Mis-interpretation of HF/MF rule

[ravenflight]

Hi All,

I think my local group has been playing a rule incorrectly.

If a P&S BG fight a Shot(MF) only BG, but only the Shot actually fight (so the pike in the P&S act as overlap) do the shot take a -ve on the cohesion test for:

"Medium foot, warriors or dragoons testing for having lost close combat even partly against mounted troops or heavy or determined foot in open terrain** (see glossary)

Now, I would have originally said yes, because I thought I'd read somewhere that mixed formations are treated as the heaviest of the bases, so in this case Heavy Foot, but now I've just re-read:

p147

MIXED BATTLE GROUPS

Mixed foot battle groups test as if entirely of whichever of tehir component types is latest in the following list: light foot, medium foot, warriors, heavy foot, determined foot. (emphasis mine)

So, I think this is what I've been reading and thus mis-interpreting.

They TEST (i.e. if they have to test and the above example as a pike keil) as if they are Heavy Foot, but they don't CAUSE tests as if they were heavy foot.

Is that about right?

[timmy1]

At impact No they do not take the -ve as the HF are not in combat. In Melee Yes, if the HF are contributing to the combat with a dice.