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LAMs in Fighter Mode
« on: 02 December 2017, 20:36:59 »
So I was looking through the MUL & I'm not finding any of the Land-Air Mechs with Fighter Mode stats.

Do we know if this something they will be adding at some point?
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Re: LAMs in Fighter Mode
« Reply #1 on: 02 December 2017, 20:56:36 »
The cards already have the stats you’re looking for. Look in the special section. It’ll include two additional movement modes for WiGE and aerospace thrust.
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Re: LAMs in Fighter Mode
« Reply #2 on: 02 December 2017, 22:24:57 »
Doh,  I totally missed that.

So next question is,  what "Role" are they as ASF then?

Attack, Dog Fighter, Fast Dog Fighter, Fire Support,  Interceptor?

I'm looking at the PHawk & it just has the "Mech" role of Striker
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Re: LAMs in Fighter Mode
« Reply #3 on: 02 December 2017, 23:03:04 »
Remember, LAMs have been, and always will be, your friend mechs merely pretending to be fighters.

In terms of role, I'd say they only get the mech role. To get a force that uses aero roles, you probably have to use actual aero units.
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Re: LAMs in Fighter Mode
« Reply #4 on: 03 December 2017, 14:56:37 »
Quote from: Weirdo on 02 December 2017, 23:03:04
Remember, LAMs have been, and always will be, your friend mechs merely pretending to be fighters.

In terms of role, I'd say they only get the mech role. To get a force that uses aero roles, you probably have to use actual aero units.

Agreed, lol.

I was just tinkering with an old DC style Aero Wing & 2 of the 36 Fighters were actually LAMs & noticed the issue.

I guess it makes sense that not everything has a "Role".  I noticed by L1 Karnov doesn't either so not surprising I guess.

Okay, so as long as the other 4 fighters qualify the squadron for something then I guess I can still work it out.
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Re: LAMs in Fighter Mode
« Reply #5 on: 03 December 2017, 21:04:45 »
Is there anything stopping the LAMs from being a Support Lance that supports an ASF Squadron, thus accessing their ASF-centric SPAs?
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