POTMS

[Riedler]

Do you have to allocate targets simultanusely as the rest of the weapons when using POTMS?

[RedemptionNL]

Yes, so you can't wait for the result of the attack on your first target and then decide your second target, nor can you fire at a transport, pop it, and then fire at its contents in the same shooting action.

[Xenith]

Your intention is unclear. Do you mean:

 

Q1) Do I allocate targets simultaneously?

 

OR 

 

Q2) Do I resolve the shots simultaneously?

 

 

The answer to both is yes. As per the shooting rules, all shooting happens simultaneously. You pick a unit, declare what that unit is shooting at, then resolve that shooting.

 

Although, there is some ambiguity in the wording of the POTMS rule, which is why you ask the question.

 

I personally consider it gentlemanly to declare what you are going to POTMS before you shoot. It's kind of a douche move to see if your other weapons hit or kill a vehicle, then fire another weapon - You are expressly forbidden from doing this with one shot weapons.

[Quixus]

Your intention is unclear. Do you mean:

 

Q1) Do I allocate targets simultaneously?

 

OR 

 

Q2) Do I resolve the shots simultaneously?

 

 

The answer to both is yes. As per the shooting rules, all shooting happens simultaneously. You pick a unit, declare what that unit is shooting at, then resolve that shooting.

 

Although, there is some ambiguity in the wording of the POTMS rule, which is why you ask the question.

 

I personally consider it gentlemanly to declare what you are going to POTMS before you shoot. It's kind of a douche move to see if your other weapons hit or kill a vehicle, then fire another weapon - You are expressly forbidden from doing this with one shot weapons.

Actually all shooting does not happen simultaneously. The shooting of all weapons of one type occurs simultaneously, different weapons shoot one after the other.

 

The standard rules only say you pick one target after selecting the shooting unit. POTMS does not say when the weapon that uses POTMS selects its target, nor does it specify in which order the normal shots and the POTMS shots are to be resolved. Just clear it up with your group or (futilely) hope for an erratum

[Xenith]

Oh well, it appears they removed the word "simultaneously" from this edition, in favour of the new shooting sequence.

[CaptainHelion]

While not supported by any specific rules, this is how I do it to help make everything transparent with my opponents. I declare at the start which weapon is gonna be POTMS, and resolve it either before or after the rest of the Raider/Raven/Whatever's shooters.