It’s on the card for infantry you can only take one support upgrade per squad. They’re giving you options, just like the atrt has interchangeable weapons. It's a great thing to have options, for some games they'll have the same unit but different weapons and package them both individually, or make you pick a weapon unless you're good at magnetizing.

Probably, yeah.

2 hours ago, Extropia said:

Tbh, the rules examples muddy the waters, so I can see both sides. Those aren't marketing shots....those are rules situations featuring 2 specialists per squad.

I guess we will wait and see, like with many over things. I suspect it'll be 6, but wouldn't b shocked either way.

Yeah they should of listed it as other wargames do with it being 1 Leader and X Troopers as opposed to just listing the number of models. That can confuse people as to whether it is 1 Leader and 4 Troopers or if its 1 Leader and 3 Troopers. Knowing most other games Im betting on the later which would mean after the additional Trooper and Special squads would be at 6 models. But I can see how it could be argued to be the other way.

On 12/17/2017 at 4:57 PM, GamerGuy1984 said:

Yeah they should of listed it as other wargames do with it being 1 Leader and X Troopers as opposed to just listing the number of models. That can confuse people as to whether it is 1 Leader and 4 Troopers or if its 1 Leader and 3 Troopers. Knowing most other games Im betting on the later which would mean after the additional Trooper and Special squads would be at 6 models. But I can see how it could be argued to be the other way.

It's an intelligence check. Both movement and shooting in this game are measured from the unit leader so logically every unit needs a leader. Therefore one of the figures in your unit must be a leader. Add in the math component (a stormtrooper figure is 11pts. and the squad of 4 is 44pts.) and it's simple. The 4 means 1 leader and 3 regs.

55 minutes ago, Orcdruid said:

It's an intelligence check. Both movement and shooting in this game are measured from the unit leader so logically every unit needs a leader. Therefore one of the figures in your unit must be a leader. Add in the math component (a stormtrooper figure is 11pts. and the squad of 4 is 44pts.) and it's simple. The 4 means 1 leader and 3 regs.

Oh I know. Problem is "Rules Lawyers" will argue it until FFG puts out somthing saying its one specific way. I mean Privateer Press had to add around a paragraph to one of their models that already had the longest rule of any other in Hordes just because "Rules Lawyers" argued it wasnt written x way so it doesnt work that way, even though anyone with a braincell knew what PPs intentions where. "Rules Lawyers" are the BANE of wargaming. They want every little thing spelled out to the letter or they will argue with you for hours on how it works.

Also admittedly I didnt go through that deductive reasoning to explain it even in my head. But thats likely because I could read between the lines and could figure out the designers intent.

Even easier reasoning: if it was Leader+X, the packs would not have enough troopers to use the +1 Trooper upgrade card. Therefore it must be X (including Leader).