1850 Tau. Criticism welcome!

[Goblin Ninja]

Hiyo. I'm bored of my space marines and am planning on boarding via shooting. I figured Tau was the way to go! After playing a few proxy games and reading over what you fine chaps have to offer by way of tactica and stratagems, I have thrown together a list for 1850 which is the norm of game size played 'round my parts. Please lemme know what you think!

Edited for update: Thought about the underlying reply while walking to work this morning and realized with dawn of war the blacksun filter was indeed redundant on a fast attack unit. Thank you for pointing that out! Changed it to a hard wired target lock for a hail mary pin attempt/markerlight. Any suggestions on how to trim some fat for a set of drones on the xv8s? I'm feeling the gun drone fits nicely on the firestorms with the similar range increments (and its price) but I'm unsure what type of drone to include in the fire knives.

1843pts

HQ Commander Shas'el - 102pts

1 Xv8 Shas'el
Upgrades:
Missile Pod
Plasma Rifle
Targeting Array
Hardwired Multi-tracker
Hardwired Target Lock

Elites Xv8 Crisis Team - 106pts

2 Xv8 Crisis Suits
Upgrades:
Twin Linked Missile Pod
Targeting Array

Elites Xv8 Crisis Team - 241pts

3 Xv8 Crisis Suits
Upgrades:
3 x Plasma Rifle
3 x Missile Pod
2 x Multi-tracker
1 x Targeting Array
Team Leader
Hardwired Drone Controller
Markerlight Drone
Hardwired Multi-tracker
Hardwired Target Lock

Elites Xv8 Crisis Team - 205pts

3 Xv8 Crisis Suits
Upgrades:
3 x Missile Pod
3 x Burst Cannon
2 x Multi-tracker
1 x Targeting Array
Team Leader
Hardwired Drone Controller
Markerlight Drone
Hardwired Multi-tracker
Hardwired Target Lock

Troops Fire Warrior Team- 120pts

12 Fire Warriors
No Upgrades.

Troops Kroot Squad - 100pts

10 Kroot
5 Kroot Hounds

Troops Kroot Squad - 100pts

10 Kroot
5 Kroot Hounds

Fast Atk Pathfinder Team- 221pts

8 Pathfinders
Upgrades:
2x Rail Rifle & Target Lock
Shas'ui Team Leader
Hardwired Target Lock
Bonding Knife


1 Devilfish Transport
Upgrades:
Disruption Pod

Fast Atk Pirahna Team - 140pts

2 Pirahna
Upgrades:
Disruption Pod
Fusion Blaster

Heavy Support Hammerhead- 165pts

1 Hammerhead
Upgrades:
Railgun
Pair of Burst Cannons
Disruption Pod
Multi-tracker

Heavy Support Skyray - 150pts

1 Skyray
Upgrades:
Blacksun Filter
Disruption Pod
Targeting Array
Multi-tracker

Heavy Support Xv88 Team - 195pts

2 Broadsides
Upgrades:
Adv. Stabilization
Team Leader
Hardwired Drone Controller
2 Shield Drones

[Homiccus]

Hello.

Now that is a fine list. Maybe a tad overupgraded but hard-hitting and well balanced. The only concerns I have are:
1) Blacksun filter on pathfinders. I know it's not much points but in Dawn of War scenario you will not have a chance to use it (NF rule is on the first game turn only, and pathfinders will be counting as 'moving' on this turn, so no markerlight fire). You could switch it to target lock or drop it completely...
2) Ablative wounds on Elite Crisis teams. Right now there are 4 models in each team, which may cause morale check right after losing one wound. Another drone would increase this buffer.

But that's just nitpicking on my side. For my inexperienced eye it looks great!

Cheers,
-H