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I always thought that you had to pivot, move forward, pivot, repeat endlessly until you were happy.

Meaning you wouldn't just move your Land Raider laterally or diagonally, etc.

I can't find any support for that in the rules though, and it seems the only movements that are restricted to straight lines are Hit&Run, Tank Shock, Ramming, Flyer Movement and Flat Out, Charge.

Is that correct ?

Yes, as noted in the general discussion thread. There is certainly a suggestion that vehicle movement is limited, but no actual rules.

I thought you measure the distance of the move from the hull, and angling doesn't count as a move?


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T3rm1nal_lanc3,
There is a very stupid Rule that caused problems with this concept in the past, but I can't give you a direct Rule quote as I am away from the books and trying hard not to dedicate hours to researching Warhammer Rules. It requires us to measure from each individual part of the Model, to confirm that that part has not moved further then the maximum allowed distance. Needless to say this causes a lot of problems with vehicles that may want to do a pivot as part of their movement as we need to measure the rear to rear, tread to tread, barrel to barrel....

The right sized vehicle and a 180 pivot can make it illegal to even move an inch afterwards....

Because you can pivot at any point during the "move", it really doesn't matter how it's actually executed.

Example, pivot 45 degrees to the left. Move 6". Pivot 45 degrees to the right. You are physically in the exact same spot that you would have been if you had simply picked up the vehicle and moved it 6" diagonally.

Now, if you are trying to navigate through a tight street, with left and right turns, it's probably easier to move, pivot, move, pivot simply because it's easier to make sure you aren't accidentally moving too far. Then again, as the rules allow us to walk through the walls of ruins, you'd just as likely just drive through them instead.

That's the thing, there are tight streets. and friendly models. And if you had to really move using pivots and move forward, it would change everything.

I generally play it this way myself, but only because it makes sense to me personally. Not too long ago I had a person move a couple inches toward my marines then double back to where they were, in order to get some Sweep Attacks with the Necron chariot. After that I researched, sure I would find some line somewhere...but no. All it does is imply they must go forward with diagrams, etc. No real rules anywhere.

morgoth wrote:
I always thought that you had to pivot, move forward, pivot, repeat endlessly until you were happy.

Meaning you wouldn't just move your Land Raider laterally or diagonally, etc.

I can't find any support for that in the rules though, and it seems the only movements that are restricted to straight lines are Hit&Run, Tank Shock, Ramming, Flyer Movement and Flat Out, Charge.

Is that correct ?

The Rules require that you measure "Travel":

• Stationary. A vehicle that remains Stationary will be able to bring its full firepower to bear on the enemy.
• Combat Speed. A vehicle that travels up to 6" is said to be moving at Combat Speed. This represents the vehicle advancing slowly to keep firing, albeit with reduced firepower.
• Cruising Speed. A vehicle that travels more than 6" and up to 12" is said to be moving at Cruising Speed. This represents the vehicle concentrating on moving as fast as possible – all of its firepower will be wildly inaccurate.

Which is different to "normal" Models: "Models move up to 6" in the Movement phase."

A "move" and "travel" are measured very differently.
Move: You are in position A, and go to B. Measure the distance between A and B, it must be 6" or less.
Travel: You move forward 2", Backwards 3", and Forward 1". You have "travelled" 6". Have you "moved" between A (start) and B (end)?

So pivot - measure - pivot - measure - pivot - etc is correct. You cannot simply measure A to B and move your vehicle there.

As for the question about moving sideways rather that "forward", there is no RaW. Land Raiders can do Epic Drifting if you so desire... but your opponent might disagree (and Drift his Dark Eldar Raiders/Eldar Fire Prisms, because, you know, somehow that's absolutely fine)