ambushes(?)

[Icedfate]

how come when I get ambushed, I can't use attack cards for 2 turns, but when i ambush the enemy, they can still use their attack cards right away?

[Protectron]

game balance? just go with normal and rather make sure you have enough initiative to go first.

[Icedfate]

thank for responding and letting me know that at least somebody exists in this forum.
but, that's not what i was asking.
I don't need help dealing with it. I want to understand the game mechanisms.
btw, imo, i still think it's better to ambush them, because you can get an "ambush+critical" round and do extra damage. but other than that, i'm still wondering what other benefit there is to staging an ambush.
i admit, the would probably be too easy if i could just ambush every enemy and prevent them using attacks

[Icedfate]

anyhoo, i think i found the answer. it's not because I was ambushed that i couldn't use attack cards, it's because I was using "rush" movement.
in themcodex , it says if you ise rish and encounter enemies, you get ambushed and can't attack for the first 2 rounds. so that was the "game mechanism", i failed to understand

[Ash]

There's other thing about Rush and Stealth which codex does not say: you will automatically get into the fight with groups of Triumvirate soldiers or rival scavengers if you use Stealth or Rush and happen to cross paths with them.
You can spend around 5K credits in total to befriend Triumvirates so that they won't ambush you when you bump into them while Rushing, but Stealth invariably will start a fight.

[C!4H0]

You need see scaned area all the time