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I did some number crunching over the weekend, with the IA3 'cadre' examples. I ended up with having a Shas'el in charge of anywhere from 725 to 1775 (E:A) points. Unfortunately, I was in a rush getting to work this morning, and forgot my analysis pages.
I'm changing my mind about the need for extra leaders, but I noticed that all the Tau formations in the historical refight scenarios were bonded. Not most. Every unit that could be bonded (ie, all the FW, Pfinders, Stealth, Crisis, and Broadsides, since Vehicles are immune to morale in 40k), was. If vehicle formations were susceptible to Morale Rules, they probably would have been bonded, too.
At the moment, in 40k, Bonding is almost as good as the Marines' ATSKNF. It allows a unit to potentially regroup below 50% (something that is not allowed in the standard rules). While the Tau don't automatically regroup like Marines, there's better than a 50% chance that they will regroup anyway (~ 58.3%, actually). That makes bonded units about halfway between IG (without Commissars) and Marines in sustainability in 40k. What kills the Tau's sustainability in 40k is the really small unit sizes for Battlesuits. I would like to see a similar effect in E:A, but I'm just not sure how to get there. I'll need to do some more number crunching to get a start.
Would an across-the-board +1 to rally as a racial special rule work, for that '50ish% better than Guard w/o Commissars', or is something better needed, like re-rolling rally activations?
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) should bear all of this in mind for future issues and comments.
