tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177198062259453997.post619675895619431577..comments2024-03-15T04:24:33.412-04:00Comments on Pit of the Oni: Rants & Raves: TLoSonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00826913158717010235noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177198062259453997.post-19934727197920057882008-06-30T11:33:00.000-04:002008-06-30T11:33:00.000-04:00LOS has been a strange thing in 40K. I don't reme...LOS has been a strange thing in 40K. I don't remember there being any wierdness with LOS in RT and 2nd Ed. But when I reentered the hobby in the final year of 3rd Ed I found things had gotten out of hand. The "If I can see anything I can shoot it" mentality was in full swing. <BR/><BR/>4th Ed LOS seemed to be designed to end that kind of silliness. Giving models a size category and using the base as the defining characteristics for the location of infantry models was a reasonable way to go about it. The only fuzzy part for me was sorting out how height categories were effected by raised terrain features.<BR/><BR/>In 5th, TLOS isn't all that different from 4th in practice... If the model is on the standard base, And the majority of them are in the "typical" pose for the model, there won't be much of a problem. If you can see through terrain you can shoot through it. Seems reasonable. The fear is that folks will go strange and try to work the system through "extreme modeling". Anyone who actually goes to the trouble is quite likely to end up without anyone willing to play them. So the problem solves itself.<BR/><BR/>I'm hoping that as 5th Ed hits the shelves and we get some experience playing it won't be such a big deal. And we'll all just get back to enjoying the experience.<BR/><BR/>-DavicusPrimeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com