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RedNoak wrote:

Tsagualsa wrote:

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Red oak - you're ignoring the key part of the rules for firing deck. It limits the firing deck to only being used in the shooting phase. At any other time, it is not the shooting phase and cannot be used.

It reads 'each time this unit is selected [...] in the shooting phase, do x'. If you are shooting in Overwatch, you are selecting this unit zero times in the shooting phase, because it is not the shooting phase. Imho you are correct.

selecting in the shooting phase is part of shooting with a unit.
i explained that a couple of times

read my posts

the ONLY time U can select a unit for shooting is by that sequence. The sequence DEFINES it. 'Select eligible unit' is the ONLY way to select a unit for shooting. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY to do it. Same Formaking[sic] ranged attacks....

the only times you can make ranged attacks is also in the shooting phase. so i still dont get why one should be allowd [sic]and the other not. its part of the same sequence!

Because Firing Deck specifically says it works in the Shooting phase.

Is Overwatch done in the Shooting phase?

RedNoak wrote:

the only times you can make ranged attacks is also in the shooting phase. so i still dont get why one should be allowd and the other not. its part of the same sequence!

That's blatantly untrue. Overwatch specifically doesn't happen in your shooting phase.

As others have pointed out, you're failing to understand that the sequence used to resolve shooting attacks does not only apply in the Shooting phase. To put it another way, if you're firing your weapons in the Shooting phase you must use the shooting sequence, but using the sequence does not require you to be in the Shooting phase.