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2013/07/29 12:40:25
Subject: Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Discriminating Deathmark Assassin
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Hi Folks,
I'm looking at running DE reavers for my kill team with the specific idea of turbo boosting over my enemy. With so much terrain to hide in I'm hoping to be out of line of sight the whole time. My question is when I turbo boost am I required to move 24" in a straight line or can I bend it like beckham?
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2013/07/29 13:12:10
Subject: Re:Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Regular Dakkanaut
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If I remember correctly (do not have the rules in front of me), nothing requires you go in a straight line. However, the codex entry for the reavers says that, when selecting the unit to hit, you draw a straight line from the starting and ending position of any one reaver in the unit. You can fly in circles, but the target is decided by a straight line.
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2013/07/29 13:12:12
Subject: Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Fresh-Faced New User
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 necron99 wrote:Hi Folks,
I'm looking at running DE reavers for my kill team with the specific idea of turbo boosting over my enemy. With so much terrain to hide in I'm hoping to be out of line of sight the whole time. My question is when I turbo boost am I required to move 24" in a straight line or can I bend it like beckham?
If you are using the Kill team rules not supported by GW (ie the fan made version) I believe turbo boosting has a restriction limiting you to one 90" pivot. But for the GW version you may turbo boost in circles popping a wheelie with no wheels should you wish.
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2013/07/29 13:19:22
Subject: Re:Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Discriminating Deathmark Assassin
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Banbaji wrote:If I remember correctly (do not have the rules in front of me), nothing requires you go in a straight line. However, the codex entry for the reavers says that, when selecting the unit to hit, you draw a straight line from the starting and ending position of any one reaver in the unit. You can fly in circles, but the target is decided by a straight line.
We have a winner - sadly. I missed that part apparently when reading the entry (don't ask me how). Looks like it a straight line from where I start the move to where I end up...that'll make life more difficult but not completely impossible.
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2013/07/29 13:34:28
Subject: Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Ultramarine Chaplain with Hate to Spare
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Also you need to check page 45 you are incorrect on your turboboost movement range...
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2013/07/29 13:38:40
Subject: Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Daring Dark Eldar Raider Rider
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 FlingitNow wrote:Also you need to check page 45 you are incorrect on your turboboost movement range...
Don't have my book on hand but I believe he is right. If I recall all eldar jetbikes are able to turbo boost approximately a bajillion inches and the player is required to laugh maniacally as he does so.
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2013/07/29 13:44:45
Subject: Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Regular Dakkanaut
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 Dannyevilguy wrote: FlingitNow wrote:Also you need to check page 45 you are incorrect on your turboboost movement range...
Don't have my book on hand but I believe he is right. If I recall all eldar jetbikes are able to turbo boost approximately a bajillion inches and the player is required to laugh maniacally as he does so.
I believe the distance for eldar jetbikes is 36", not 24" as the OP said.
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2013/07/29 14:59:45
Subject: Re:Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Tea-Kettle of Blood
Adelaide, South Australia
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All straight lines are curves in a different frame of reference.
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 Ailaros wrote:You know what really bugs me? When my opponent, before they show up at the FLGS smears themselves in peanut butter and then makes blood sacrifices to Ashterai by slitting the throat of three male chickens and then smears the spatter pattern into the peanut butter to engrave sacred symbols into their chest and upper arms.
I have a peanut allergy. It's really inconsiderate.
"Long ago in a distant land, I, M'kar, the shape-shifting Master of Chaos, unleashed an unspeakable evil! But a foolish Grey Knight warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in space and flung him into the Warp, where my evil is law! Now the fool seeks to return to real-space, and undo the evil that is Chaos!" |
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2013/07/29 15:09:19
Subject: Re:Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Powerful Phoenix Lord
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A line is a one-dimensional figure with no start or end and no curvature. Ergo, it is impossible for Turbo-boost to be a straight line.
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Greebo had spent an irritating two minutes in that box. Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look. In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
Orks always ride in single file to hide their strength and numbers.
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2013/07/29 20:54:29
Subject: Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Confessor Of Sins
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necron99 wrote:My question is when I turbo boost am I required to move 24" in a straight line or can I bend it like beckham?
Don't let people make you feel bad for asking this question, BTW. A lot of people (players, LFG staff and GW redshirts) have assumed that you must go in a straight line as long as there's been a Turboboost rule but far as I know it never required it. What it did require in older versions was that you end up more than a set number of inches from your starting position in order to claim the bonuses to your defenses.
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2013/07/30 18:42:27
Subject: Re:Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Rough Rider with Boomstick
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 Happyjew wrote:
A line is a one-dimensional figure with no start or end and no curvature. Ergo, it is impossible for Turbo-boost to be a straight line.
Pretty sure it has a start and an end. It's one-dimensional, so has a length (I.e. Is Xcm long) and as such it's start and end points can be defined, although they occupy no space.
Also if we want to get really technical relativity means that gravity will affect the line, so it actually has curvature by default as gravity will play stronger or weaker effects on different parts of the line. No effect with regards to turboboost of course.
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Note to the reader: my username is not arrogance. No, my name is taken from the most excellent of commanders: Lord Castellan Creed, of the Imperial Guar- I mean Astra Militarum - who has a special rule known only as "Tactical Genius"... Although nowhere near as awesome as before, it now allows some cool stuff for the Guar- Astra Militarum - player. FEAR ME AND MY TWO WARLORD TRAITS. |
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2013/07/30 18:57:17
Subject: Re:Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Tactical_Genius wrote: Happyjew wrote:
A line is a one-dimensional figure with no start or end and no curvature. Ergo, it is impossible for Turbo-boost to be a straight line.
Pretty sure it has a start and an end. It's one-dimensional, so has a length (I.e. Is Xcm long) and as such it's start and end points can be defined, although they occupy no space.
Also if we want to get really technical relativity means that gravity will affect the line, so it actually has curvature by default as gravity will play stronger or weaker effects on different parts of the line. No effect with regards to turboboost of course.
I hate to be this picky but yes, a line is always infinite by definition. Also gravity has no affect on a line since it's one-dimentional and thereby weightless.
Why are any of us even posting here again?
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2013/07/30 19:35:29
Subject: Re:Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Powerful Phoenix Lord
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razoc wrote:Tactical_Genius wrote: Happyjew wrote:
A line is a one-dimensional figure with no start or end and no curvature. Ergo, it is impossible for Turbo-boost to be a straight line.
Pretty sure it has a start and an end. It's one-dimensional, so has a length (I.e. Is Xcm long) and as such it's start and end points can be defined, although they occupy no space.
Also if we want to get really technical relativity means that gravity will affect the line, so it actually has curvature by default as gravity will play stronger or weaker effects on different parts of the line. No effect with regards to turboboost of course.
I hate to be this picky but yes, a line is always infinite by definition. Also gravity has no affect on a line since it's one-dimentional and thereby weightless.
Why are any of us even posting here again?
Why not?
@Tactical_Genius: A line is infinite in both directions. A ray is infinite in a single direction. A line segment is finite.
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Greebo had spent an irritating two minutes in that box. Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look. In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
Orks always ride in single file to hide their strength and numbers.
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2013/07/30 21:17:41
Subject: Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Captain of the Forlorn Hope
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We can only assume they meant "Along a straight Line" instead of "In a straight line"
It makes more sense the first way instead of how they wrote it.
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"Did you notice a sign out in front of my chapel that said "Land Raider Storage"?" -High Chaplain Astorath the Grim Redeemer of the Lost.
I sold my soul to the devil and now the bastard is demanding a refund!
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2013/07/31 01:11:39
Subject: Re:Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Dakka Veteran
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razoc wrote:Also gravity has no affect on a line since it's one-dimentional and thereby weightless.
Being weightless is no defense against gravity (e.g. it affects light), as it bends space itself.
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2013/07/31 03:34:40
Subject: Re:Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Tea-Kettle of Blood
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Pyrian wrote:razoc wrote:Also gravity has no affect on a line since it's one-dimentional and thereby weightless.
Being weightless is no defense against gravity (e.g. it affects light), as it bends space itself.
Yep, the Earth (Terra) actually orbits the sun (Sol) in a straight line through curved space.
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Ailaros wrote:You know what really bugs me? When my opponent, before they show up at the FLGS smears themselves in peanut butter and then makes blood sacrifices to Ashterai by slitting the throat of three male chickens and then smears the spatter pattern into the peanut butter to engrave sacred symbols into their chest and upper arms.
I have a peanut allergy. It's really inconsiderate.
"Long ago in a distant land, I, M'kar, the shape-shifting Master of Chaos, unleashed an unspeakable evil! But a foolish Grey Knight warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in space and flung him into the Warp, where my evil is law! Now the fool seeks to return to real-space, and undo the evil that is Chaos!" |
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2013/07/31 04:52:06
Subject: Re:Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Captain of the Forlorn Hope
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Pyrian wrote:razoc wrote:Also gravity has no affect on a line since it's one-dimentional and thereby weightless.
Being weightless is no defense against gravity (e.g. it affects light), as it bends space itself.
However being Imaginary is a defense against gravity...
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"Did you notice a sign out in front of my chapel that said "Land Raider Storage"?" -High Chaplain Astorath the Grim Redeemer of the Lost.
I sold my soul to the devil and now the bastard is demanding a refund!
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2013/07/31 05:58:26
Subject: Turbo boosting in a straight line
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Fixture of Dakka
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Okay, that's quite enough of that digression.
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