You also seem to be operating under a misconception. LOS has no bearing on the discussion of Templates. None. LOS is only important when discussing Psychic effects. Note that the Holo Field does not care whether a Psychic effect is a Template or not, just whether it requires LOS. The Field also does not care if a Psychic effect is Physical or Ethereal. Please drop all references to "Physical" and "LOS" when discussing Templates as those aspects are not relevant.
What I described IS how the rules are currently written. It is not a "vision" or an opinion or a justification. It is fact.
To be able to adequately discuss the intent behind these rules, we would have to find the person(s) who actually wrote the rules and include them in the discussion. I for one have no idea of how to do that. If you do, then please do so. Otherwise, the only "intent" that can be inferred is what the actual written rules say. Yes, I read the post in the other thread where Primarch said the thing. However, what was said there does not make logical sense based on how the rules are actually written. Thus I can only conclude that what he stated was his opinion at the time, and not the prevailing opinions of the persons who actually wrote the rules.
On the other hand, if you are intending to propose that the written rules be changed to say that all Templates should scatter, then you may want to do just that. Note that such a change could not be done for Gold, as that is a bit beyond a typo fix, but could be included for Platinum. Should Platinum ever happen.
For that matter, there is nothing stopping you and your specific gaming group playing things that way, so long as you all agree to it. It would just be contrary to the rules as written.
Please also try to stay on topic. Discussing typos in other books is not relevant to this discussion. Yes, I know typos happen, but this issue is well beyond a simple typo.
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