yme-loc wrote:
Pathfinders as an upgrade option will probably be available in newer lists and indeed I believe Matt-Shadowlords Vior'la list uses just such an option and will be balanced around it.
That's correct, I have pathfinders in as an upgrade for Firewarrior formations (similar to yme-loc's list), but with the option to take them with or without devilfish.
This opens up some additional options - in fact, some of the exact ones that people have been asking for - but whether it makes for a viable airborne list is up to player discretion. Airborne assault aficionados be aware - even with the changes in this more aggressively orientated Tau list, an orca with firewarriors aint no thunderhawk
Now in its 9th iteration, I'm happy with how it is playing and hope some of the other Tau players on here will give it a try.
The army list being Farsight's Vior'la means not so much that it can play more aggressively, but more that it
must play more aggressively in order to hit the goal of "genuinely different not better".
I'll try get version 0.9 to Yme-Loc tomorrow in order to get another sanity-check from someone with a long history with Epic Tau, and have the list up for final playtests before consideration for approval soon.