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not incredibly horribly bad? A Battalion costs less than 200 pts with 3x5 man strike teams, and 2 of Ethereal/Darkstrider/Cadre. They're essentially transports now, but ones that are slower than normal and let you shoot out. BS5+ is gonna suck, but I might be able to make use of some drone controllers or firesight marksmen. Devilfish has 12 seats, so just toss Darkstrider in there with two 5-man units of Breachers. Wait, the thing that people took to be able to target seperate units now makes you better at targetting one unit? However, the unit will account for more than half of your army’s total points in most games it can be brought to. They are the single most effective battlesuit option in the entire army, and a must-have for those who are willing to pay for them. Will certainly get some overwatch shots defending other units. Farsight Bomb 3: The Revenge: Take a unit of Crisis suits and put them in deep strike along with Farsight. Drones have better t, better armour, fly and don't take movement penalties for heavy weapons. Also note that Vespid and Kroot can never benefit from either effect, due to them not having. Whenever you are buying Crisis suits, you should be buying this box. Virtual army wide BS 4+ meaning the so called "Ranged experts" of the galaxy are only as good as your off the line Imperial grunt without markerlight support. you can bring 6 "Farsight Enclaves Commander" split over different types. Very Nice. Pick a thing that really needs murdering, murder it". Presumably, the only reason it's a separate stratagem is in case you roll double ones on a 2d6 weapon and would like to spend two CP instead of one. Don't underestimate the power of getting to reposition your whole army 9"-14" two times per game while maintaining firepower. Ion on the Hammerhead seems a lot better than the Railgun now. *However* if they get charged and need to fall back, this stratagem is great for putting some distance between you and the enemy. And unfortunately this only really applies to crisis and broadside teams since only they can buy more than two drones. Seeing a Commander with three Burst Cannons and a Missile Pod go to town on some infantry would be hilarious. (For example, Land Raiders note that Jump Pack models count double for capacity. No. If you prefer to keep them close to their missile bubblewrap, consider taking heavy Rail rifle broadsides, two with shield generators/velocity trackers and the Shas'Vre taking a drone controller. Note that it says after the enemy charged, and that you roll a D6 for every model in the unit within 3" of your model. When Tau units dump wounds to nearby drones, they won't be taking the morale tests for that. Alternate Take: These little bastards are infinitely better at the singular task of efficient markerlight delivery. 5 gives ALL units +1BS if they are targetting that one unit. A large amount of T'au mainstray weapons are assault weapons. Then again, a Broadside is now essentially an old Tyranid MC statline with T5/W6/2+Sv for 200 points with HYMP and SMS. Where are you getting this? Pro-tip: If you are against Custodes, use these as skirmishers. Yes, because there is absolutely no value to being able to selectively target enemy characters. Who cares if they can only target the nearest unit, they can move around and range isnt amazing anyway. The changes made to this army are HUGE, and while it shakes up the established order dramatically, it’s clear that Tau players have a good reason to go pre-order the new book, and will want to get their hands on it ASAP. T7, W13, 3+ save, and one or two special rules I couldn't read. You have no way to Deny the Witch. the ignores cover will give units like Scouts fits, and if you REALLY focus on a unit and get those five ML tokens built up they are in for a bad day (hitting on 3+s reroll 1s for most all units.) If your infantry unit survived melee you are going to be a smart guy and fall back so the rest of your army can shoot at the enemy unit and don't waste 1CP for what most likely amounts to something like 2-6 S5 AP0 shots, aka nothing. Your list should be a Superheavy Aux, Battallion and if you can squeeze one in, one more detachment that gives CP. Or am I missing something? Both named Ethereals can do a better job than the vanilla versions since all those have on them is their hover drones (which are of questionable utility since they only add 2" worth of movement). WTF man! Combine that with Target Lock and Multi Tracker and perhaps some marker lights and the Ion Discharge cannon becomes far more accurate. Watch out for models that cancel Overwatch, such as Howling Banshees or Warp Talons. I was trying to say that if I played to win games then I'd be playing Eldar or DA since those were (in 7th edition) two armies with some of the most broken units. Also, I think I would go with the railgun. Focus your fire. Most do not. It takes a lot of hits to get to the good stuff (no cover, +1 to hit). I assumed Nazka mentioned 2+ rerollables as an example of what might appeal to a hypothetical power gamer, rather than as part of 8th Edition rules. I sure as hell wouldn't be playing Tau. If you want to use a homing beacon make sure to only use it for getting Farsight into charge Range. What's the point in a transport that doesn't move any faster than infantry once it's damaged and costs more than the squad it carries? Few of the many great battlesuits in the hunter cadres would be as advanced as they are today without the innovations of this sept. And I haven't seen anything about getting cover from other squads. If you're buying these just for the guns, remember that 76 points for a minimum size unit of these with two cannons each (6 wounds, 16 shots) would have bought you nine Gun drones (9 wounds and 36 shots) or eight Gun Drones and a Shield Drone (9 wounds, 32 shots and a 4++ until you take your first wound) with four points left over for a Kroot Hound too. They are ever eager to expand the greater good, and have disciplined and well trained soldiers prepared to perform this task. Keep it pointed at its favorite targets, and it'll never disappoint. Consider throwing in a Recon drone as it forms one unit with the PA-drones and provides cheap ablative wounds for the vital buff for your Fire Warriors, as they can easily be singled out otherwise. The HRR/Plasma guy is slightly better than HYMP/SMS against most vehicle targets (assuming T7/3+) and is significantly cheaper. ALTERNATIVELY: Put a 24 point Firesight Marksman into one of these and give those 4 Marker Drones BS 3+ (buffable to 2+ via Drone Controller). In other news, mortal wounds are rare my ass. You got rid of all the formations that gaves us +1 BS AND got rid of markerlights GIVING BS and forgot to boost the army to +3 to compensate. What's that you say, you are an HQ choice? 6th and 7th were the age of mass str 7 dakka. Will deliberately be trying new things as well. I'm not going to go so far as to say they're great or anything, but at only 15 pts a pop (and no? Everyone gets the bonus for Markerlights now though, you don't remove counters when the bonuses are used. But there is one glaring problem: because they're a separate unit and everything has split fire, they can be targeted separately and easily removed. Welcome to the 40K Build-A-Bear Workshop. Infantry get cover from various things that other stuff doesn't. 2) Having to buy ablative drones just to protect the drones you want is bad game design Markerlight support is a must, and Tetra's are truly the best possible option to make it's Destroyer Missiles viable. Thanks for the interesting points Nazka and Prometheus. And when a Ghostkeel loads up on fusion weapons and can no longer defend itself from the small guys, the Stealth suits help it with their burst cannons, maybe gun drones and even fusion guns of their own. And I wouldn't worry about Riptides, since they're going to be 36" (or more back). That said, I don't actually know how much better the cover save infantry get is? With Charging out of reserves available for most deepstrikers, discouraging them is very, very useful. Longstrike is cool but I don't think he's good enough to make up for that essentially. The target gets no saving throw bonuses for being in cover. It also looks like the Riptide has a 3+ invulnerable save even though it must be 5+ given the Nova Reactor rules. Marker Drones for ML support is an interesting choice, since they do give that dual-purpose Savior Protocols ability as well. I disagree smart wound allocation is "bad game design". Note that this Stratagem cannot be used with Homing Beacons or the Positional Relay Stratagem as these lead to the unit performing a "low-altitude drop" instead of a "Manta strike". It's a strange new world. Although world after world has been subsumed under their control, the Tau believe it is only the start of their new unified order, the first steps of a long journey that will end in a better existence for all. 8th Edition, Tau Space Communists have now shared a complete look at the Tau Codex, including the all-important points cost. Perfect unit to embark pathfinders on. Simply declare an advance, move like an inch, and then laugh your ass off as you break the game by shooting a Heavy weapon on a 2+. Do keep in mind that it is around the same price (Real dollars) as three tides and a y'vahra and that if it gets nerfed you'd have lost a good deal of your army, so it's only advisable if you play in a knight heavy meta or already have three riptides. 5+ natural hit roll is bad, but with 4+ from the Firesight Marksman and 3+ with a Drone Controller nearby, they can get pretty accurate. Any thoughts from real live Tau players on the new Markerlights? In other words, the Three Golden Uh-Oh’s of playing T’au. So, for example, could use this to shoot broadsides at no penalty, and then move 6" (which is faster than they'd normally move...). So, I'm noticing Crisis suits, et all say "may take a weapon of the ranged weapons list"…….there's no weapon list that's specifically for Crisis Suits. My point is that the drone itself may not be entirely useless, because it is always an ablative wound whether it was targeted directly or not. Then again, this has always been the issue with Railheads. I dunno about the devilfish but Hammerheads to me look AMAZING. Not being able to take drones doesn't really have any effect (unless you're critically short on Detachment slots), as drones purchased separately work identically to drones purchased along with characters anyway. Maybe not huge, but drop a Land Raider or Dreadnought down so you can pummel it with Missile Pods or something? Protip: Take the team above and a team of dual Fusion cascades with shield generators. Do this with the Tau sept to hit on 5's. Give them ATS, and you give that downpour of fire a sexy AP-1 for just 18 points more. The fact that pathfinders are 8 points a pop and you can get Fireblades, Darkstrider, Firesight Marksmen all with high level hitting Markerlights means they are lot easier to get and a lot easier to saturate and a lot easier to hide. No. 48 shots shooting on a 2+ with re-rolling 1's? And with a PAC drone, your carbines are now doing 2 shots at 24" and 3 at 12", after advancing without penalty. Surrounded your Nar with Fire Warriors and Drones, have Shadowsun camp nearby, pop Command and Control every turn and soak in the salt. Now you got to punch through armor saves, do multiple dmg. However, with the massive nerf to how markerlights worked, you need to bring twice as many to have a hope of accomplishing anything good. And it goes without saying that Breachers are the best unit to utilize Darkstrider's "fall back and still shoot" rule, which seriously hurts when you hit the guys that just charged you with S6 AP-2 blasts. Can deploy anywhere on the field outside of enemy deployment zone and not within 9"(?) Thematically, the T'au sept demonstrates the T'au beliefs to the fullest. I will be adding datacards for … I don’t know what they are working on, but if I had to guess, I’d say that they’re working on 9th edition codex books. Then, pay for Promising Pupil and give the Enforcer Commander…, I already have 36 on the way to my house lol, There's a few frustrations, and I think making Veteran Cadre available to all factions rather than just FSE would have opened up a lot more…, Color me underwhelmed with the whole thing. You don't even need the drones-. If I wanted OP cheese I'd be playing Eldar scatbikes+knights or pulling some DA re-rollable 2+ shit. ATS Riptide's Heavy Burst Cannon offering 12/18 S6 -2AP 2 damage shots vs the two ATS Broadside's 16 S7 -2AP D3 damage shots. Making sure each detachment shares the same will allow your units to benefit from any special rules based on that keyword. Please note that you cannot give any of these to Kroot units. I think the main question is how important it's going to be to have longer ranged stuff to decide what the split in the army should be like. Also worth noting, it no longer has a submunitions mode, so can no longer help with hordes. Rock has been nerfed! Surprisingly, its price remains just about the same as previously, so it may still be viable. Flex Rich List: Buy a start collecting box, two more squads of fire warriors, Shadowsun, as many drones as you can get and a Ta'unar. Commander excels in two roles: Anti-armor with quad fusion blasters; anti-TEQ with triple cyclic blaster and ATS. My points are as follows: Hello, my dear sweet Longstrike, I have missed you. Also, going to be able to murder a big thing good. 6 x 12 gun drones 96 x 6 I wouldn't call it a nerf. I'm liking the idea of filling my FA slots with groups of marker drones to act as both sources of markerlights and ablative wounds. Gotta move 20" every turn, degrading statline. Remember this costs double on the Ghostkeel, Riptide, Stormsurge and Y'vahra, but given how many guns those suits carry, that's honestly not surprising. Consider switching over to re-rolling your invulnerable saves against buff and choppy characters or monsters and simply tying them down until you can fall back and open them up to your shooting. Still, that's more than enough to scare most troop choices shitless. When making the comparison between the Imperial Volcano Cannon, it's the higher volume of shots (3 x DD3, as opposed to 2) that give it an advantage. Strength 5 guns everywhere means your troops have an easier time wounding most MEQ things and T8 tanks/monsters. - posted in = TAU EMPIRE =: I figured Id make this now, with the codex coming out so soon. Being able to fall back and shoot means jackshit if crisis suits are more likely to get stuck in assault and get wiped out in it. They’ll be great at hunting down Space Marine Sniper Scouts and Imperial Guard Sniper Veterans, before they can assassinate your Aetherals and Cadre Fireblades. Meh, Orks by comparison seem to have finally been given the love they've deserved. Using Kroot and/or Shield Drones as screens against Smite will help a lot but won't protect you from Warpgate shenanigans or similar. For all that, though, it has a LOT of guns and since it's taking three support systems it will be an absolute monster of firepower. That is 3 HQs for the price of 1. to be clear, this could easily be the best sept trait but is highly dependent on your opponent. Wargear costs are included in the value for any model with fixed gear; those with optional gear have to pay points for it. **Note** this one might seem useless at first, since most of the time your Pathfinders are going to be camping in cover, and even when they're not you're still going to want to shoot their markerlights. On the bright side, they can upgrade to Iridium Armour without using a Signature System slot to do so, giving them a shiny 2+ armour save. Once it's down you basically end up with a 400 odd point void in your army. You will see this everywhere, but Tau farm CP very well with battalions to perform: Good for re-rolling railgun/rifle and fusion blaster/collider damage. If you fail to get your 5th markerlight, consider the Uplinked Markerlights stratagem as anything less is barely worth the points taking them at all. I think everything is not included – that's the way I've been reading it at least. Specifically I am referring to: I dunno why they tried to increase durability of suits by increasing their T and W, then completely undermined themselves by making drones a separate unit. Because you like shooting and battlemechs, and being an optimist in a crapsack universe. Loose drone squads won't protect the drones you bought for a different unit and want to keep around. I haven’t been competitive in 40k for a longtime, so take my advice with a grain of salt. On the tabletop, they play similar to any gunline, only they get bonuses to the range of their Rapid Fire and Heavy guns, further detering charges, and allow your weapons to have just that much ability to tap enemy units. He set up a series of worlds that would become known as the Farsight Enclaves. Both can be cheaper with different choices (plasma rifles and burst cannons, respectively, will bring the costs down to 113 and 151, respectively). If you are playing FSE, remain aggressive and remember that you have some decent CC options of your own, and nothing throws off your enemy than charging with a Fusion Blade commander and/or Farsight. Both Ion cannon and Rail gun are good, both have alternate fire modes to hit troops. Does the heavy burst cannon have a base strength of 5 now? *tinfoil hat goes on* It's all a conspiracy to make us buy the newer, larger crisis suits!!!! Why would you spend 1CP and then have to roll a 3+ in order to put a Markerlight on a Character if you could just pay 1CP and ... well ... put a Markerlight on a Character? Multitracker makes you largely independent of Markerlights, so long as you focus fire. Sounds awesome on the first glance until you remember that after using this Stratagem your Kroot are still just T3 with a 4+ save while Firewarriors without a Stratagem in the same situation would be T3 with a 3+ save at least. I'm glad Piranhas aren't completely awful. The Broadside also has a similar old TMC statline with T5/W6/2+. Reality is I will use both, but pathfinders are likely to do my heavy lifting.

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