Considering that by default AD doesn't allow AROs on declaration I'd think not.
It's not a matter of preferred gameplay, it's a matter of effectiveness on the table, which, while possibly obscured, is not a matter of opinion.
My point is that while IJW has a relationship with CB, he's not CB, and his extemporaneous forum posts are not official rulings.
It's disingenuous to present that as correct when it's in question.
No, that's not what I was arguing. I was arguing that just because IJW says one thing doesn't mean a FAQ won't say another.
It's possible for those points of view to be of unequal validity, however.
No, the Shock + NWI or Dogged + 2W issue was changed without the wording of the rule changing. Nah, you only have to declare AROs for AD once...
Certain FAQ rulings have shown that not to be true.
That's what Dodge does as a normal roll.
Hacker + Remote is a thing...
It's not a matter of choosing; oftentimes Shock just comes along for free at a very low cost (submachine guns, knives, AP mines) or is a side...
I would definitely describe Automedkit as only useful in edge cases. If you get hit with Shock, or someone's covering your corpse, or you roll...
The Automedkit issue is also the result of who takes the ARO - using an Automedkit means that the trooper in question receives an ARO, whereas...
They're normal rolls. So if the Dodge succeeds, the trooper gets to leave, but if the CC attack succeeds, they get hit, even if they succeeded at...
I mean, I think it's more likely that the person who wrote the example didn't understand that CC special skills only work on Face to Face rolls,...
Can't get much more clear that IJW thinks that's how it should be, sure. Clearer than that would be in the rules or FAQ.
@Section9 Nah, I don't think so. The section that talks about "use your ARO or lose it" is in the context of declaring two short skills; there's...
It's sometimes unclear what the examples are trying to communicate - for example, in this situation, is it saying that *all* CC skills apply...
@Space Ranger "Marital Arts" means something very different in English than "Martial Arts" XD
Making examples part of the rule is an extraordinarily poor choice by CB, as it basically works against the convention of what an example is.
