Op fire mysteries...

[Ozgur Budak]

I know Op fire is kept a bit of a mystery to keep people for gaming the system, but I would like to see that mystery tweaked maybe just a tiny bit.
Here is an example from a current game:

1. Moved my HT into some woods, I right click on a woods hex and my HT won't move...odd...I right click again and it still will not move...but a MkIV appears in that hex (it was hidden initially by FOW)...the MkIV does not op fire.

2. Prior to moving my HT into the MkIV I had moved a T34 through this mkIV's LOS for 2-3 hexes at a distance of 6-7 hexes distance. MkIV would have had a nice side shot, and since I had not seen this MkIV yet in the game I am assuming its effectiveness is close to 100% (not sure if that has an effect on op fire).

3. After the discovery by bumping with my HT I figured my opponent might have set this MkIV to "hold fire" and was setting an ambush....so I took a risk and brought up a T-34 through the woods to the hex directly in front of the MkIV... still no op fire from the MkIV...and I blast it.

I asked my opponent if he had the MkIV set to "hold fire", he stated he did not.

Seems to me that, that something is a bit out of whack. Granted I have seen minor weirdness from op fire but usually within bounds...but this one seemed a bit extreme.

Maybe the panzer had HE load and in that case it does not op. fire to armored vehicles.