Greetings to all fellow Tau commanders.
Shas'O Zah'Kre Shau'vin reporting in (That's Zachary Chauvin, in common English).
As I am new to not only the Tau forces, but also 40k 4ed., I have a few questions as I set forth on the long path to the Greater Good.
By way of introduction, I played 40k long, long ago, before the days of Tau, Necrons, Dark Eldar, Daemon Hunters, Adeptus Soriritas, et al. I think the last game I played before selling everything I owned was about 6 months before the Necrons were introduced. Therefore, I find myself with a great deal of catching up to do.
I have spent some measure of time reading the new rulebook, and, while many concepts therein are still foreign to me (for example, I don't know how you guys can live without Overwatch rules!), I think I'd be interested in picking up the dice once in a while for friendly play.
That said, about 6 months ago, I headed down to the local hobby shop and snagged a Tau Battle Force and Codex (what can I say, the models appealed to me ) I'm going to try to play a few small point games (probably 500 pts) with one of the local 'experts' to learn the new rules.
I write in order to pose a few questions about Tau tactica because, even though I am still learning, being able to, at least, put up a somewhat competitive fight will probably keep me more interested than getting trounced in game after game after game, ad nauseum.
I currently own the basic Tau Battleforce (3 XV8s, 12 FWs, 12 Kroot, 10 Gun Drones), and have about $250 to expand the force. Bearing these facts in mind, my questions are as follows:
I was thinking that 'Accuracy by Volume' would be the superior tactic in a 500 pt. game, insofar as my opponent, knowing that I am playing a Tau force, is highly likely to field numerous HtH units, or at least some swarms of cheap units to overwhelm me by numbers. Is this a decent assumption, or should I avoid tailoring my list like this? If this presumption stands, I was considering fielding:
Shas'El (TL Plasma, Fusion, HW Multi)
12 FW (With Shas'Ui)
11 FW (With Shas'Ui)
5 XV15's
However, I know that tooling a list (especially given the fact that I'm a total noob) is seen as 'cheesy' by most people, and I don't want to offend anybody. Any critiques are welcome.
My second inquiry is in regards to the possibility of fielding something a bit heavier. If the above proposition seems unreasonable in light of the response I get to this post, my fall-back list would read:
Shas'El (TL Plasma, Fusion, HW Multi)
12 FW (With Shas'Ui)
11 FW (With Shas'Ui)
IonHead (SMS, Decoy, Multi)
Any critique on the fall-back list is welcome, as well. Please note that, in the above list, I am a bit more 'married' to the idea of the Fusion Blaster on the Shas'El, as I have *nothing* else to rely on for armor popping. He wouldn't be tooled to deal with squads, as I would think that the FW could deal with (by volume of high-strength shots) most normal (tactical) squads, and the IonHead could concentrate it's fire on approaching CC threats. The Shas'El would serve not only as anti-armor, but also anti-Uber-CC-Leader-mayhem. Critiques are welcome.
Final series of question: Has anybody used (successfully) Kroot or Gun Drones in a 500 pt. game, or are they too narrowly suited to fit a game where every single point really must (by necessity) serve at least two functions. If that is, indeed, the case, would the Kroot not, in all honesty, at least be worth consideration for their counter-assault and shooting abilities?
I do hope I'm not too far off base in preparing these lists. I will draft some things up properly and submit these lists to the Army List forum, I just wanted to post an introduction here, and get some critiques of my thought processes before I drew up a list for submission.
-Shas'O Shau'Vin
Shas'O Zah'Kre Shau'vin reporting in (That's Zachary Chauvin, in common English).
As I am new to not only the Tau forces, but also 40k 4ed., I have a few questions as I set forth on the long path to the Greater Good.
By way of introduction, I played 40k long, long ago, before the days of Tau, Necrons, Dark Eldar, Daemon Hunters, Adeptus Soriritas, et al. I think the last game I played before selling everything I owned was about 6 months before the Necrons were introduced. Therefore, I find myself with a great deal of catching up to do.
I have spent some measure of time reading the new rulebook, and, while many concepts therein are still foreign to me (for example, I don't know how you guys can live without Overwatch rules!), I think I'd be interested in picking up the dice once in a while for friendly play.
That said, about 6 months ago, I headed down to the local hobby shop and snagged a Tau Battle Force and Codex (what can I say, the models appealed to me ) I'm going to try to play a few small point games (probably 500 pts) with one of the local 'experts' to learn the new rules.
I write in order to pose a few questions about Tau tactica because, even though I am still learning, being able to, at least, put up a somewhat competitive fight will probably keep me more interested than getting trounced in game after game after game, ad nauseum.
I currently own the basic Tau Battleforce (3 XV8s, 12 FWs, 12 Kroot, 10 Gun Drones), and have about $250 to expand the force. Bearing these facts in mind, my questions are as follows:
I was thinking that 'Accuracy by Volume' would be the superior tactic in a 500 pt. game, insofar as my opponent, knowing that I am playing a Tau force, is highly likely to field numerous HtH units, or at least some swarms of cheap units to overwhelm me by numbers. Is this a decent assumption, or should I avoid tailoring my list like this? If this presumption stands, I was considering fielding:
Shas'El (TL Plasma, Fusion, HW Multi)
12 FW (With Shas'Ui)
11 FW (With Shas'Ui)
5 XV15's
However, I know that tooling a list (especially given the fact that I'm a total noob) is seen as 'cheesy' by most people, and I don't want to offend anybody. Any critiques are welcome.
My second inquiry is in regards to the possibility of fielding something a bit heavier. If the above proposition seems unreasonable in light of the response I get to this post, my fall-back list would read:
Shas'El (TL Plasma, Fusion, HW Multi)
12 FW (With Shas'Ui)
11 FW (With Shas'Ui)
IonHead (SMS, Decoy, Multi)
Any critique on the fall-back list is welcome, as well. Please note that, in the above list, I am a bit more 'married' to the idea of the Fusion Blaster on the Shas'El, as I have *nothing* else to rely on for armor popping. He wouldn't be tooled to deal with squads, as I would think that the FW could deal with (by volume of high-strength shots) most normal (tactical) squads, and the IonHead could concentrate it's fire on approaching CC threats. The Shas'El would serve not only as anti-armor, but also anti-Uber-CC-Leader-mayhem. Critiques are welcome.
Final series of question: Has anybody used (successfully) Kroot or Gun Drones in a 500 pt. game, or are they too narrowly suited to fit a game where every single point really must (by necessity) serve at least two functions. If that is, indeed, the case, would the Kroot not, in all honesty, at least be worth consideration for their counter-assault and shooting abilities?
I do hope I'm not too far off base in preparing these lists. I will draft some things up properly and submit these lists to the Army List forum, I just wanted to post an introduction here, and get some critiques of my thought processes before I drew up a list for submission.
-Shas'O Shau'Vin