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As per topic. My friend says they don't because it doesn't list their arc of fire in the rulebook.

Firing arcs only apply to vehicles, and the quad gun is not a vehicle. Like every non-vehicle model it has a 360* arc.

 dnanoodle wrote:
As per topic. My friend says they don't because it doesn't list their arc of fire in the rulebook.

Theyre not a vehicle. They even have non-vehicle stat line, which is a big clue

You draw LOS from the model firing it.


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 Peregrine wrote:
Firing arcs only apply to vehicles, and the quad gun is not a vehicle. Like every non-vehicle model it has a 360* arc.

Wrong, it has the LOS of the model firing it.

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Wrong, it has the LOS of the model firing it.

Firing arc and LOS are not the same thing.

it has a 360 firing arc as others have said. all other shooting rules apply. Shoot it with a character to get called shots.

 Peregrine wrote:

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Wrong, it has the LOS of the model firing it.

Firing arc and LOS are not the same thing.

Infantry do not have fire arcs, only vehicles do

i think your friend just wanted to cheese you.

If it doesnt have a front/side/rear armor value, its not a vehicle. Only vehicles have firing arcs, thus if he can see the target/is in range he can fire it regardless of which way its coming from.
Not to mention: the quad gun is on a turret. You arent suppose to glue that down to the box it sits on, it spins freely.

nosferatu1001 wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Wrong, it has the LOS of the model firing it.

Firing arc and LOS are not the same thing.

Infantry do not have fire arcs, only vehicles do

Sigh. That's what I said. If you're going to object to my answer could you at least take the time to read it first?

Well, to be fair, you started off by saying firing arcs only apply to vehicles, and ended by saying that infantry have a arc of 360... Which completely contradicts itself.

 Peregrine wrote:

nosferatu1001 wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Wrong, it has the LOS of the model firing it.

Firing arc and LOS are not the same thing.

Infantry do not have fire arcs, only vehicles do

Sigh. That's what I said. If you're going to object to my answer could you at least take the time to read it first?

No, that is NOT what you said. You said that Infantry have a 360 arc - when they do not have any arc, at all.

Did you even reread what you said?

nosferatu1001 wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:

nosferatu1001 wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Wrong, it has the LOS of the model firing it.

Firing arc and LOS are not the same thing.

Infantry do not have fire arcs, only vehicles do

Sigh. That's what I said. If you're going to object to my answer could you at least take the time to read it first?

No, that is NOT what you said. You said that Infantry have a 360 arc - when they do not have any arc, at all.

Did you even reread what you said?

Sigh. Do we really have to waste time on nitpicking the fact that I didn't put the second 'arc' in quotes and make it explicit that it's being used in the normal language sense of "where can it shoot" and '360* arc' is just a shorter way of writing "infantry can shoot and see in any direction", not the specific rules sense of "where vehicles can shoot"? The meaning was perfectly clear:

Vehicles have limited firing arcs (sometimes limited to 360* in the horizontal plane) depending on the weapon type/location/etc.

Non-vehicle models have no such concept and can see and shoot in all directions.

Sigh. Yes, when you get all uppity that someone corrected your incorrect usage then pointing out that you were wrong isnt exactly "nitpicking" ?

You made a mistake, and got annoyed when it was pointed out. Get over it

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Sigh. Yes, when you get all uppity that someone corrected your incorrect usage then pointing out that you were wrong isnt exactly "nitpicking" ?

You made a mistake, and got annoyed when it was pointed out. Get over it

Go back to your original reply:

Wrong, it has the LOS of the model firing it.

That's a nonsense reply, and the nitpicking over "arc" was only added later because you couldn't just drop it and accept that you made a nonsense reply.

.....enough. Apparently you are "that guy"

Really not worth it.

Okay, SOME people need to chill out, before I have to start interrupting posting privileges.