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After reading the section on sweeping advances it appears that you have to sweeping advance at the end of combat. Per pg 26 "When a unit falls back from combat, the victors make a Sweeping Advance, attempting to cut down their fleeing foes." Am I misreading this statement or are you now required to attempt to sweeping advance all units?

Gravmyr wrote:
After reading the section on sweeping advances it appears that you have to sweeping advance at the end of combat. Per pg 26 "When a unit falls back from combat, the victors make a Sweeping Advance, attempting to cut down their fleeing foes." Am I misreading this statement or are you now required to attempt to sweeping advance all units?

If able you were always required AFAIK

Yes, if a unit falls back from combat the other unit (victor) makes a sweeping advance (assuming it meets the conditions to do so.)

In 3rd and 4th ed it was optional. In 5th ed and in 6th ed it was/is mandatory.

 Mannahnin wrote:
In 3rd and 4th ed it was optional. In 5th ed and in 6th ed it was/is mandatory.

makes sense, I started when the "new" IG dex came out

Gravmyr wrote:
After reading the section on sweeping advances it appears that you have to sweeping advance at the end of combat. Per pg 26 "When a unit falls back from combat, the victors make a Sweeping Advance, attempting to cut down their fleeing foes." Am I misreading this statement or are you now required to attempt to sweeping advance all units?

Now I'm curious, why are you wanting to not sweep an opposing unit?

Possibly in a Tournament with special mission objectives that he is trying to complete and if the opposing unit is swept would end the game thus denying those last couple of points.

The obvious case would be if the enemy unit in question has And They Shall Know No Fear and you want to have them fall back (perhaps at the end of their assault phase) rather than stay locked in combat with them.

Yes, it's frustrating as HELL to be required to sweep a unit with ATSKNF when you could just let them run away and shoot the crap out of them the following turn. When you roll higher and catch them they should say "thank you!".

At least with this edition you cannot stay within 6" and keep them from rallying so you're not guaranteed to eliminate them after they fall back like in 5th. So keeping them in combat isn't as bad. Still sucks though.