MC's and Cover

[synack]

I'm not sure if I'm the only person that just worked this out, but according to the rules, MC's now get cover saves when in/touching area terrain, just like infantry, since there's no rule stating that MC's follow the same vehicle rules for gaining cover saves anymore.

This made me think about my army completely differently. I feel like I can drop the Venomthropes from my lists now, as cover is way easier to achieve, because even when you're not in cover, you only need 25% obscurity to get the cover save. I'll be way more willing to push my Trygons through terrain now, even though it slows them down, there's a higher chance that they will survive due to having the cover save and even possibly FnP from the Tervi's, but I'm hoping the reroll on fleet will help off-set this.

Am I the only one figuring this out now?

[kenji10000]

No it was pretty much known since day 1

[Jabberwocky]

You can also take that cover save against overwatch when charging out of terrain, in case you didn't know.

[lordbob]

Nope, you are definitely not the only one to realise it, it's well known. I had to do a double check when I first got the book when it came out to make sure I was reading it right. MCs got a lot better since the last edition

[jifel]

Yeah, it made me drop my Venoms as well (and they were so cool looking too...)