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Concerning combined fire, when i declare a combined fire, i can declare as many other units (that can fire, of course) as i want?
That is, if my whole army can fire at 1 unit, with 1 single action i can activate the whole army (independently of it being stupid or not).
Or do i have to declare a maximum of x units, being x the number of activations i still have for my turn.
That is, if i have 3 actions for that turn (most scenarios, it seems), but i spent already 1 action, i am left with a maximum of 2 unit activations for the next action.
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Andreas Nikolaidis
Greece
Patra
Patra
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You may use combined fire with any, even all, of your units.
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Nathaniel Beck
United States
West Allis
Wisconsin
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It only costs 1 action for a combined fire, so, yes, if you really wanted you could combine your entire army at one enemy unit in the same action as long as the unit(s) are allowed to support the fire action.
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clive holland
Thailand
wang nam khieo
nakhon ratchasima
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I had a game recently from the FOTB expansion where my enemy used combined fire twice at two different targets and used all his units except a mortar on those two actions. He did some damage, but by rolling a massive number of ones he failed to take them out completely.
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Ismael Descolado
Brazil
Curitiba
Paraná
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This rules should be reviewed. Only adjacent units should be use the combined fire (distance, lack radios, etc).
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Craig
United States
Goodlettsville
Tennessee
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You are only allowed to combine fire on assaults when adjacent. Even fatigued units can add 1/2 their firepower in this instance. I recently taught the game to a seasoned wargame friend of mine who was convinced this was a broken mechanic and one that over time, would win him the game.
So every turn, he put practically his entire army on a combined fire order and killed a couple of my units as I outmaneuvered him and destroyed his now completely fatigued army.Of course he was wrong, and lost the game horribly.
Combined fire is useful and situational, but should never be the sole planned tactic. End game desperate tactics aside, its better to play a balanced tactical game.
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PauloAugusto wrote:
That is, if i have 3 actions for that turn (most scenarios, it seems), but i spent already 1 action, i am left with a maximum of 2 unit activations for the next action.
Well, remember that every unit firing is then spent (fatigued). They won't do anything else for the rest of the turn. Also, the range is calculated from the longest used range among the firing units.
Combined fire seems to be powerful, but then, your enemy can manoeuver around as he wish.
(I entirely agree with Craig's example's lesson above.)
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