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In the GT I just played in an opponent told me I could not premeasure to an objective to see if a unit was in range of it to score. I have always played it that you could as you may premeasure movement. I have not seen anything to back up this statement, is this accurate or no? If so, what part of the rule book supports this either way?

Reecius wrote:In the GT I just played in an opponent told me I could not premeasure to an objective to see if a unit was in range of it to score. I have always played it that you could as you may premeasure movement. I have not seen anything to back up this statement, is this accurate or no? If so, what part of the rule book supports this either way?

No, you cannot measure ANY range unless explicitly permitted to.

Can't you measure range w/ some =I= dread?

Thanks GWAR!

Gwar has it right about premeasuring, but it also states in the Movement Distance section on page 11 that

"it is perfectly fine to measure a unit's move in one direction and then change your mind and decide to move somewhere else (even the opposite way entirely) or decide not to move it at all."

So you can pre-measure 6" if that helps

So the point really is, for all intents and purposes, once you declare that the unit is moving you are free to measure its movement distance where you want to move in any direction...but that doesn't mean you get to measure range to the nearby objective as well, unless it happens to fall within the movement distance of your unit.

Question: the BRB says I can choose to move and then decide not to move, so what if I measure 24" (flat out) and then decide not to go flat out?

I have a friend that doesn't like it when I use my skimmer movement to (indirectly) measure the range for the DA's that just hopped out (within 1 or 2 inches) so I don't do it anymore when playing him, but when playing with others is this a legal practice? I know it looks a bit y, but I need all the help I can get when measuring range.

Thanks

My advice to you: memorize what 6" and 12" look like. This will help you with most stuff.

However, (I am no expert on this) I think moving your units then deciding not to is a valid way to "check range", just don't do it every single move. I imagine it would really annoy your opponent.

Though to be fair, I often use one unit as a rangefinder for units in better firing position, usually for really long (36"-60" shots)

Torque wrote:Question: the BRB says I can choose to move and then decide not to move, so what if I measure 24" (flat out) and then decide not to go flat out?

I have a friend that doesn't like it when I use my skimmer movement to (indirectly) measure the range for the DA's that just hopped out (within 1 or 2 inches) so I don't do it anymore when playing him, but when playing with others is this a legal practice? I know it looks a bit y, but I need all the help I can get when measuring range.

Thanks

While legal I think you would be called out for it as well... it seems a bit obvious that your using the movement value to figure out the ranges on your weapons. I can imagine you would be called out for pre measuring and your game would be watched in a tourney. Not to mention you would have your sportsmanship lowered.

Actually in the proper sense of sportsmanship is a quality that includes trying to play as well as one can, and as one is using something perfectly legal to help facillitate a winning situation then yes it's being sporting.

And it's about the seeing how far a 6" move would get you, I'm sure (hope) they are using tape not sticks and there should be no problem at all - most people use their

I'm just going to use a bionic eye however that at about 60" has about a 1-1.5 under-read (even when I adjust the scope for that - funny huh) shorter it's just better and better