10 hours ago, elbmc1969 said:

Oh, gad, yes! You are absolutely right about that. Using the same term for two concepts which are both tightly related and easily confused is just dumb. I would contribute to buy you a plane ticket to FFG HQ and to pay some mob leg-breakers if it would get that changed.

if a few of us wrote in emails asking the same question, would that prob them to put in it the faq?

13 hours ago, elbmc1969 said:

Again, you have to read in the negative. The procedure could simply be explicit.

We know lots of folks have played it wrong, which means that there's a problem with the writing. The writing is very bad.

I feel that I have the right to criticize the writing because:

1. I've been reading complex wargame rules since 1980 and, as frequently as not, I'm the one teaching them to other people. Yet, I misunderstood this rule.

2. I've edited some complex wargame rules sets.

3. I'm a technical writer, so I only eat if I'm able to write clear instructions.

This whole section of the RRG is C- writing, at best.

13 hours ago, Drasnighta said:

If you had read my treatise on "Attack" vs "Salvo", you would also understand that I'm on your side.

I heard ffg is going to work with an online RRG for Legion. The core doesn't came with one. Maybe it is our chance to get a correction on a new RRG which came with every rules spread around and those enhancements.

It now affects a bunch of cards... It won't happen now. Too much to change.

6 hours ago, Muelmuel said:

if a few of us wrote in emails asking the same question, would that prob them to put in it the faq?

In all seriousness (because this sounds sarcastic), old-fashioned post office mail would actually have an effect. Everyone gets so much email that it's easily disregarded, but a physical letter gets attention.

In the old days, Avalon Hill answered questions sent in a Yes/No format with a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). I believe SPI did it the same way. The nice part was that you could keep the reply in the return envelope, toss it in the game box, and be able to show the official reply to someone you were playing in a tournament, or just casually.

Doing the same now (including the various other Wave 7 questions) would almost certainly get a reaction.

On 1/28/2018 at 2:45 PM, elbmc1969 said:

In all seriousness (because this sounds sarcastic), old-fashioned post office mail would actually have an effect. Everyone gets so much email that it's easily disregarded, but a physical letter gets attention.

In the old days, Avalon Hill answered questions sent in a Yes/No format with a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). I believe SPI did it the same way. The nice part was that you could keep the reply in the return envelope, toss it in the game box, and be able to show the official reply to someone you were playing in a tournament, or just casually.

Doing the same now (including the various other Wave 7 questions) would almost certainly get a reaction.

Wow. Coming from the ancient school of gaming myself, this post warms my heart. Avalon Hill, and several other game creators from its heyday, really DID respond to SASE questions (youngins... an SASE is a " S elf A ddressed and S tamped E nvelope". You snail mail (USPS) a question to them, and inside the envelope that YOU sent, you include a pre-stamped envelope addressed to YOU for them to reply to you, also via snail mail). No disrespect to those in the know, but my own 19 year old daughter wasn't sure what a "SASE" was, though she said she heard the term before. LOL! Anyways, nothing important to add, just seeing this brought back really fun memories of asking questions about gaming before email became commonplace.