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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:02 am 
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I tried doing a "balanced" army but wanted to go with a mobile armored theme, so here is my 3000 point list...

12 Firewarriors
6 Devilfish
1 Ethereal
2 Hammerheads

12 Firewarriors
6 Devilfish
6 Tetras

4 Pathfinders
2 Devilfish
4 Pirahnas

4 Pathfinders
2 Devilfish
4 Pirahnas

4 Broadsides
Orca Dropship

5 Hammerheads
1 Swordfish

9 Stealthsuits

I haven't invested much in AA yet as most of the players here haven't delved into that much yet... anyway, any advice or room for improvement or anything I'm overlooking?  Thanks all!


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:42 am 
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You have lots of markerlights but not too many guided missiles. Consider including a Narwhal or some Stingrays.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:51 am 
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I would take a Shas'o, if at all possible, with Tau, especially with so few and expensive formations as you have, failing some activation tests can really spoil your day.

Next, you can't have 6 Tetras as an upgrade, only 3 (each upgrade can only be taken once)

Very light on flak, very light on MW/TK (though you have a considerable amount of AT, which is always good).

No air.

However, your formations are *all* very large and upgraded, so you only get 7 activations in 3000 points... this can turn into a real problem. Whenever I take several large formations, I also include some cheaper ~200 points formations to keep the activation count up.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:54 am 
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I cannot ever stress this enough, every army needs a Supreme Commander.

Get a Shas'o

Get a Moray, cause I like 'em :p

I'd also try to work in an eight activation into the list, Tau work better with more activations, well IMHO anyways.

Also Asura's points are good too.

Jaldon :oo

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:02 am 
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Tau airpower is amazing - make sure you include at least one detachment, and definately use some Kroot, Tau are v vulnerable to CC, My assault/tactical marines shred them.

DarkOne26 is probably better at giving advice than me, I kill Tau, don't play them :).

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:44 pm 
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Quote (JimmyGrill @ 22 2005 July,08:51)
Next, you can't have 6 Tetras as an upgrade, only 3 (each upgrade can only be taken once)

That is two upgrades, I was just counting them together


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:48 pm 
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Ok, so a Shas'O is needed, which means I'll have to include some suits in there somewhere.  I've upgraded most of the formations becuase they all seemed really small and I was worried about casualties/suppression affecting them.  The whole list seems smaller and spendy so I was trying build effective units that could last a bit in a firefight.  I wouldn't even know where to drop to get a Shas'O and some suits, or some Kroot into the list.  Thanks for the feedback so far guys, I need it!   :)  :)


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:26 pm 
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Quote (2.0 @ 22 2005 July,16:44)
Quote (JimmyGrill @ 22 2005 July,08:51)
Next, you can't have 6 Tetras as an upgrade, only 3 (each upgrade can only be taken once)

That is two upgrades, I was just counting them together

each upgrade can only be taken once  :;):


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PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:29 am 
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thank you, I missed that


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