NH,
Well the Cadre should be slightly better than the Contingent as a lead formation, but it also costs more and one might not have the points remaining to use that. It may be advantageous to try and work more formations in as well and go with the smaller formations. I definitely feel there is value between the Cadre and HH Contingent
However, the point about the HH contingent vs the SF contingent is well met, noted, valid, and worth examining to rectify.
The HH is the main battle tank of the Tau. Its a staple in contingent and cadre formation IMHO. The Stingray formation will go before either of the other two. That said, I think the Stingray formation can work - we just need to consider how each compares to one another - as NH has already pointed out. Each needs value for different reasons.
First Swordfish Contingent Consideration - Remove Piranhas:
I recall thinking that the pirahna's were not going to be part of this formation - but that was never discussed so I just left them in as a place to start. I'm thinking they should be removed, that way, they will only be available to the Hammerhead contingent as th first point of differentiation.
Thoughts?
Second Swordfish Design Consideration - Add Stingray to HH:
We could also add Stingray contingent to the Hammerhead contingent to further differentiate it if necessary. That formation would have to chance to reach 9 tanks, but only if you really wanted to reduce the amount of AT potential the foramation had. However, it would be an option to further differentiate that foramtion.
The Cadre would still be unique in that it would have the chance to be 9 tanks, but would be very AT oriented regardless of configuration because the formation would not have any Stingray upgrade options.
Thoughts?
Third Swordfish Contingent Consideration - Raise SF points in SF Contingent:
Also, I counted the Swordfish at 75 points each since they were part of a formation that was to focus on them. This may have been a bad call. Perhaps its best to start them out at the 62.5+25=87.5 each value. that would take a base formation up to 300 points. So a premium is paid for an experimental formation:
2HH + 2 Sf = 2 * 87.5 + 2 * 62.5
2HH + 2 Sf = 175 + 125
2HH + 2 Sf = 300
Thoughts?
Other Stuff
Personally, I like the stingray contingent because it serves as a relatively small to medium sized formation of tanks that fill an AT niche roll, but its pricy to do so. I like removing the piranhas because it avoids false bolstering of the ranks in this experimental tank formation, shows the Tau encorporating the new technology into a contingent fighting roll and it keeps the focus on the Swordfish not the pirahnas and HH.
I considered removing one HH out of the base formation originally, but due to the value of HH at a funny points value, that messes things up and even numbers of units work btter as a result. Also, a base 4 unit tank formation has proven to work well.
I'm not really keen on adjusting the swordfish stats as its proved itself for quite some time now in its roll for its points.
Right now, i'm leaning towards
1) remove pirahnas as upgrade for this formation.
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2) raise the points for the swordfish to 87.5 each.
NH - good eye on this topic.
At minimum, I think we need to do one of the above. LMK what you guys think.
cheers,
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