Tau Tactica: a 6th edition

[gcsmith]

Wanted to open up this post,

Tomorrow we all get our 6th edition books, well those who preordered and buy it, and I wanted to open up discussion for Tau talk, tactica and otherwise.

Obviously we still have the FAQ to wait for, which if like 8th fantasy goes up 12:01 AM.

Now What I want to say, the rumors give me great hope. I dare to dream Tau will be better in 6th edition, and thats without endless battlesuits.

Obviously, I need to get the rulebook before I make any true decisions.

So what are your opinions on it?

[DrLove42]

Some opf the rumours are looking better

Rapidfire changes make Fire Warriors better, as does Reaction Shots. I'll hope for some wargear that can allow them to overwatch/snap fire at full BS

Nightfighting vision (Blacksun Filters) seem to be likely ignore Night Fighting all together, making them an essential buy consdering the rise of nightfighting

Battlesuits moving 2D6 in the assault phase will be pretty good too

Also the deployment type that plays table length ways has to be good for 72" railguns

On the downside....no physic defense or assault and with overwatch Kroot are majorly screwed as an assault choice. No aircraft yet either

[gcsmith]

Some opf the rumours are looking better

Rapidfire changes make Fire Warriors better, as does Reaction Shots. I'll hope for some wargear that can allow them to overwatch/snap fire at full BS

Nightfighting vision (Blacksun Filters) seem to be likely ignore Night Fighting all together, making them an essential buy consdering the rise of nightfighting

Battlesuits moving 2D6 in the assault phase will be pretty good too

Also the deployment type that plays table length ways has to be good for 72" railguns

On the downside....no physic defense or assault and with overwatch Kroot are majorly screwed as an assault choice. No aircraft yet either

All good things, personally I think no aircraft can be a good thing, imagine at tournies, all the anti aircraft options people take will be wasted against us. Also I'm hoping markerlights can help with the Overwatch and Aircraft hitting BS.

Not to mention how Farsight got buffed, his rules specifically state he causes 2d6 + 5 AP against vehicles. Nice.

Also With rapid fire changes, I can see kroot being a fire base with krootox rather than an assault unit, I mean they can hit just as well as a fire warrior. And for their points are better than a guardsmen by miles.

[alshrive]

i am thinking that the Skyray may well have the Skyfire rule enabling it to target aircraft efficiently. i mean it is called the Skyray!

[gcsmith]

i am thinking that the Skyray may well have the Skyfire rule enabling it to target aircraft efficiently. i mean it is called the Skyray!

I agree,

I'm also looking forward to using O'Shovah, with Prefered enemy doing so good for shooting, preferred enemy against orks will be good, especially with a Fire warrior army.


I'm thinking a lot of new things will come from this.

[alshrive]

i think this will sufficiently refresh the Tau and potentially give them the boost they need so they are not a bottom tier army! I think in future that the Markerlight rules will change and they may go on to grant different USR per point expended. E.G give a unit Skyfire, or allow it to Snapfire at normal BS for example.... i must say that the idea of a Snap Firing unit of Fire warriors is actually a very off-putting thought for an Ork Charge

[gcsmith]

i think this will sufficiently refresh the Tau and potentially give them the boost they need so they are not a bottom tier army! I think in future that the Markerlight rules will change and they may go on to grant different USR per point expended. E.G give a unit Skyfire, or allow it to Snapfire at normal BS for example.... i must say that the idea of a Snap Firing unit of Fire warriors is actually a very off-putting thought for an Ork Charge

meh 6's to hit isnt scary, now if we can keep Markerlights back for snapfire bs we will own

[Drakkan Vael]

In addition, putting Tau fire warriors on a closed Skyshield Landing plattform will increase their durability a lot.

Consider building bullet shield unit additions like drones (or commanders with 2+/(4+ inv), fnp and two shield drones joined to a unit of broadsides and standing in front of them...

[gcsmith]

In addition, putting Tau fire warriors on a closed Skyshield Landing plattform will increase their durability a lot.

Consider building bullet shield unit additions like drones (or commanders with 2+/(4+ inv), fnp and two shield drones joined to a unit of broadsides and standing in front of them...

With the new wound allocation being like 3rd edition drones, I'm expecting to get drones be removed first rule back. meaning they don't need to be in front. But if not yes leave them infront.

Hoping to do some videos tomorrow on the rulebook changes as well as how Tau and Black Templar fair in the new rules

[TheStarkLord]

Sixth ed could do some great thins for tau. My only hope is that the faq for them doesn't suck like it normally does. As in i hope war gear that has no use under currwnt rules is modified and not just left as " yeah it does nothing".
Now to tangent... wishlisting fir a sec.
tau are supposed to be very mobile and have very good air superiority. So i hope that over the course of the new edition they get either the most or some if the btter flyer options. Flyers are a thing tau should be good at and if they ate not i'll very sad.