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Does using supersonic increase a flier's minimum move distance, or just its maximum?

silentone2k wrote:
Does using supersonic increase a flier's minimum move distance, or just its maximum?

You don't "use" supersonic. It's just a special rule. You have a minumum and maximum move detailed in the Damage table in the top right of the datasheet that you must respect unless you have the ability to Hover.

Rephrase; when you advance a model with supersonic, does it increase a flier's minimum move distance?

silentone2k wrote:
Rephrase; when you advance a model with supersonic, does it increase a flier's minimum move distance?

That's a very good question. The rule for advance says to "add the result to the Move characteristics" and doesn't seem to take into account models with a minimum move. A "common sense" approach would be that it adds to the maximum distance, not the minimum. This is in the FAQs for GW thread as needing answering.

Hrm. Search function didn't show me anything about it.

How are people playing it?

I played it as increasing its maximum move distance.

I have been playing it as both max and min.

Advancing places such a limitation on the rest of the turn I really cannot see any reason to advance and move less than 40" to begin with. Most supersonic flyers at half wounds have a lower-end max move of 35".

Advancing just adds X distance to your move. Fliers are not limited to either move 20 or 50" in this edition. Example one Ork flier has a move value of 20-50". Meaning it can move anywhere between 20 and 50".

So if advancing gives it another 20" it could move 40-70". In short though just do your normal move and then add whatever the advance distance is to it.

Wagguy80 wrote:
Advancing just adds X distance to your move. Fliers are not limited to either move 20 or 50" in this edition. Example one Ork flier has a move value of 20-50". Meaning it can move anywhere between 20 and 50".

So if advancing gives it another 20" it could move 40-70". In short though just do your normal move and then add whatever the advance distance is to it.

so... part of that's not technically accurate. Fliers with a minimum distance can move up to their max movement, but crash if they don't move their minimum.


scenario;
Flier took an oblique pass over a rear line, leaving it near a corner. Less than a 90 degree turn and it leaves the table.
It does not have the hover ability.
Flier is wounded, limiting it to ~5" band of allowed movement distance. Along the path it can travel the location it can reach travelling at least its minimum move (so it doesn't crash) but no more than its reduced maximum distance are occupied by enemy models.
If it travels an additional 5-10" it can reach a safe location.
If it travels an additional 20" it again leaves the table.

Can the flier reach that legal point, or does it crash?

Also in the 'increase maximum' camp.

I increase the minimum and maximum moves.

Does anyone know if there has been an official answer on this yet?

Maximum only we play by.