How do you play it? Aegis Defense Line

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**Lord Yayula**

BetrayTheWorld wrote:
Peregrine wrote:

There's about as much "ambiguity" as there is in debating whether bolters are STR 4 or STR 10.

This statement would be true if it said bolters were Str 4 on one page, then said that they were Str 10 on another.

The ambiguity in this comes from the fact that every reference to the ADL refers to it as a fortification, purpose-built fortification, or purpose-built battlefield defense. Purpose-built fortifications give a 3+ cover save per the cover section.

The ADL also has a generic terrain type of Battlefield Debris(Defense Lines). As we all know, terrain types involved several various rules dependent upon type(not just cover save). In the terrain type section, it's generic terrain type offers a 4+ cover save.

There are many pieces of terrain that are/could be classified as Battlefield Debris(Defense Lines), but only one of them is considered a fortification: the Aegis Defense Line. Arguments can be made for both sides, and no one can "win" the argument without input from GW because the rules are in conflict with neither of them specifically categorized as a "Basic" rule. I encourage you to email GW questions on this so that hopefully they FAQ it. I've already sent mine, and was disappointed to see that nothing about it was included in the recent FAQ update.

It is just the name of the FoC section where you can purchase the ADL, that doesn't mean anything you pick will be classified as a fortification. It is like saying that any havoc/devastator squad armed with plasmaguns/meltaguns can't move and shoot normally because they are heavy and heavies need to be stationary to fire with normal BS any heavy choice on the codexes would actually not be allowed to move and shoot with normal BS unless they are tanks.