Is this a bug? I don't get it. It's not like catching a scatter pass then?fails but picks up scattering ball. Is there a turnover? Hells no! Sporting, and Dentharial ends the turn there and then.
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Is this a bug? I don't get it. It's not like catching a scatter pass then?fails but picks up scattering ball. Is there a turnover? Hells no! Sporting, and Dentharial ends the turn there and then.
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I've had that happen too in single player. If you didn't lose the ball then I don't think it's a turn over. I guess it depends if you roll for the scatter before ending the turn.
If you don't lose the ball it's not a turnover, and that includes bouncing a pass into your own hands.
A hand-off is by, definition, a catch as the fact that catch rerolls work for them testifies. Any catch that scatters into friendly hands doesn't turnover. So the lack of turnover is legit
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Yes, the skill description is pretty clear on that. Also, a failed pick up causes a turnover every time, even if it's caught.
No Hands
The player is unable to pick up, intercept or carry the ball and will fail any catch roll automatically, either because he literally has no hands or because his hands are full. If he attempts to pick up the ball then it will bounce, and will causes a turnover if it is his team’s turn.
I'm not usually one to complain about the rules, but it seems unfair to me. It's not like you're actually trying to pick up the ball. Granted, you can "abuse" that ability to knock the ball out of a contentious area, but what's wrong with that? It's not like ball-popping is a particularly fail safe manoeuvre in the first place.
If a pass is made to a No Hands player I'm pretty sure its just like passing to an empty square - like any player missing their TZ (ie. HypoGazed or Boneheaded) - no catch roll is even made. It will only cause a turnover if an allied player doesn't grab it on the bounce/diving catch.
A No Hands player attempting a pick-up though is just like any failed pick-up - it causes a Turnover no matter who ends up holding the ball.
This latter bit is easily avoided with a Deathroller but that's the Ball and Chain players aren't so lucky. It sucks but you just have to avoid the loose ball like you avoid your own trolls.
If you want to push the ball around you'll have to do it by winning a block, just like any other player. That's the key difference - using the block dice and the chance of failure that involves. The Fanatic at least can quite securely push his own Stunty team mates around if you want to "abuse" ball pushing (never EVER give your Fanatic Tackle).
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While technically true, I am prone to forget. :P I don't remember my (Stunty league) Fanatic has Block most of the time!
Cyanide doesn't let you set Tackle as one of the ask me skills in the main configuration, I don't know if the in game skills thingum would but I doubt it. Makes frenzy crowd surfing difficult :\
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Hi all.
Fresh blood here.
Just got the game from the dreadful steam summer sale. Been playing a bit against AI and now I want to start stomping some anonymous human skulls.
So... Is there room for me to join in?
Also, if you'd like the stomping to be a little less anonymous, I'll be at the RPS social on Saturday as usual. ;)
(look for the portuguese guy with the unpronounceable name)
Cheers.
Hello Dissident, I see you've already added yourself to the spreadsheet. The new season will be starting in about ten days or so - I'd try and make sure you have the right ports opened and have a challenge league game with somebody to make sure it's all working.
Hey dissident, you can hit me up on steam if you want to play a game in the challenge league. Same name as here. I can offer either Chaos or WElf as opponents.
I noticed you choose Skaven for the DoD which would be overfilled by two slots in the next season. So you (and INinja) have to pick another race, unless two currently running Skaven teams retire. See the "Race Balance" Sheet on the DoD table for open races.
Play Arma2:CO with us. (It isn't nearly as difficult as you might think.)
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Has anyone figured out what the patch changed yet? Hopefully a reduction in disconnects.