Tuesday, 23 April 2013

New Tau FAQ - Significant Development....

Posted by Venerable Brother Labels:
"Please sir, can I have 3 of the same, non twin-linked weapons on my Crisis Suit?"

"Yes sir, of course you can! Just pay the points and we are happy for you to rape face. Just remember you can only fire two guns!"

Holy crap.
I just had a little jizz in my pants.
I can have 4 Missile Pod shots on my Crisis Suits for 30 points per suit over the TL/Non TL version at 35pts?
Crazy!
With this new FAQ I just saved 15 points per unit of 3 Crisis and lost a TL system.

See.

Told you it was a little jism.

Sarcasm aside, it is great to see because it means we can scrimp and save on a few points across the army and get the same volume of shots.. with markerlight support it'll be a bit better..

But then that's more cost too.. But in the journey for efficiency, those 15 points may make all the difference..
Tough one..

In my missile spam Tau will this make a difference?

I was running 3 units of 3 Crisis with TL Missile Pod and a Missile Pod... clocks in at 171 and pumps out 12 S7 shots of which 6 are TL'd.

With the FAQ I can run the same unit for 156 except NONE of the shots are twin linked.
Could this be OK with enough marker lights?

Well, that army had 3 units of Pathfinders (5) and 2 Drone Controller'ed MarkerDrones with the Commander (BS5).

Hmm.. so plenty already there to compensate for the loss of twin linking.

But what can I do with those 45 points I saved?

I COULD add more S7 to my Broadsides (the army is running 3x3 HYMP Broadies) by throwing in 4 Missile Drones and adding 8 more S7..

I have a Bodyguard in that army I could get rid of and a few extra Kroot being run.. they could go down to min units..

Hmm..

Commander - Iridium Armour, Target Lock, MP, Drone Controller, 2 Marker Drones, Puretide
3 x 2 MP Crisis Suits
3 x 2 MP Crisis Suits
3 x 2 MP Crisis Suits
6 Fire Warriors
6 Fire Warriors
10 Kroot
10 Kroot
Aegis Defence Line - Quad Gun
5 Pathfinders
5 Pathfinders
5 Pathfinders
3 Broadsides - HYMP, SMS
3 Broadsides - HYMP, SMS
3 Broadsides - HYMP, SMS

This clocks in at 1723..
It is feasibly therefore to add in a whopping 10 Missile Drones to the Broadsides...adding a crazy 20 more S7 shots...

BUT, I think we could do more here.. we are close to being able to drop a unit of pathfinders and adding a full 5 strong Piranha squadron to up the anti horde fire.. they add 40 more S5 and a mobile platform to boot...

I'd need to find 18 points for that though.

Shit this has.. 78 S7 shots with 130 points still to go! I could add in large Pathfinder units and equip them with the Ion Rifle?

Could increase the Kroot to bigger units and add in an Ethereal?

50 for the Ethereal (1773)
Up the Kroot to 15 man units which is +60 points (1833)
Add a Marker Drone to the Ethereal, +12..
5 points for something somewhere.

Or make one of the 15 man units of Kroot into Snipers? instead of the Marker Drone and spare 5pts.

Could add in 2 Bodyguard Crisis Suits with more MP action for the theme!

35*2 for the dudes, 30*2 for the 2x2MPs

Adds 8 more S7 and 4 more wounds for the Commander to sit on that Quad Gun busting up Scythes and Heldrakes..

3 points over..
What if we increase Markerlight support through a similar means?

2 Bodyguards: 1 MP, 1 Marker Drone each.
This is 6 points cheaper than the previous set up.. bringing me to 1847 and giving me more BS5 Markerlights..
4 different markerlight units then.. quite cool..

Commander - Iridium Armour, Target Lock, MP, Drone Controller, 2 Marker Drones, Puretide
2 x Bodyguard Crisis Suits - each with MP, Marker Drone
3 x 2 MP Crisis Suits
3 x 2 MP Crisis Suits
3 x 2 MP Crisis Suits
6 Fire Warriors
6 Fire Warriors
10 Kroot
10 Kroot
Aegis Defence Line - Quad Gun
5 Pathfinders
5 Pathfinders
5 Pathfinders
3 Broadsides - HYMP, SMS
3 Broadsides - HYMP, SMS
3 Broadsides - HYMP, SMS

A lot of S7..

Not quite maximum Missile spam.. That'd be throwing in the spare 127 points into 10 Missile Drones for the Broadside units.. adding 20 more S7

That'd be max missiles and a bit crazy!

The above list IS limited totoally in its inability to hurt AV14.
Nothing can hurt it.
Bear with me, this is for lols guys..

7 comments:

  1. Firewasp24 April 2013 at 00:18

    Could add a fusion blaster to each crisis team to give anti av 14.

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    1. Venerable Brother24 April 2013 at 09:41

      Yeah absolutely, but like I said.. Tis just an exercise in nonsense..
      I could take that 1723 point "core" and just add in fusion blaster across the suits or could replace a pathfinder unit with a fusion blaster Piranha squadron to solve the problems..

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  2. the 6th degree24 April 2013 at 07:42

    That's just obscene...you looking to bring it to BW5?

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    1. Venerable Brother24 April 2013 at 09:44

      Nah..not sure if I can make BW5 with the venue change.. It's just not a day event for me now.. It's overnights and stuff.

      Anyway, it'd need a special character.. Maybe add in Darkstrider or aun'shi for cheap Lols to the 1723 core of the list..

      The obscene version would be taking the 10 missile drones to the broadsides.. 20 more s7 bringing it to 98 s7 or something stupid like that...

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  3. Bully24 April 2013 at 12:34

    Looks ... very Ven like.

    While you know you don't have anyway to deal with AV14 - can just simply add a single fusion blaster. I've become quite a fan of having "non-0% chance" even if it is not actually that shaping. I know you love your redundancy and consistency though.

    I am assuming a fusion blaster is like 5 points somewhere.

    Its like crit chance in a game like WoW or League of Legends - it would be better to have 0.1% chance at the cost of something small, than 0% - as that 0.1% of the time might actually make a difference.

    However, if your not planning on putting this on a table at somewhere like Brighton, you are probably not going to face off against all that much AV14.

    Though if I ever do come back playing, I might just go degenerate enough and play a horrible BA triple raider army and sit on objectives like a coward. Could just go for a beer instead of playing the game?

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  4. Venerable Brother24 April 2013 at 16:05

    God yeah, in a "real" list, we have av14 capability with redundancy.. But to illustrate something here.. This is where we go..

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