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So im finally going to try linked teams tonight for the first time ever... with 5 Magster knights

Was looking in FAQ and ended up confusing myself.

If they are all 5 linked, are they impetious still? Seems like it goes away

If I enter Loss of LT, the 5 man team keeps regular orders? because they are religious?

As long as they are linked they are regular, but in LoL, since they are in a link and considered regular religious not Impetious, they will become Irregular in the LoL.

If they are not in their link they would become Irregular and Impetious.

So in LoL they are all irregular, can I not use them as a link team? Or can I still use one of the irregular orders to move or shoot with the team

I don't have access to the N3 FAQs at work to answer that one correctly. If you know a link (not on Infinity's or data-sphere) I can see if I can figure that one out.

Link Teams haven't been updated to N3 that I know of but I've been digging and the Human Sphere rules say (on page 6 of http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity/downloads/rules/[en]RulesHS.pdf ) that if a Religious Troop in a Link Team uses his order while the army is in Loss of Lieutenant he leaves the link.


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Guess that makes sense for balance purposes. Linked and they are just regular, but LoL they break link if they use their irregular order.

Thanks guys!

So yeah.

Knights Link - Now regular- LoL - Knights now Irregular- Irregular can only be used on the troop himself- if troop uses that order the link breaks.

From the errata:

DOES THIS PARAGRAPH CONCERNING RELIGIOUS TROOPS IN FIRETEAMS STILL APPLY IN 3RD ED?
[“In a Loss of Lieutenant situation, any figure belonging to a Linked Team and possessing the Religious Troop Special Skill, who uses its Order (The Order the Religious Troop Special Skill allows it to keep for itself) is no longer part of the Linked Team."]

No, it doesn't. The overhaul of the Religious Troop Special Skill in 3rd Ed has rendered that ruling obsolete.

On the other hand...

UNDER 3RD ED RULES, WHAT HAPPENS TO A
FIRETEAM THAT ENTERS LOSS OF LIEUTENANT?
Loss of Lieutenant in 3rd Ed does not automatically break Fireteam links.
However, troops in Loss of Lieutenant become Irregular. Should a member of a Fireteam expend his Irregular Order, he au- tomatically and immediately abandons the Fireteam and forfeits all its bonuses.

That last sentence is really important, and applies beyond the context of the question.

Should a member of a Fireteam expend his Irregular Order, he au- tomatically and immediately abandons the Fireteam and forfeits all its bonuses.

If you have a source of regular orders, you can spend them on the models in the link team without breaking it. But if you spend an irregular order (which, of course, you can only spend on the model that generates the irregular order), you cause the model to leave the link team.

So, essentially, "The same result, but for a different reason."

 solkan wrote:
From the errata:

DOES THIS PARAGRAPH CONCERNING RELIGIOUS TROOPS IN FIRETEAMS STILL APPLY IN 3RD ED?
[“In a Loss of Lieutenant situation, any figure belonging to a Linked Team and possessing the Religious Troop Special Skill, who uses its Order (The Order the Religious Troop Special Skill allows it to keep for itself) is no longer part of the Linked Team."]

No, it doesn't. The overhaul of the Religious Troop Special Skill in 3rd Ed has rendered that ruling obsolete.

On the other hand...

UNDER 3RD ED RULES, WHAT HAPPENS TO A
FIRETEAM THAT ENTERS LOSS OF LIEUTENANT?
Loss of Lieutenant in 3rd Ed does not automatically break Fireteam links.
However, troops in Loss of Lieutenant become Irregular. Should a member of a Fireteam expend his Irregular Order, he au- tomatically and immediately abandons the Fireteam and forfeits all its bonuses.

That last sentence is really important, and applies beyond the context of the question.

Should a member of a Fireteam expend his Irregular Order, he au- tomatically and immediately abandons the Fireteam and forfeits all its bonuses.

If you have a source of regular orders, you can spend them on the models in the link team without breaking it. But if you spend an irregular order (which, of course, you can only spend on the model that generates the irregular order), you cause the model to leave the link team.

So, essentially, "The same result, but for a different reason."

So what I said ;P Thanks for the citations though lol of course the only way you would have orders lying about to use is if you have a Vet1 or you are Morat in which case doesn't matter cause Morats give no damns about LoL.