8th Ed. forest not blocking LOS

[Xul]

if I am reading the the new rules correctly, forests now don't block LOS. you just get a soft cover penalty when shooting through a forest. on top of it, they give no protection at all from warmachines not using BS. that's pretty lame in my opinion - seems the forests got really thin in 8th just wanted to check what you guys think of this / if I got the rules right.

 

[Arli]

That is correct. Myself, I would think it would give hard cover (as it is hard to see through a forest). On the plus side, park some chameleons in there and they can shoot out of it at no penalty.

 

[Bibamus]

forests are no longer shooting protection, they are there for CC now as units inside can't be steadfast. just wait for the big units in the forest and have a good ol' 7th combat without ridiculos stubborn getting in your way