Very good read, thank you. I liked the style a lot: is the opposite of mine, while it has less information the writing style is more clear and one gets hold of what happens even without looking at the photos.
I cannot agree either on Tau being weak as i get tough games against Tau most of the time. They lacking offensive power in assaults i see it just as part of its flavour same as with the other lists' weakness but i can't see it as something critical. I see this list as something similar to codex Space Marines, an army that is hard to master.
What i agree with is about the marking being counterintuitive and mostly useless on Skyrays. You won't want to put a so expensive and frail unit so close to the enemy except on extreme situations, even if put on mechanized Fire Warriors with Ethereal BTS is bad as Pathfinders are a better upgrade in them in most situations. Maybe on Hammerheads with Fusion cannon, but i cannot see them for Tournaments, as they will be probably the main objective of the artillery.
When i play against Tau i get smashed by marked crossfires and missiles of both kinds, which opens the path for the rest of the army, ending up in being devastating when it works except if the list is quite sturdy. Only when i play knowing it will be against Tau and know he won't bring more than one deepstrike they have a real weak point, as in that case they lack any decent medium or long range AP fire and I take advantage of that with some armies, by keeping them at bay with infantry on OW or with lines of shooty infantry overall which also neutralizes Markers and AT missiles and restricts the army for a while giving more freedom to the rest of the army to pick them off, but that only works if one makes a list tailored for that, so outside Tournaments.
It was a pity the game against Gargants was so one sided. When i saw the list using the Transporta upgrade which no one did in this forum ever, i wanted to see that option being used in that game at all costs, and if possible it ended up being useful, but you demolished both Gargants before they could unload the cargo and the list having many soft parts and no Fightas didn't help much on that.
StevekCole wrote: That said I know Richard L has made the UK version work very well at 4k and I'm pretty sure Steve54 has had some success with them too. They do seem a little undercooked to me though.
UK version? The version in the UK page is the NetEA one, same as the one here, same PDF file even. Some quick look around didn't give me any results. Which version are you talking about? Where is that?
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