Can you use Gunslinger with a Standby Token?

By sgingell, in Rules

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Can you use gunslinger on an attack generated by spending a standby token?

Standby says the unit may "perform a free attack action" and Gunslinger triggers when a unit "performs a ranged attack action". So obviously yes I thought.

However the new Cassian article says that in the turn he plays his one pip (which grants gunslinger and then at the end of his activation a free standby token) "Andor can perform an incredible three attacks in a single round". What are they talking about? If you can't use gunslinger off a standby he'd be at three, is there some reason you can't?

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Never trust a marketing article to get the rules right. Luke Eddy recently confirmed in an interview on the Notorious Scoundrels podcast that he would get 4 in that case (although he himself originally said 3).

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Good to know I'm not going crazy...

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I know for a long time (I'm talking about something like 2 years) every single X-Wing article they put up would have a rules error in it. Sometimes they would go back and fix it that day, sometimes they wouldn't. Legion has been relatively smooth in that regard.

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So... you can?

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1 hour ago, 54NCH32 said:

So... you can?

Absolutely! Gunslinger triggers when you perform an attack action . And the attack you get from a standby is indeed an action .

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Nice one, I heard differing information saying both no and yes (i figured it did count) cheers man

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Follow up, does it trigger off Fire support? (using Rex's command card of course)

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8 minutes ago, 54NCH32 said:

Follow up, does it trigger off Fire support? (using Rex's command card of course)

Gunslinger happens when making an attack. Fire Support is not making an attack, it's just adding a weapon to another unit's attack.

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12 minutes ago, arnoldrew said:

Gunslinger happens when making an attack. Fire Support is not making an attack, it's just adding a weapon to another unit's attack.

That's what I thought and had read somewhere, just thought id get another sense check. cheers bud