E&C - Sorry to steal your thunder, but I already proposed making the Tau Support Craft Crits more damaging ÂÂ
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Of course I agree with that and it makes a lot of sense to me.
Reducing the Moray to 1xTK(3) shot basically means it and the AX-1-0 are stepping on each others toes. There is no need to have 2 units basically doing the same thing.
I think a gun reduction is a shoddy compromise that will lead to duplication of abilities in the list. If someone wants the Moray gone, they should just say that rather than trying to turn it into something that has to be removed later (if they get their way).
Keeping 2xTk(3) on the Moray and reducing its range to 45cm's means it has a lot more firepower but it can be dealt with more easily (it can't hide and can be shot at by just about anything). If a range reduction is used, there is absolutely no need for APU.
Moray becomes high risk/reward.
Now, if the range is kept at 75cm then I can possibly see a case for APU being considered. It must be said though, that on a table using the amount of terrain suggested in the Tournament Terrain rules (ie. 12 terrain features), it will generally be VERY easy to hide from Support Craft. I find Skimmers at long range to be a pain the neck to play (wasting so much time figuring out what can and can't be seen - BORING).
Incidently, why does everyone accept the abstact way that Aircraft can target a unit hiding behind a building but they can't accept a high flying Support craft? In a 15 minute turn, any Support Craft should be able to move from ground level to orbit easily (how long does the space shuttle take - Tau's gotta be faster than that?).
KISS.
All that said, I have thought a lot about E&C's list of weaknesses. It was an interesting list. Would a Tau army with 4 AX-1-0's (using the present stats/costs) be over powered? 4 WE aircraft firing TK(3) 45cm guns for 900pts seems quite powerful. Using TRC's stats you could have 3 flights of 2 Ax-1-0's for 825pts. 6x TK(3) hitting anywhere on the board. I can forsee this causing some consternation (love that word) for some.
A couple of high flying Morays could be a lot easier to deal with than that (and fairer) if they have to close to 45cm's to fire.
I'm warming to the idea of AX-1-0's thanks to E&C's comments but I'm still unsure if forcing an army to use aircraft to control Titans is a playable solution.
