Biovores and balconies

[commandersasha]

His Devestators were on a balcony of a ruin; my Biovores shot at them. The barrage scattered and fell just short of the balcony. Although I targeted the first floor, it missed, so it landed on the floor.
The centre if the blast was only 3-4 inches from the Devestator ' feet, so no I placed no mines, but got no hits either.
Did we play that correctly? If so, I must remember not to shoot Biovores at ruins!

[immortalblue]

Biovores shots are resolved as barrage weapons and so Will always hit in the TOP MOST level where the centre of the marker is. You can't target a specific level like you do with a normal template weapon.

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[WestRider]

No, he was doing that part right. He just didn't word it as clearly as he could have.

6th Ed is, for the most part, actually a 3D Game. Measure on the angle from the nearest Devastator to the point on the lower level where the Barrage actually landed.

That said, dropping one level will almost never matter. It'll still be too close to place Mines, or it will have been far enough anyhow. Drop two levels from the dudes and you're definitely clear, tho. Assuming the usual 3" levels.

[commandersasha]

Sorry, yes, my wording wasn't great. The balcony was jutting, so from above was a clear shot.
So to clarify (on flat ground for example), there is a "dead space", between 2.5" and 6" from an enemy model, where if the centre hole lands, the large blast neither reaches the enemy, nor places a mine?

[roxor08]

That's how I've always played it!

[WestRider]

Dec 2, 2012 8:52:31 GMT commandersasha said:

Sorry, yes, my wording wasn't great. The balcony was jutting, so from above was a clear shot.
So to clarify (on flat ground for example), there is a "dead space", between 2.5" and 6" from an enemy model, where if the centre hole lands, the large blast neither reaches the enemy, nor places a mine?

This is correct. And, as I said above, with a one-floor drop, it's not going to add enough distance to meaningfully change that unless you're right on the edge of that area anyhow.