Civevac rewritten

In the nature of a changelog:

Looks like Civevac has been rewritten:
- The skill is now called "Civevac" instead of "Synchronize Civilian". The state is still Civevac.
- The HVT doesn't follow a movement path, it just teleports to remain in sil contact with its handler whenever the handler moves.
- Failing an attempt doesn't make the HVT hostile.
- Anyone can Civevac two HVTs
- Can't civevac while in a fireteam (I can't remember for sure whether this is a change)

 

Oh and also, Civevac is now a short movement skill!

(Maybe it always was and I missed it? Anyway, it makes it quite a bit more useful).

 

If I'm reading it right, another consequence of the change is that HVTs can never go prone. Under the old rule, you would Move them so presumably could go prone the same way anything else can when it Moves. Now, they just teleport around and there's no rule that would allow them to go prone that I can see.

Also, not sure whether this is a change, but it looks like you can't Civevac a Designated Target. "In some scenarios, the enemy HVTs are considered enemy Troopers instead of Neutral Civilians, so they can be targeted by Attacks." So it looks like DTs are Troopers, not Civilians, and Civevac only works on Civilians.

(I can imagine an argument that you can even spend orders on a DT, since it's a Trooper, though I doubt that's intended.)

 

You could be right. If so, then I guess you can civevac your own designated target and run to your backline with it? And as you go, your opponent can't ARO against the DT because it doesn't Move, it just gets teleport-carried by the civevacing unit.

In previous seasons, I think you could civevac the DT but the opponent could shoot at it as you moved it back.