Talk:Targeting Synchronizer/@comment-31642426-20170712015523/@comment-454133-20170712031439

Erm... to be blunt, this really isn't the place for a semantics & intent argument. That angle has been violently hammered to death in the FFG forums off-and-on for many months (ever since the card's initial reveal), and despite people wandering around claiming there's now a consensus one way or another, in fact there's not. They're quickly corrected by fellow forum regulars who debunk either "consensus" because it still doesn't answer the basic questions about the card, or consistently follow any established rules (there are as many exceptions as examples of the rules). The issue is still up in the air, and if they haven't solved it now, we won't solve it here.

And arguing about FFG's nebulous intent is meaningless -- if FFG had any clear intent behind their rambling language, it would be reflected by now in an explicit FAQ entry that covers Targeting Syncrhonizer's exact usage; the FAQ is the only official and enforcable source on this matter, no matter the ego of FFG Forums regulars. ;)

Instead FFG has chosen to not be explicitly clear (and in fact be quite quiet on the issue), so the issue remains murky. You'd have better luck understanding the unfathomable intentions of Cthulhu, who at least has a great deal of literature devoted to him. FFG on the other hand has never released a clear outline of how to read their rules and interpret them, and hasn't addressed the core questions surrounding this card. As such, I've got very little interest in arguing about FFG's hidden intent or anything like it. That's treating speculation and (often sophistic) argumentation as more than it is, and that way lies dragons. I've watched it play out over and over again on the FFG forums, and it's still led them nowhere while greatly increasing hostilities. :/

The FFG forum is the place to ask about this and/or argue your point. If you go down that route, I'd recommend two things: 1) do a search first, as it's been discussed at length before, and 2) be prepared for unwholesome, grinding arguments and sometimes massive toxicity, particularly in a few of the threads where some of the regulars decide to go head-to-head and get really personal. It's... rather disheartening and mind-numbing to read. I'm sorry man... but it's the way things are there.

That's a big reason why I want to avoid repeating those discussions here. They go nowhere, solve nothing, and tend to leave everyone feeling hostile. That's what happens when a game company shys away from critical rules resolutions.