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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Farsight Enclaves v 1.01 |
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:12 pm
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| Well I'm not dead, so there's that. As to the question, supporting units do not get the +1 from Blood Brothers. I'll look through the list over Christmas and come back with thoughts. I may not be able to be the lead developer anymore though, unless Vassal games can count as me actively testing the a... |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Farsight Enclaves v 1.01 |
| professorcurly |
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:26 am
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| Yes, the 4+ natural firefight is intentional. I felt the doctrinal difference and short range, all target firepower warranted a bump. With the new markerlight rule it goes to 3+ which is right at the level I feel it should be. If it becomes a problem we can change it though. Evil - I'm somewhat intr... |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Farsight Enclaves v 1.01 |
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:35 am
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| This is my idea for a Farsight Enclaves variant list now that we have a normal list locked in. I'd like to hear what other people think and see if there are any glaring problems that I don't see. |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Variant Lists |
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:28 pm
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| Here is a general overview of the Farsight Enclave, as far as I know. Remember, these are for the 40k scale: Bonded Teams - every squad that can be bonded, is for no extra cost. Broadsides/Hammerheads/Skyray/Stealth Suits/Pathfinders/Piranhas - In 40k, these are all 0-1 in a Farsight army. Meaning y... |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Drones |
| professorcurly |
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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:50 am
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| I will go on the record as saying that "expendable" isn't against the background we have on Drones. The only large scale deployment of drones we know about was on Pavonis from Courage and Honor where thousands of drones were dropped into a city to hold up the PDF there. As I recall the dro... |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Changes going into 6.32 |
| professorcurly |
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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:30 am
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| The Tigershark AX-1-0 also has a networked Markerlight. But it doesn't /need/ a Markerlight, so we leave it off. Same with Seeker Missiles, in my opinion. Give those to the regular Tigershark - it would give the lesser bomber an actual role (volume of fire vs quality of fire). If we are sticking to ... |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Pathfinders |
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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:36 pm
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| I was the one who brought up the tunnel fighting Yme-loc. They were sent into the sewers of this city to find a terrorist cell. They weren't really expecting to find any sort of organized or well equipped enemy (which is why they freaked out when they stumbled upon Ciaphus Cain and his band of merry... |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Pathfinders |
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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:08 am
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| Again, army concept aside, these guys shouldn't be getting any shooting at all , except for possible rail-rifle upgrades (they are by no means standard issue - until recently they were experimental and had a tendency to overload and kill the user). Pathfinders are a unit that: -have a doctrine of no... |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Pathfinders |
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:18 am
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| Consistency is important, but we should remember something - Pathfinders have Markerlights built into their Carbines. If they are shooting people, they aren't markerlighting things. I honestly can't remember the last time I saw pathfinders use their Carbines in 40k, and in the fluff I can only think... |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Pathfinders |
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Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:13 am
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| -- Type ------- Speed ----- Armour ---- Close Combat ----- Fire Fight - Infantry ----- 15cm -------- 6+ ----------- 6+ -------------- 6+ -Weapon ------ Range ------ Firepower ------ Notes Rail Rifles ------ 30cm --------- AP5+ -------- None Notes - Markerlights, Snipers, Scouts Tentatively, anyway. ... |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Pathfinders |
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:18 pm
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| That's true I suppose. A compromise then. I'd say lose carbines though, and do whatever with rail rifles and keep the price low as possible. Carbines are weapons of last resort for Pathfinders. Railrifles are their unique weapons so should get emphasis. They certainly aren't supposed to be outgunnin... |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Pathfinders |
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:04 am
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| I still say that they would be better served/more thematic if you took their guns away. The point of Pathfinders is not to engage the enemy directly, ever. They are a small unit of lightly armed troops, and according to Tau doctrine are deployed ahead of the main army. They are supposed to pull the ... |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Another Test Game |
| professorcurly |
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:19 am
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| Point taken. So then, anyone interested in doing the next test game? Or if you think it would be better I can just be a reporter while two people of comparable skill (ie not only played 3 games) play. After all, I'm biased towards my idea of AT3+ hammerheads. I'd like to see what someone else does w... |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Another Test Game |
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Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:43 pm
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| I'm just testing using the tournament scenario, no funky deployments. As you yourself implied, winning a corners deployment game doesn't really /prove/ anything, other than "Mobility is good." I didn't want to vary the list I'm using to test too much, to be honest. Biggest change was losin... |
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Forum: NetEA Tau Topic: Another Test Game |
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Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:55 am
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| Even if I had moved a recon formation up to mark them, it wouldn't have mattered. The Basilisks had deployed behind a LOS blocking piece of terrain. I had to double the Hammerheads towards the building in order to 'pop up' and see them at all. The only way I could've held the Hammerheads back would'... |
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