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I recently was battling my brother and he told be about the new skimmer rule, he said something about my vector engine upgrades dont count, like i dont need them. can anyone explain this?

?? I think he means that, unless you travel flat out, skimmers aren't destroyed when immobilised - if memory serves. So you only need them if moving flatout seems like a good idea!

so with this new rule in 5th eddition, i dont need it now? right?

You do if you want to avoid crashing when immobilised whilst moving flat out.

Vectored engines will mean your immobilized vehicled doesn't become a wreck, and therefore also saves your squad from disembarking and doing a pinning test. This would only come up if you moved flat out, in which case your vehicle would also have recieved a 4+ cover save. They're not useless.

What do you mean when you all say "Moving Flat Out?"

Skimmers can move up to 24"... This is called flat out... When moving flat out, if a skimmer is hit, it is automatically wrecked... This is what they mean by flat out....

The types of movement is (Please correct me if I am wrong)

6" Combat Speed (Pg 57 BRB)
more than 6" - 12" Cruising Speed (Pg 57 BRB)
more than 12" - 18" Flat out for fast vehicles (Pg 70 BRB)
more than 12" - 24" Flat out for skimmers (Pg 71 BRB)

Weapons that can fire (Pg 73 BRB unless specific codex/BRB rules state otherwise):

Stationary: All Weapons
Combat Speed: 1 Weapon plus defensive weapons. Fast Vehicles may fire all weapons.
Cruising Speed: No Weapons. Fast vehicles may fire one weapon plus defensive weapons.
Flat Out: Nothing may fire.

Keep in mind the rules are a little different for walkers, but this is how it would be dealt with for non-walker vehicles.

Edit: Multiple edits to add information, correct punctuation, and to correct abreviations. Also added that it has to be "more than" certain measurements to move movement into the next category of speed.

Anything over 12" in normal movement is flat out. If you're immobilised while going flat out (moving between 12"-24") then your skimmer slams into the ground and crashes, becoming wrecked.

gunner762 wrote:What do you mean when you all say "Moving Flat Out?"

Well your question has been answered; I suggest you acquire a Rulebook, as Flatout is a pretty significant rule to know nothing about. This leads me to believe there are other rules you're ignorant of, and we really shouldn't be responsible for edifying you of the actual rules. Read the RB, then come to us if you're confused about what you've read.

gunner762 wrote:so with this new rule in 5th eddition, i dont need it now? right?

I'd suggest getting a copy of a 5th edition rulebook, reading the relevant parts, and then judging for yourself. They are still handy, and an upgrade, but possibly not as huge a one as they used to be.

addition: note that it's not Skimmers that can move flat out but FAST Skimmers