HyperboLemuR
Joined: Jan 08, 2013
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Oct 06, 2021 - 18:27 |
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Nelphine wrote: | Anyone have any idea behind the intention of the change of FA? I realize intention doesn't necessarily matter, but I'm still curious. Was FA just considered too weak before? (Probably valid) |
You're assuming GW does stuff intentionally and thinks things through which leads to nothing but despair |
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Grasshugger17
Joined: Jun 29, 2020
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Oct 06, 2021 - 19:40 |
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HyperboLemuR wrote: | Nelphine wrote: | Anyone have any idea behind the intention of the change of FA? I realize intention doesn't necessarily matter, but I'm still curious. Was FA just considered too weak before? (Probably valid) |
You're assuming GW does stuff intentionally and thinks things through which leads to nothing but despair |
I've written a precis of your post:
GW leads to despair |
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Catalyst32
Joined: Jul 14, 2008
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Oct 07, 2021 - 03:46 |
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NO.
Foul Appearance does not affect MOVEMENT ACTIONS.
It affects BLOCK ACTIONS.
Foul Appearance has never before affected a Blitz in this game in the way you say before and it does not affect a Blitz in that way now.
A Blitz is part of the CORE MECHANICS of that game and that does not change just because of your weird interpretation of how they write the Foul Appearance Skill rules now.
No. Just NO.
ArrestedDevelopment wrote: | SavageJ wrote: | My read on FA/Blitz, as written, is that you lose the Block portion of the Blitz action, but not the move. Note that Blitz specifies that both the Move and Block elements are actions. |
Blitz is its own action which combines both. You lose your "action" when you fail FA, which means you lose your blitz - move and block. There's no distinction between either part of the blitz - it's all a blitz action.
When you blitz, you *declare* a blitz, but *nominate* the target of the "block" element - so if you roll a 1 on FA, you lose the declared action - in this case you've only declared a blitz, thus you have to lose the movement as well. |
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sebco
Joined: Feb 14, 2005
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Oct 07, 2021 - 07:46 |
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Catalyst32 wrote: | NO.
Foul Appearance does not affect MOVEMENT ACTIONS.
It affects BLOCK ACTIONS.
Foul Appearance has never before affected a Blitz in this game in the way you say before and it does not affect a Blitz in that way now.
A Blitz is part of the CORE MECHANICS of that game and that does not change just because of your weird interpretation of how they write the Foul Appearance Skill rules now.
No. Just NO.
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May 2021 GW BB FAQ :
Q: If a player with the Foul Appearance skill is chosen as the target of a Blitz action, when do they roll to see if the action is wasted? (p.78 )
A: As soon as the Blitz action is declared. This will mean that, if they fail, they will lose their entire action and will be unable to make either the Move action or Block action as part of the Blitz action. |
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Malmir
Joined: May 20, 2008
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Oct 07, 2021 - 07:53 |
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https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4333407
Early in the second half (maybe turn 3) I target his dump off runner. He chooses to dump off and the pass goes wild and lands on my guy blitzing who catches it. I now have the option in the client of hitting the witch elf my guy blitzing is stood next to instead (or of dodging to hit the runner). Should I have been able to hit the witch? If I had, would I have then been able to move too? (I dodged and went for the runner as I wasn't sure). |
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JanMattys
Joined: Feb 29, 2004
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Oct 07, 2021 - 10:55 |
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Catalyst32 wrote: | NO.
Foul Appearance does not affect MOVEMENT ACTIONS.
It affects BLOCK ACTIONS.
Foul Appearance has never before affected a Blitz in this game in the way you say before and it does not affect a Blitz in that way now.
A Blitz is part of the CORE MECHANICS of that game and that does not change just because of your weird interpretation of how they write the Foul Appearance Skill rules now.
No. Just NO.
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You need to update about that mate |
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sebco
Joined: Feb 14, 2005
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Oct 07, 2021 - 13:19 |
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Malmir wrote: | https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4333407
Early in the second half (maybe turn 3) I target his dump off runner. He chooses to dump off and the pass goes wild and lands on my guy blitzing who catches it. I now have the option in the client of hitting the witch elf my guy blitzing is stood next to instead (or of dodging to hit the runner). Should I have been able to hit the witch? If I had, would I have then been able to move too? (I dodged and went for the runner as I wasn't sure). |
Have just seen it (quickly).
What you did is ok.
But if you have blitzed the witch, that would have been against the rules.
You targeted the runner then dice have been rolled so it was no more possible to change your target. You could have blitzed nobody if wanted (to pick up the ball, for exemple, if it would have landed elsewhere) but it was no authorized to blitz another player than the targeted runner.
That said, I'm not 100% sure the client is wrong on that. Maybe it only shows how many block dice you would roll against any target without allowing you to really throw the block dice when you already anounced another target. |
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stowelly
Joined: Mar 16, 2017
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Oct 07, 2021 - 13:54 |
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Just NO! |
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JackassRampant
Joined: Feb 26, 2011
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Oct 07, 2021 - 18:03 |
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Nelphine wrote: | Anyone have any idea behind the intention of the change of FA? I realize intention doesn't necessarily matter, but I'm still curious. Was FA just considered too weak before? (Probably valid) | I think it was probably a function of the changes made to the Blitz action. Like, in particular, now that you have to target your blitz victim before moving, it makes some sense that you'd make any relevant rolls, like Dump-Off and Foul Appearance, when you make start-of-action rolls, like Bonehead. Now, which comes first, I have no opinion.
BTW this effectively gives all Dump-Off attempts (without Nerves of Steel) a net +1, because that's one less Tackle Zone for the pass. So it's a buff to that skill too.
As someone who took Foul Appearance first on my UW goblins in LRB6, I can tell you sometimes it's better to get the blitzer into a tackle zone by failing Foul Appearance after moving into attack position, forcing him to end his move out of position. It's all situational there. |
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JanMattys
Joined: Feb 29, 2004
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Oct 07, 2021 - 18:44 |
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JackassRampant wrote: | BTW this effectively gives all Dump-Off attempts (without Nerves of Steel) a net +1, because that's one less Tackle Zone for the pass. So it's a buff to that skill too. |
I disagree.
First, sometimes to get to the ball a player must do some dodge rolls or other risky stuff like Leap. In bb2016 the blitzer had to try those before getting to you, and a failed roll meant you kept the ball on your carrier. Now you have to decide whether to get rid of the ball before the blitzer takes any real risk. Just the declaration of Blitz is enough to lure you into a risky ball action that has a 1/6 chance (at the minimum) to create a loose ball.
Second, knowing where the ball will be is a huge advantage now for the attacker. The blitzer is not forced to come to you if the ball is somewhere else, and may redirect his movement in order to mark the new carrier, or put a tz on a loose ball. In the old rules a successful dumpoff could make the blitz action mostly irrelevant, as the ball was no longer there.
Third, dumpoff was mainly a dark elf runner thing. He could quickpass at 2+. Now he's got Passing 3+, Which means that the new dumpoff without the blitzer's tz penalty is pretty much equal to the old dumpoff with the blitzer's tz penalty. |
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Malmir
Joined: May 20, 2008
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Oct 07, 2021 - 18:52 |
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sebco wrote: | Malmir wrote: | https://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=match&id=4333407
Early in the second half (maybe turn 3) I target his dump off runner. He chooses to dump off and the pass goes wild and lands on my guy blitzing who catches it. I now have the option in the client of hitting the witch elf my guy blitzing is stood next to instead (or of dodging to hit the runner). Should I have been able to hit the witch? If I had, would I have then been able to move too? (I dodged and went for the runner as I wasn't sure). |
Have just seen it (quickly).
What you did is ok.
But if you have blitzed the witch, that would have been against the rules.
You targeted the runner then dice have been rolled so it was no more possible to change your target. You could have blitzed nobody if wanted (to pick up the ball, for exemple, if it would have landed elsewhere) but it was no authorized to blitz another player than the targeted runner.
That said, I'm not 100% sure the client is wrong on that. Maybe it only shows how many block dice you would roll against any target without allowing you to really throw the block dice when you already anounced another target. |
Thanks for the info and I am glad I did what I thought I should. I have reported it as a bug. |
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