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Originally Posted by Steel Lemming
Do infantry riding vehicles get a terrain modifier to defense normally or just whatever terrain modifier the vehicle they are riding on gets?
Example: a squad of 3 INF riding a GEV-PC in the open has normal defense. They are driven along a road into a forest. Do they get the 2x Def bonus for being in forest or no multiplier because as riders they aren't as agile? Similar with towns, 3x or only 2x (that the GEV-PC gets) because riding?
I've always assumed they DO get their terrain modifier if they are riding ON the vehicles (figuring they still have options like hiding behind hard points on the vehicle or diving off at the last second into a ditch if the vehicle is about to get killed). I also don't see anything that says they don't in rules.
Not seeing anything about them losing the def multiplier if they are riding IN vehicles either though. And I'm not sure that makes sense. Why would they be 3x harder to kill being in an exploding truck in the city vs in the open? They aren't really 'in' the city. They're stuck in a truck.
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IIRC, they do get the INF terrain defense modifier while riding vehicles, at least right now. I can't remember if there was a discussion about possibly changing it or not.
As to INF IN a vehicle, they should probably get nothing, as they cannot use the terrain to their advantage. INF inside a vehicle cannot fight, and therefore in my mind probably should have every disadvantage to defending as well (since part of the "defense" has always been active countermeasures, which aren't possible from inside the back of a truck). For realism, they probably shouldn't even get the advantage of grouping together for D2 (if there are 2 squads in the truck), but for gameplay purposes it's better to simplify things and let them..
A truck in town gets D1 because the terrain makes it harder to hit. But once you do it's pretty much toast no matter what. The INF inside the truck shouldn't be much harder to kill if you can toast the truck itself...