes, unless it uses Low Crawl, but it need not take the shortest route (in hexes/MF) to do so. Even if it uses Low Crawl, however, it must still do so toward that woods/building (i.e., at no time may it increase the hex range between itself and that woods/building, and must end that RtPh closer to it than it was at the start of the phase). [An92; An95w; An96; Mw]
That is not how I read that answer. For your interpretation to be correct, you would have to remove the word “Even” from the start of the second sentence. It also seems clear from the use of the words “at any time” that it is referring to a rout of more than one hex and those words would make no sense in the context of low crawl. There is no way, given this answer, that the the rout suggested in my original question to Perry could be legal. The rout route in your OP however might be as it does not involve moving further away from the target hex until it is no longer a valid destination due to the presence of the enemy unit in R6.You can still move further away when ROUTING, but NOT when LOW CRAWLING.
Low Crawling Must go towards. About the only way to get there in doing so is ALL OG movement.
The Towards refers to Low Crawl...otherwise you can low Crawl in ANY Direction claiming its "heading" to its destination.That is not how I read that answer. For your interpretation to be correct, you would have to remove the word “Even” from the start of the second sentence. It also seems clear from the use of the words “at any time” that it is referring to a rout of more than one hex and those words would make no sense in the context of low crawl. There is no way, given this answer, that the the rout suggested in my original question to Perry could be legal. The rout route in your OP however might be as it does not involve moving further away from the target hex until it is no longer a valid destination due to the presence of the enemy unit in R6.
"Towards" refers to any rout, even low crawl.The Towards refers to Low Crawl...otherwise you can low Crawl in ANY Direction claiming its "heading" to its destination.
That's probably why the Towards is included...and Parallel to the destination isn't towards either.
The point is that LC must move towards."Towards" refers to any rout, even low crawl.
I quite agree. There is also nothing in the rulebook that says a routing unit cannot move further away from its destination as part of its rout subject to the proviso that, per A10.51, it must reach its destination. The Q&A appears to introduce something that is not spelt out in the rules and I was obviously unaware of it when I sent my original question to Perry. Nevertheless, it is an official Q&A which has appeared in at least three official publications, so I think that we have to regard it as laying down the law unless something has clarified or superseded it subsequently. To me, the words "even", "still", and "at any time" contain a clear implication that the requirement not to to move further away from the target location is not restricted to units using low crawl. If the sentence read:The point is that LC must move towards.
ALL rout must move 'to' the destination.
There is a distinction
Where does this unit rout to?Path A10.51
The routing unit must move toward its destination Location.
At no point may the routing unit increase the number of hexes between itself and its destination.
Rather than stick that out of topic rant in the middle of a post, you could post a word in the LFT folder with precise points.Just a note....rat charts are inundated with errata. ANY chart or concept that isn't in the RB, generally is subject to miswording concepts....as we know...this is disastrous in ASL.
Nah...you missed the entire point again.Rather than stick that out of topic rant in the middle of a post, you could post a word in the LFT folder with precise points.
They correct the rat pack each time they republish it, so they will be grateful if you can point out their errors.
I presume that you are speaking of the last edition?
I didn't (I particularily appreciate the "again").Nah...you missed the entire point again.
LFT reedited the rat pack, each time correcting some errors that the players noticed and reported to them.My "rant" of the rat charts isn't going to do anything to their usefulness.
I don't see what Perry and playtests have to do with the question of the rat charts - the latter are a TPP product.I have posted BTW, and I can Text Perry, and I can Playtest, etc ad nauseum.
You are aware of the errors...did you contact them?
I have already noted two posts ago that this kind of situation might occur given the wording of the Q&A. It doesn't seem to me however that it should be difficult to resolve.Where does this unit rout to?
There is only one destination in 6MF.
Nothing in 10.51 states increasing distance from the destination...unless my eASLRB is out of date or I've missed something.
Just a note....rat charts are inundated with errata. ANY chart or concept that isn't in the RB, generally is subject to miswording concepts....as we know...this is disastrous in ASL.
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