Im not a guard player, so this is just a curiosity question really.
Ive always thought of the basilisk as having a minimum range for shooting indirectly but no minimum range over "open sights" direct. A fellow gamer mentioned in conversation that no one takes bazzies because the minimum range is just not practical on a 4 foot depth table. Now this guy maybe wrong as he doesnt play gaurd either, but i just think it sounds daft that it cant fire over open sights like say the british 25pdr or german 88s of WW2.
So how does it work then folks?