Engineers and secondary explosions

[Mobhack]

Originally Posted by hoplitis

When you have an "ammo" element (bunker, dump, etc) and fire at it from an adjacent hex you risk taking casualties from a "secondary" explosion (if you're "lucky" and it goes off in your hex).

Have you noticed if engineers fare better than other leg units in this kind of situation?

Should they?

No - Since if you touch off a load of explosives next door to yourself, you may well suffer the consequences!

If you want to fire up an ammo dump, then do it from outside the blast radius. (3 hexes I think, same as a 1000lb bomb)

Andy