#4498 ASFs : Mech not in ECM bubble gets ecm bonus when attacked by ASF

[stopcomplaining2]

The Ti'Tsang wasn't in a ECM hex but when a ASF was striking it, the Ti'tsang got the ECM bonus anyway. The ECM check is probably checking for the ASF's ending hex instead of the target's hex, or checking for weapons fire from the ending hex to the target hex.

[Nicholas Walczak]

I have a saved game from a newer version for reproducing this bug. While I understand that conceptualy it feels like this is the way things should work, it's not clear from the rules that this is how it should work (ie, the Striking rules give you the impression that the ASF is making the attack as if it were in the hex of the attacker, but it never says that). I'm working on getting a rules clarification to make it explicit.

[Nicholas Walczak]

Ok, I got a rules update from Xotl:

Total Warfare, p. 238

"ECM and Active Probes: Electronic countermeasures have no effect on combat between aerospace units, but they still affect other types of units."

Change to:

"ECM and Active Probes: Electronic countermeasures have no effect on combat between aerospace units, but they still affect other types of units. Aerospace and ground units' ECM only affect each other when the Aerospace Units on Ground Mapsheet rules are being used (see p. 91), the affected unit is within range, and the aerospace unit occupies the NoE altitude. However, in this scenario a unit mounting ECM always receives the benefits of ECM, even if the attack comes from
beyond NoE altitude."

So with the new rules, the Aero wouldn't be under the effects of the ECM, unless it was at NoE (and hence couldn't make a strike attack).