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Hena:
*3 Hydras is the same level as for the IG list, so I am happy to keep them as they are.
*Thanks for the catch with the markerlight platoon.
*The intent was that the O has a less effective set of burst cannon, due to the use of the plasma rifle - but perhaps dropping the 29's shots down to AP4+ might work?
I want them to be useful, but not too useful.
*Thanks for the Water Caste Envoy tip - I missed that! Although, all I can see is that they might do with losing Markerlights, but in fairness it's not that big a loss.
*The layout follows that of the T'au list - where the same kind of transport upgrades are costed in the centre area.
*Tank Company downsize - now that might work. However, perhaps 8 tanks is a good size - still bigger than a Hammerhead formation, though smaller than an IG Tank Company. (However, IG TCs can add extra tanks to the ten they get anyway, while the TC here has less options available.)
For 8 tanks, 520 would be fair, based on 650 for all 10.
I'll think about it.
Ilushia:
Do you think that capping the burst cannon at AP4 would help for the regular 29s?
I have found them to be less than wholly effective, personally - and they are pricier than Stealth suits, as it stands (and restricted to 0-1, too).
I agree with the issue of Basillisk companies - I hate seeing a bunch of 9 Basilisks on the other side of the table, not least when the Guard player can go and add Griffons, Demolishers, or whatever other kind of upgrades he or she chooses to go for.
And IG players can take as many of those companies as they like! Gah.
I hate them.
Soren:
IG can take all three SHTs as Shadowswords, and can take more than one, and get Titan Legion support, too.
Plus they have those fun Deathstrikes to play with...
...though perhaps scaling the SHTs down to 1-2 might be an option.
Seriously, the list as is cannot match the long-range firepower that a Steel Legion force can pump out - but it's not supposed to, as it is supposed to rely on Grenadiers more than IG would rely on Storm Troopers.
And quite frankly, the 29s aren't going anywhere.
From a tau perspective, they are second-rate suits - the Shas are moving on to XV25s for Stealth teams, and still rely on the Crisis suit (and its numerous variants) for their own front-line.
Plus, Marines can drop Assault Marine formations via T-hawk and ruin anyone's day - and there is no way that a formation of 29s will out-perform a formation of Terminators on the drop. And Termies can be teleported in, too!
However, what the 29s do provide is something unique to this list - and it seemed that SG didn't mind them being there when I had 7.3 posted at their site.
Oh, and thanks for noting the point I was trying to make about NINE Basilisks, as opposed to THREE, and using it as another excuse to have a go at me.
It's really starting to get bothersome.
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I'd be pretty disappointed if I threw more then a third of my list value into a single action and it didn't obliterate whatever I pointed it at real fast. This is like throwing two Warhounds and a Warlord at something all at once. You'd really kinda HOPE it would just fall over dead.