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Mortars
« on: December 21, 2005, 11:22:52 AM »
Hi, I'm new to this game (only 1 250p game for the moment), having moved from Doomtrooper to this.

I have a question about mortars.
Do I need to aim a model or can I aim a spot on the ground (hoping to hit surrounding units with the explosion)?

If I aim and hit a model a few inches behind a high wall with a forward observer, will the explosion hit the models next to the wall too? Or does the rule that states that indirect fire cannot hit units behind and very close to a wall still apply?

Thanks, Chribu

p.s. where can i find files for the army builder?

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Re: Mortars
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2005, 02:00:20 PM »
You have to aim at a model.

As long as it doesn't fall into dead space (ie the target is a legal target) it will hit everything beneath the template.

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Re: Mortars
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2005, 02:02:37 PM »
Targeting priority states that you need to fire at the closest threat.  This would mean that you have to target a model. 

If you shoot a model on a wall, the shrapnel would certainly fall on those at the base of the wall as well.  If the template overlapse the base then the model would be hit.
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Re: Mortars
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2005, 02:05:43 PM »
a) uhm, dead space... I think that's what I meant, the target is not a legal target if it's too close to the wall. So even if the explosion extends to models in that area, those models will not be damaged? [do I understand correctly that your 2 answers guys are in conflict one another?]

b) suppose that ALL enemy models are behind a wall and not-targetable. Then my mortars can't shoot?


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Re: Mortars
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2005, 02:11:56 PM »
a) I would go with Pvt Joes ruling.  At the moment I am unofficial.

b) That is correct.  There is no longer any speculative fire as there was in 2nd ed.  If you can't see it (either with a spotter or an forward observer) then you can't fire at it.
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Re: Mortars
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2005, 03:24:10 PM »
as long as the center of the template is in a non-dead space area, the entire template does damage.


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Re: Mortars
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2005, 03:33:25 PM »
Ok, thanks, got it.
Thanks both for your help :)