(03-12-2024, 12:11 PM)cjsiam Wrote: Where do you see "Both units would lose a step" in what I typed?
Read it again....
Turns out (from what I read thread herein) that the proscription to take the X on the AT gun (higher column) was lost from previous editions....
I agree that the most severe loss should be taken on the element which had the higher vulnerability....thus the AT...
BUT apparently that is a "House Rule" now in the current edition, and not RAW---But I agree it should be a rule.
Again--- One attack on two columns gets an X-X (21-30) results in ONE step loss in the hex....Again, I'd agree the most
vulnerable unit (30 column) would take the loss, and everyone else M2s....(ignoring transports details...)
Better?
I'm not jumping in with the same things hammered over and over again as I said....
But to this point, there never was a rule about the "more vulnerable" unit taking the X, unless it was the only unit that saw the X, then it was the only applicable unit to suffer the hex's X. In the case of X/X it's player's choice unlike, the example of M1/X where only the weapon see's the X.
What WAS in 2nd edition, was weapon units were grouped in with transports (read the charts), so it was either the weapon, or the transport taking that "extra" loss. 3rd edition simplified the rules under the "combat unit" banner and personnel and weapons became one unit type for "X" among other things.
That's why I originally questioned if someone was looking at the 2nd edition chart to force the weapon and INF to take a step loss as it would be essentially the only rules supported way for that to happen.... but well... rabbit hole later and we still don't understand why they are trying to double casualties but...
