No one needs to sell missile pods to me, I use them always and to great effect. A deathrain squad can cause some major damage and I never leave home without them.
The reason for the post, I guess, was so that someone new, or fairly new, to Tau doesn't get the wrong impression of missile pods. They are great weapons and most opponents groan when they see them come out of the case, though not as much as when they see the pair of broadsides.