I didn't mean to come off so defensive either InquisitorAffe
I'd hate to stifle discussion and I do understand your point but:
did think tactica to begin with, but the problem with them is that they are often too large for a newer player to easily be able to digest and take in everything he may want.
posted by Phoenix is what I meant to get at.
I must have read the Tau battlesuit tactica half a dozen times and I still don't really know which direction to take.
I discovered an Imperial guard tactica today for the first time on here which highlight lots of things I was doing wrong in my own list, (its my second army and dont really play it anymore) but has given me food for thought.
Thats great, that the purpose of these forums and tacticas, but they throw a lot of information at you which is difficult to take in, at least until you've played a couple of games. Read the rules all you want, but you only get a decent understanding of something after you've played a few games, by which time you've spent a bit of money that could have been better spent.
Maybe not even army lists, may be just a core force.
Like 'if you have a chaplain lead assault squad, a 8 man 4 missile launcher devastator squad and a land speeder tornado you won't go far wrong in a coverall force' (I think cheredanine had/has that as his sig or similar)
What I mean is you wouldn't have a scout squad or land raider as the core of your space marine army - but you could quickly build a fully workable force around the aforementioned HQ, fast attack and heavy support.
But what of Tau? Do you build around firewarriors or battlesuits? Guardians or aspects warriors in eldar?
You could then incorporate a tactica within that list (getting a bit waffley now, I apologise)
Just a balanced, basic, coverall, unthemed but not unbeatable list to set new folk on their way.