Can I use the NFB label to lower a level of Caml to say, mimetism and how so? Or is the optional for deployment only? How does this effect skills such as stealth? Is it also a deployment choice or can we continue to choose to use it or not on an order by order basis?
all leveled skills grant you those below it, unless otherwise stated. You can choose to deploy your camo guy with just mimetism, you can choose to deploy your TO guy in normal camo state. ect ect. the recent FAQ covers camo cancellation in addition to the clauses stated in the wiki: http://infinitythewiki.com/en/Camouflage_and_Hiding_(CH) You can always choose to deploy in a lower state than you have. Stealth shouldn't be affected if his level of CH grants it, even if you choose to use a lower level.
Not talking about states, talking about how NFB interacts with skills mainly and exactly what optional means? Optional is a deployment use definition? That prompted the question about stealth. Does it have multiple definitions depending on the skill/equipment it is applied to and if that is the case what are all the definitions and how does it work?
"optional" doesn't only apply to deployment skills or equipment, in fact, many pieces of equipment and skills have the optional trial. Optional means just that, you don't have to use the skill or equipment if you don't want to. If your Lasiq with climbing plus wants to spend a full order to climb up a building, waiving the use of his special skill, he may. NFB just dictates that a single skill/pieces of equipment, with the NFB trait, can be active at one time. Do you have an example of exactly what you're confused about?
My questions are listed in the post you just quoted including recognizing that optional is applied across many forms within the game which leads to what does optional do and how do we know when we can do it or not and hown Back to camo. I'm in a camo state, I want to switch levels to mimetism, can that be done? If so how? If yes then doesn't NFB kick in and remove all effects from the other skill (including the camo state?)
The Camouflaged State doesn't have the optional flag, you have to meet one of the cancellation criteria to exit the State. Camouflage and Hiding Level 2: Camouflage, which is a Skill, is optional, you can choose not to use it.
These are the ways you can cancel the camo state. The recent FAQ clarified this. You may always opt to deploy in a lower level because the skill has the "optional" trait, not the state.
I’m surprised people are having this much trouble understanding th op’s question. He’s asking if he can cancel the camo state by activating mimetism as both camo and mimetism have the NFB trait. I think the answer is no as it was answered on the forum for caterans that the camo state is a deployment skill, and after you are in the state you can use mimetism without NFB’ing away your camo. In the case of the cateran it means he can surprise shot out of limited camo with mimetism.
Per the recent FAQ update, you cannot choose to cancel your camouflaged state by "activating" CH: Mimetism. This is not one of the listed cancellation clauses of the camo marker state.
So, clunky bit, I downgrade a TO model to normal camo and deploy. I want to turn on TO (I guess you can do this still?) and I have not dropped out of a Camo state, I must spend an order to drop the camo state via one of the CC then the TO can be upgraded? Y'all I wasn't confused by the FAQ, I am still unclear on why NFB cancelling the effects (the effect of deploying using the Camouflage and Hiding rule is the Camo State) doesn't drop the Camo state.
Presumably you could spend a long order to "re-camo" into another state, as this would meet the cancellation clause of the state you were leaving. Edit to add explicit example 1. Croc Man deploys in camo state 2. Croc Man declares entire order skill to enter TO Camo state 2.a. Upon declaration this drops the model out of camo, since entire order skills are not on the list of permitted camo marker skills 2.b. In the resolution phase, the model will be replaced by a TO Camo marker
I believe you can just spend an entire order to activate the TO camo state, as you are fulfilling the cancelation requirements of the first bullet point.
The only place this "hurts" you is if you were planning on having a model in a marker state declare a move-move to reach base contact with an objective, and downgrading to mimetism along the way in order to exit the marker state for free, enabling you to contest the objective.
Free is debatable (not in the sense of getting the movement but the oppurunity cost of a 20 something or higher point model not participating in the battle for several turns) Avoiding circles now. I relent.
That is because the skill is not needed to maintain the state, it is needed only to enter the state. So if you lose access to the skill you can continue to exist in camo state while you are in camo state.
Yup, "Not using Camouflage & Hiding Level 2" is not a cancellation clause for the Camouflaged State, so it does not cancel it.