Digging this out... Will it still work? (Tau 2k)

[Sonikgav]

I havent played the most recent edition of the game. Ive been out for about 2 years or so and haven't really looked into what is currently being used however, i was halfway through a bit of a 'novelty' list way back when, and wondered if i was to return to the game, is it still viable?

I understand that the objective system requires much more mobility than back in the Gunline days but is this still workable?


Ethereal - 50
Ethereal - 50

Kroot x20 - Sniper Rounds + Shaper - 155
Kroot x20 - Sniper Rounds + Shaper - 155
Kroot x20 - Sniper Rounds + Shaper - 155
Kroot x20 - Sniper Rounds - 140
Kroot x20 - Sniper Rounds - 140

Stealth Team x6 - Advanced Targetting System x6, 2 Fusion Blaster - 208

Riptide - Ion Accelerator, SmartMissiles, Skyfire, Interceptor - 210
Riptide - Ion Accelerator, SmartMissiles, Skyfire, Interceptor - 210

Sniper Drone Team - 2 Commanders, 9 Drones - 159
Sniper Drone Team - 2 Commanders, 9 Drones - 159
HammerHead - Longstrike, Disruption Pod, Submunition, Advanced Targetting System, Repair System - 198

Total = 1999

2 Ethereals in the 2 'Shaperless' Kroot mobs hidden in Terrain giving off a big LD10 Bubble + Overlapping fancy abilities. Other Kroot deply as normal or Infiltrate, hence the Shaper for slight LD buff if they need it but still hopefully benefitting from the Bubble most of the time, while Sniper Drones each cover a Flank with a unit of Kroot infront of them to A. Screen them, and B. Set off their Supporting Fire. Hammerhead and Riptides go after... pretty much anything they feel like, mostly armor, and Riptides deal with incoming Flyers/Drop Pods/Deepstrikers.

The Stealth unit infiltrate high up the board and deal with the more static units, and to keep with the Sniping theme the Targetting System lets me use them to go after any important Characters hiding in units.

It also occurs to me that switching the 'novelty' part of this list (ie the 850 points of HQ and Troops) and adding something more conventionally competitive wouldn't be difficult at all.
So, i figure my biggest problem is fitting it all on the bloody board but, any thoughts?