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Old 11-20-2017, 12:22 AM   #6
JimTullis
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Default Re: minis and "pre-measuring" distance controversy

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Originally Posted by schoon View Post
Various games have various stances on the topic.
In practice, it favors those who have a more innate/intrinsic sense of distance. They can essentially eyeball distances better.
Lack of pre-measuring also favors players who are good at secretly bumping minis.
Me: "I swear I moved to within shooting range of your unit."
OP: "Well, it seems you missed by 1/8th."
AND
Me: "I know I left my unit out of charge range."
Op: "Appears not my friend."


I just do whatever the game in question requires.
If a game allows pre-measuring I usually only do it if there's a really good reason for targeting a specific unit. Otherwise whatever is closest is probably getting shot at anyway.
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