Hey Fellow MW players I'm wondering something and would like a brief moment of help.

I'm trying to land artillery on top of a building directly in front of

me. There are no other buildings or Mechs in the way. Do I get

the +4 line of sight bonus for the shells landing on the top of the

structure since technically firing at a target on elevated terrain

isn't blocked by anything other than mechs or other elevated

terrain features?:ermm:

Sorry, no. MWDA is inherantly two dimensional. There is no "top" to anything. There is blocking terrain in the way of the pogs centerpoint, so it is blocked. There are other things in the game that make even less sense, so dont stress. :)

GAH!!! (mutters) note to self teach wizkids about logic

thanks alot for the clarification, but GAHHHH!!!!!!

(snaps keyboard in 2) oops

BLAST YOU WIZKIDS!!!!

thanks again :)

Good luck. WE BM's have been trying to figure out WK's logic for a while, as well as explain them normal logic.

So, again Good luck.

I so wish that MK and MW would start to make sense in some

areas and people stop hiding behind the "its the rules" statement

okay how about this one...

It is that way because it keeps the game simple.

The more realistic a game is, the harder it is to learn, and the longer it is to play. there has to be a general happy area between simple and complex

That's exactly it. There's a bit in a rather old book by Steve Jackson (and another author whom I can't currently recall) about game design where he relates how he yells "Playability!" at the other guy, who yells "Realism!" back at him.

Gotta strike a balance.

Iron Crown came out with this game, Star Strike, that was a board game with realistic vector movement and a complex design system and all that. I own it, and have never played it, but some people will really like that detail and realistic feel.

Then Iron Crown produced Silent Death, set in the same universe but using a cinematic system and rather unrealistic, but fun, rules. I played that one a fair bit, but likely, some of the Star Strike fans didn't like it.

MW is about giant combat robots. That's a hit on realism right there. Infantry move way too fast or 'mechs and vehicles move way too slow. Strike two. Strike three is the ranges, /if/ we assume game scale matches miniature scale.

But I don't care. Chess isn't to scale, either, and people play that one just fine.