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Does mass attack stack with more than 2 units?

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:06 pm
by OxfordGuy3
If you have more than 2 units next to any enemy unit, does this have an extra "mass attack" benefit over just having two?

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:15 pm
by Kerensky
Every valid (not AD guns) adjacent unfired (still has the red crosshair icon) unit contributes to mass attack, there is no limit.

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:17 pm
by OxfordGuy3
Kerensky wrote:Every valid (not AD guns) adjacent unfired (still has the red crosshair icon) unit contributes to mass attack, there is no limit.
Thanks, I didn't know that, BTW What are AD guns? Do you mean AA or AT?

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:18 pm
by Kerensky
Air Defense.

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:36 pm
by TheGrayMouser
Kerensky wrote:Every valid (not AD guns) adjacent unfired (still has the red crosshair icon) unit contributes to mass attack, there is no limit.
Well, the limit is 6 units around the defender hex :wink:
If you surround a unit all 6 sides the ist unit you FIRE causes a -5 initiative penalty to the defender, then -4 , -3 etc .. The last unit you fire gets no bonus (assuming the defender survives that long)

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:45 am
by OxfordGuy3
Sometimes I try to hold one unit back, though, in case the attached unit retreats and would otherwise lose contact with my forces (and therefore be able to reinforce fully)...