4th Edition rules: Air attacks just got deadlier!

[Brett Nicholson]

I just visited the AP website and skimmed over the 4th edition rules there. Now aircraft DO get the +2 adjacent hex DF modifier AND, on an X result, if there are any open-topped AFVs in the hex the firing player may select the AFV/APC to take the step loss AND, on a 2X or 3X result the firing player may choose one of the step losses from an AFV of any type; open or closed-top. This may be difficult to adjust to and honestly don't know how I feel about it; one part horror, one part euphoria. This may be a hard transition to make with shared plays depending on which player may or may not recieve aircraft in a scenario. Other than that the 4th edition rules are looking pretty good and glad that they have been released to the general public at the AP site. Oddly enough there is no mention of the (+1) opportunity fire only affecting personnel units so maybe that was an optional rule and a typo on the 4th edition DF table.