[jgemrich]

OK - I've heard this many times but it isn't in the rules or in the FAQ that I can locate.

I believe a strider can make a rush movement in many possible manners. C shap , S shape....etc. Has there been a ruling that they can only move in a straight line? The FAQ says they may move around obstacles but does not indicate whether the path of movement may be taken to maximize figures trampled by the Strider.

Thank you in advance for the direction to this clarification.

[Caern]

From the 'Running over Infantry' section of your rulebook, first paragraph

"A combat strider or a vehicle may run over infantry. Armored fighting vehicles, like any other fighters, always seek the most direct route. It is out of question to zigzag among enemy fighters to run them over, when you can blast them, burn them, mince them or do anything else along that line!"

You must move in as direct a line as possible to get to your intended destination. As stated earlir "The fighters are not out on a stroll; they move from onepoint to the next as directly as possible, going round obstacles when needed."

edit: To sum - in general, anything in this game must take the most direct path towards the destination it intends. It is not acceptible to make unusual movements
_________________

[jgemrich]

So a "C" shape is unusual? I mean I guess the most direct path between 2 points is a straight line. But you can move around obtacles etc on this path per the FAQ.

[Gregoire BOISBELAUD]

You have to take the shortest way to your opponent.

If the straight line is possible, so do it.
If you have to go round something, take the shortest way round it.
_________________
Gregoire BOISBELAUD.
Cofounder of the Order of the Pear.

[jgemrich]

[aukenlak]

It's over powered as it is, try not to make it even more so.
_________________
"It's your hate on which we feed,
we are the new class we are the new breed.
Send our regards to the nations on fire,
with a bouquet of barbed wire."

[Evil Bob]

My opinion for the whole two cents or less it is worth, that the direct route and zigzag were meant for a strider to pick a straight line on the actual trampling, but you can use prior movement to line yourself up for the line of stomping.

It could be read that you pick your trampling line and move as straight as possible to cover as many fighters along that line as can be. If that were the case I would think there would be a little more definition in the rules.
_________________
_/|\_/|\_/|\_/|\_/|\_/|\_

Two wrongs don't make a right but three left turns do.

[aukenlak]

Er, I misread that bit.
_________________
"It's your hate on which we feed,
we are the new class we are the new breed.
Send our regards to the nations on fire,
with a bouquet of barbed wire."

[Caern]

The entire 'direct route' orders apply to everything in this game, not just striders.

It is simply reminded to people in the rules for running over infantry that you cannot move around to stomp as much as possible. You pick a point and you get there in the shortest way possible, as the rules have stated, and Gregoire has backed up.

Otherwise you are just deciding that the rules don't apply to your army, or that they only apply in certain ways, or that they are not to be taken literally and can be 'fudged' a bit. And that's very unsportsmanlike. I wouldn't play someone who insisted on being able to ignore the rules and try lining things up just so. It's a rushed charge in an attempt to catch infantry off guard, full speed ahead, not a dance.
_________________

[Professional Lurker]

As Caern has said, all movements are to be the most direct routes possible.

Quoth the rules, page 58 under Movement:

[jgemrich]

Is somebody arguing w/ what the posters have said?

I'm glad 5 folks have wanted to weigh in. I was just looking for where to find/how to interpret the decision.

The big smiley behind the "shortest route to them...longest route through them" means the statement was in jest. Not that I was trying to break the rules.

Thanks to you all. I got it.

[aukenlak]

I know, the wink was to show I was kidding too.
_________________
"It's your hate on which we feed,
we are the new class we are the new breed.
Send our regards to the nations on fire,
with a bouquet of barbed wire."

[Evil Bob]

[Caern]

Whatever you want to believe . Deflecting the situation onto me does not change the fact that such rules fudging is unsportsmanlike and leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth.

If you had bothered to read, the text that 'changed your mind' was part of my first post on that thread. But reading is such hard work. I'm not going to dignify such behavior with further response.
_________________

[Evil Bob]

[Caern]

I'll eat crow and will respond, since you are trying to make a point. Just because someone disagrees with you, Bob, doesn't mean they hate. And it's still unsportsmanlike, like a person playing that-other-game who measures how far to move a figure from the front of their base and ends the movement at the back of the figure's base. This is the internet, devoid of tone. Just because you think someone 'hates' doesn't mean they do.

And now I'll bold where I mentioned it. I didn't give a page number but I mentioned it nonetheless.

[Evil Bob]

I will state it once again. You cited page 59 which did not answer the topic at all. It only refers the actual action of trampling. As a result it is only natural from that part alone people can walk away with different understandings.

Page 58 with movement states that all movement must be the most direct route. That is the page that clears this all up. If there was free-based regular movement then things could be radically different.

[Caern]

[Evil Bob]

[Caern]