- Brom wrote:
The reference to 0.5 is a little confusing and not what I am intending. This could be construed as the transport essentially cancelling the unit that is in reserve (0.5 vs 0.5) but not equaling a normal unit which counts as 1, which is not what im asserting.
I'm sorry to hear that, did my best to make the 0.5 a little less confusing. And it is what I am intending. See calculation why transport does not simply cancel out unit that is in reserve (0.5 vs 0.5).
- Brom wrote:
There is a subtle difference which I will try to describe a little more plainly below:
For the purposes of determining reserves each unit counts as 1. Each dedicated transport also counts as 1. Period.
Period? Behind something you are dead wrong about? Because...
- Brom wrote:
For those units that MUST start in reserve, the unit AND their dedicated transport together count as 1 (which is then ignored per the rules on page 124.. otherwise players would be ignoring the unit and counting the DT).
I think I understand your confusion. You read the line: "A unit and it's Dedicated Transport are counted as a single unit for these purposes" as belonging to the line: "Unit that must start the game in reserve..." But these are seperate subjects. You shouldn't read them together. Or would you else read the line after that about ICs as belonging to the line: "Units that must start the game in reserve..." aswell? So...
- Brom wrote:
Make more sense now?
No. Are you less confused about the 0.5 though?
- Brom wrote:
Anything else including counting a unit as 0.5 tends to make more problems then it resolves. This then is why I assert the quote below is simply clarifying how dedicated transports are counted for forced reserve units only.
'Units that must start the game in reserve are ignored for the purposes of working out how many other units may do so. A unit and its Dedicated Transport are counted as a single unit for these purposes."
Yeah, again... Sorry, this has nothing to do with forced reserved units. That is a problem on it's own. You really shouldn't read those 2 sentences together. Why? Well (like I said before in this post) the sentence after that talks about ICs. So when you quote, be complete please:
'Units that must start the game in reserve are ignored for the purposes of working out how many other units may do so. A unit and its Dedicated Transport are counted as a single unit for these purposes. Independant Characters are also counted as a single unit regardless of wether they have joined another unit or not."
Or do you believe the part about ICs also to be about forced reserves? I hope you don't. Again, it's about counting DTs and their passengers as 1 single unit. And how to handle this when you want to deploy them seperatly. I'll make the equation clearer... How much is 1 divided by 2? Exactly, 0.5. This solves this problem and is not confusing at all.