is pivot an action?

Also when can it happen? Case in point I'm at a angle to a figure and I'm Range 4. If i pivot before i move I can get in Range 3 and arc. If the pivot is after the move and i have to angle the movement ruler i won't be in range 3.

Thank you!

Pivot is in lieu of a move - a move in and of itself

As drasnighta says, sounds like you need two move actions to do what you want to do.

Cool. Thank you for the quick response.

Pivot is a type of move action. Instead of moving forward or backward, you take a move action to pivot. It will trigger abilities that say they trigger off of a move action.

I'm a bit confused as to how you can change range from a pivot action?

4 hours ago, dai2dai996 said:

I'm a bit confused as to how you can change range from a pivot action?

Well, cheap as it may seem, range is measured to the closest part of a minis base OR model. Technically possible that a weapon or the mini itself goes over the line from a picture when range is being measured TO the AT-RT, but not from.

EDIT: I'm wrong. LoS is measured this way, not range. Range is base to base.

34 minutes ago, Big Easy said:

Well, cheap as it may seem, range is measured to the closest part of a minis base OR model. Technically possible that a weapon or the mini itself goes over the line from a picture when range is being measured TO the AT-RT, but not from.

Range only takes bases into account. LoS uses minis and bases.

From:
"To measure range , a player places the range ruler so its beginning touches part of the base of the mini that range is being measured from."

To:
"If the base of the mini being measured to touches the raised line between two range ruler segments without crossing it..."

3 hours ago, dai2dai996 said:

I'm a bit confused as to how you can change range from a pivot action?

If you're referring to OP's scenario, I think they're saying that without a pivot the path that the AT-RT would have to take wouldn't get it into the appropriate range/arc. It's not the pivot itself that is changing the range.

Ok. I see what the OP was meaning now. Thank you.