Backswing "clarified".

[Ian Mulligan]

Finally, an Infernal ruling on a debate that has raged since MKI.

http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?68267-back-swing-clarification&p=947341&viewfull=1#post947341

I've been playing with targets declared simultaneously for years. My Great Bears just leveled up.

[GossWeapon]

You mean more reason to get leveled right?

I think Rick James should be an infernal. Just throwing that out there.

[DragonKnight]

I thought Great Bears have Backswing, not Rapid Strike.

[keithb]

I think that ruling is flat out wrong.   I don't see how it should be handled differently than thresher.

Q: I have a *attack that lets me make more than one attack, that all happen at the same time.   

A: Backswing is special cause I say so.

[DragonKnight]

Backswing = you specify your targets before you roll dice ... end of that discussion
It is not as powerful as having two weapons where you can attack with one and see what you want to do next.

[Ian Mulligan]

Backswing = you specify your targets before you roll dice ... end of that discussion
It is not as powerful as having two weapons where you can attack with one and see what you want to do next.

An even clearer post from the same thread I linked: http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?68267-back-swing-clarification&p=947283&viewfull=1#post947283

Feel free to argue with the Infernal. His ruling is clear, even if it seems wrong.

[keithb]

No, I agree from a rule perspective that his position is hard to dislodge.  I feel that if he had the opposite ruling the same would be true.

I don't think that you should be able to "wait and see" if you kill something before deciding what your second attack that is happening simo is targeted towards.

[Ian Mulligan]

Yeah. Its not the way it should work. I disagree with the decision, but I won't lie: I'm very happy that my Demo Corp and Great Bears got a buff.