I have heard many who play BFG or even those who are starting it speak of their disdain for the design of the Tau fleet. They keep saying that the Tau ships in BFG look nothing like their vehicles in 40k and there is general displeasure over the design (heard one person refer to them as flying crates).
What does everyone here think? And, for that matter, what fleets do you really like the look of?
Personally, I was off-put by the Tau ships at first. I too did not believe there was a design continuity between the Tau fleet and their land-based tanks. But then I started to realize that the Tau empire is only a few thousand years old. Their spacefleet would not be very advanced. Their ships look very basic and utilitarian to me...just as spaceships look now (can't tell me that the International Space station looks sleek and streamlined...). This makes more sense than them having ships that look more advanced than the Eldar. Sure, their tanks look more advanced, but that's because I'm sure they've had tanks for longer than interstellar vessels, and also tanks are less sophisticated than spaceships.
Another thing to note is that the fleet is built by the Air Caste, whereas land-based war vehicles are built by the Fire Caste, so for sure there is going to be a design descrepancy. When considering all of this, I like the Tau fleet much more in terms of design and look. There are elements of Tau architecture in there, but they are also mixed with plenty of necessity. Now, when I compare the BFG Tau ships to those from Forgeworld (which a lot of people seem to prefer), I think the Forgeworld ships look far too advanced and streamlined. They look more like fighters and the Emissary class ship, while admittedly a nice design, looks like an advanced bomber as opposed to a capital class ship belonging to a fledgling empire.
I like the BFG Tau fleet, and I plan to start one soon to add to my Imperial, Chaos, and Eldar fleets.
But what do you think?
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