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It's a question I already asked but cannot remember the answer ( old age )

I know that during artillery fire, a battery may not pivot if it would change the firing range . It has to fire at the eligible targets and during moveent phase try to move to change angles and have anther target, juicier and at a shorter range .

But I cannot remember if you may pivot during the firing phase in order to avoid having to fire at 2 different units at same range and so concentrate on one target . Same idea for not shooting at one target but having a new target you prefer ( always same range ) .

you can pivot up to 1 MU as long as it does not change your range band to any targeted unit.
I believe you can pivot so you concentrate on a single target however you can not use it to pivot out of or into range of an enemy unit that was either capable of shooting at you before the pivot or was out of range of you before the pivot.

Previous thread:

Re: pivoting cannons

Postby terrys » 08 Aug 2013 13:47
To clarify this rule:

During the pring phase :
1) Artillery may only pivot in order to fire. It cannot pivot if has no target (after pivoting).
2) A pivot may not reduce or increase the range band betwean itself and an enemy unit that it could fire at (either before or after pivoting), or to reduce or increase the range band of an enemy unit capable of firing at it.
i.e.
Artillery may pivot to fire at a different target, at a different range band, as long as the distance between itself and any potential target does not change range bands.

The rules states:
"This move may not be used to reduce or extend the range band at which the artillery unit STARTED."
It does NOT state "at which the artillery unit is firing", which some players seem to be using.

from: http://slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=188&t=43367

Thanks for refreshing my memory

There is an addition to the artillery rule in the new amendments that should have been posted a couple of months ago.
However, there have been some problem with getting the updates on the site.

The addition is:

 Page 51: IDENTIFYING TARGETS: (clarification) An artillery unit can only pivot before firing if a different target is fired upon (with at least one dice) OR it fires at the same target with more dice. (i.e. Pivoting during the firing phase can only be used to change or improve the target - it is NOT a free prolong)