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 Stephanius wrote:


I still don't think LOS "any part of the model" is applicable for non-vehicles. Yes, it is used to check if you have the option to take a shot, but that doesn't make the shot come from the models left foot. The shot comes from the whole model for non-vehicles. If it didn't, we could use that to deny cover saves left and right: "no cover, see, my guy can see all of your guy from the hand he has stretched out" or "no cover, my dood is shooting with his left foot this time to avoid that skimmer nose he would otherwise have in the view.".

But that's how it IS within the current ruleset.

It used to specify to measure los from the "eyes" of the model for all purposes back in 5-th and probably 6. But that raised a lot of problems with models without eyes being unable to shoot, run and charge. Unless you slap a couple eyes on them somewhere. Sure, it opened up a lot of modelling possibilities. Imagine placing a bunch of eyes on a spawn! But that triggers a whole bunch of other problems like modelling for advantage.

So, gw decided to go to "los from any part for f@#k's sake".

Thank you Sir!

A further explanation for that abstraction is that though the model is in a fixed pose it's obvious that the thing the model represents is supposed to be moving around.

The model is not shooting out of it's left foot. It's down on a knee or going prone to take the shot. The models head being behind cover and shooting out of it's elbow means the model is peaking around the corner to take the shot.

It's very easy to explain how any given model is "shooting" when you understand that drawing LOS from any part of the body is an abstraction representing a reasonable amount of movement.