Slitherine

Athos1660 wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 7:10 am Read the very-nicely done manual. Most rules still apply.
Then read the patch notes accessible from the game.

Mord wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 1:20 pm Section 12.1.1. Change: “if a unit is in the ZOC of multiple enemy units, the game will decide which one it must move away from – prioritizing primary ZOCers” to “If a unit is in the ZOC of multiple enemy units, its movement is restricted by all of these.”

Change: Close Order Warbands and troops of “Below Average” (or “Somewhat Disheartened”) or worse quality are excluded from the +1 Cohesion Test modifier for being Heavy Foot.

Correction: Pike units cease to be rated as Shock troops once the entire back rank of models has been lost. This means that they once they have suffered 25% losses, they no longer follow up enemy that fall back from them.


• Slings can now shoot overhead from higher ground.

• Addition to Impact POA Chart: Lancers: (in open terrain only) +50 POA vs steady, noncharging Pikemen, Offensive Spearmen or Defensive Spearmen.

• Addition to Melee POA Chart: Mounted Swordsmen: +50 POA if Cataphracts vs steady Pike, Offensive Spearmen or Defensive Spearmen unless these are defending an obstacle.



• Change: Unless they are in Rough or Difficult terrain, or defending an obstacle, Light Foot will now always evade non-light troops.

• Change: Light Foot can only charge non-light troops if the latter are in Rough or Difficult terrain.



• Manual change: Impact POA chart. Heavy Weapon. +100 POA vs any (unless the infantry are charging mounted shock troops).

• Manual change: Impact POA chart. Heavy Chariots in open terrain have +150 POA vs any troops except elephants, light foot, light horse or steady foot who are pike, offensive spearmen or defensive spearmen.

• Manual clarification: Units with 50% Light Spear, Lancers, Heavy Weapon or Defensive Spearmen capability get full POA effect from these at Impact as if 100% of the unit had the capability. In melee, however, 50% Swordsmen, Heavy Weapon or Defensive Spearmen get 50% of the full POA.



• Manual correction: Melee POA chart. Heavy and Scythed chariots both have +100 POA vs any troops except elephants, light foot, light horse or steady foot who are pike, offensive spearmen or defending an obstacle.

• Manual correction: Irrigation ditches give +25 POA in Impact and Melee combat to foot defenders if the unit is not missile troops vs mounted and so does not qualify for +100 POA for “Protection”.

• Manual addition: Shooting POA chart: Massed non-combat bowmen with unbroken enemy combat troops within 2 squares of them and not facing away from them get -70 POA shooting modifier.



• Manual Clarification: If a unit evades and is caught by the chargers, this automatically counts as a rear attack, and causes a cohesion drop even though the unit is not already in close combat. (Unless the evaders are non-light troops being charged by light troops). If the unit is then charged by another unit, it cannot evade again. However, this second charge does not automatically count as a rear attack, so won't cause the cohesion to drop unless it was a legal flank/rear attack using the normal rules for that. If it does count as a legal flank/rear attack it will cause a cohesion drop even though the unit is not already in close combat. (Unless the previous evaders are non-light troops being charged by light troops).


• Manual Clarification: Setting Rain or Snow for a scenario in the Editor gives a -50 POA modifier to all shooting except by javelins.

• Manual clarification: A unit disordered or severely disordered by terrain loses that disorder as soon as it completely leaves the adverse terrain square. (i.e. the unit is now in an open terrain square.)


Mord.

rs2excelsior wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 7:20 pm There’s also been a change to how heavy weapons work. They used to just negate any armor advantage completely and had no effect if the heavy weapon unit also had the same or better armor, I think. Now they give a small PoA bonus and negate a portion of enemy armor, regardless of the HW unit’s relative armor.

Athos1660 wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 7:10 am Read the very-nicely done manual. Most rules still apply.
Then read the patch notes accessible from the game.