When a large figure moves in a manner where some of its spaces overlap spaces of its previous position (such as an E-Web Engineer moving length-ways), does it exit all the spaces it was in and then enter all the new spaces it is moving to, or are spaces where it was and still is neither exited nor entered, but are just considered occupied for that movement step?
This mostly affects movement of large figures without Massive or Mobile (so just the E-Web Engineer for now). To demonstrate the issue, consider an E-Web Engineer moving length-ways through a single square of Difficult Terrain, from one side to the other. How much movement will it cost?
If you exit all the spaces and enter all the new spaces, the movement costs 5 points:
- 2 points when the front of the EWE overlaps the Difficult Terrain.
- 2 more points when it moves again, as the back overlaps the Difficult Terrain.
- 1 final point to move to the other side.
If the overlap does not count as being entered nor exited, the movement cost is only 4 points:
- 2 points when the front of the EWE overlaps the Difficult Terrain.
- 1 point for the next movement as the Difficult Terrain space is simply occupied (by a different part of the figure).
- 1 final point to move to the other side.
This will also affect when a large figure rotates while one of its spaces contains Difficult Terrain or a hostile figure. It clearly would pay additiional Movement if it enters new spaces while doing this, but does it pay for the space it continues to occupy if all the new spaces are clear?