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Meh. My friend plays guard and he didn't bother with IA3. He has IA2 and IA4, but IA3 doesn't have a whole lot for Guard. There's the Bombard, and the Griffons, and that's about it.

I've played against flyers before. If your army is tooled for long range shooting, then flyers aren't too bad. However, if most of your weapons are around 24", then flyers will be untouchable, and will ravage your forces. Even worse if you play with the more realistic rules for bombs and heavy bombs.

Well I generally play a balanced list that includes a variety of different units. I find I can use it quite effectively and ,if I play properly and get decent rolls, I will get a draw or better.

I must say though a mechanized Tau list usually does decently unless the enemy is toting some decent sized guns though in this case you should still be able to do some damage and make it through. Maybe could you post what a typical army you would field would look like, and how you would go about using it. Specific point costs for units won't be necessary just game size and equipment, the list is just to get an idea of what you use. The roles of each unit and the overall scheme of how the army is used is what will be important.

Well i use an ariel attack force when i use my Tau, that includes stealth suits, crisis battlesuits, vespid squads and units of drones. It works well for me, except when im horribly unlucky and they deep strike one at a time.

If you just buy disruption pods, they down grade it to glancing anyways above 12". Then again, if they get really close, then yes, move tanks above 6".

I must bring up a few points and ask some questions.

I have found that Farsight is probably the best way to go if you like a lot of firepower and want to do well in close combat. They can deep strike, blow the enemy into pieces, then charge in and cut them down. I've beaten most types of necrons squads one on one with farsight and his crew and i've also taken genestealer squads with their broodlords. The nid players like to send the broodlord in with genestealers. I think it's stupid because he slows them down and allows them to be blasted. Either way, i've never lost a battle with farsight in close combat. Not unless i'm sorely outnumbered, but even then I go down swinging.

Oh, he's a custom farsight. I forgot to mention that he is a combo between Shas O Ra Myr from forgeworld and the original farsight. He cost me a pretty penny, so I upped his stats a bit to make it better, but he does cost more points regardless. sweatdrop

I find that a jumpsuit army is very good if you like to stay out of close combat, but like to piss off your enemies with constant fire from every direction. wink

I HATE SKYRAYS!!!!!!
They are terrible machines that it was my misfortune to have ever even considered putting into my army. It doesn't matter how much cover they are in because they still only fire a maximum of 8 main shots! They don't have the greatest strength and you MUST use a marker light to fire them. Well, what if the Pathfinders get torn to shreds in the first turn out of misfortune? Then your only way to get them is through firewarriors or the tank itself and you only get one shot with firewarriors. The problem with the lights is that they are heavy. How are pathfinders supposed to fire them if they need to get into position? If anything, the shots won't be fired until 2-3 turns later if you actually want to do some damage by getting around the enemy. The hammer head coupled with broadsides is a far better option. 4 guns with strength 10 and a possible reroll on 3 of them or take the one from the HH and make it an ordenance. That is a much better option.

Skyray=pointless.

QUESTIONS:
Is the deepstrike roll now a 2D6 instead of one?

What would be a mechanized army?

How many of you have a hard time beating imp guard? I personally have only beaten them once out of dozens of battles. It's pathetic.

Deepstrike is 2D6, and you pick the highest. So in a way its only one sweatdrop . And my compliments to you, Farsight is truely and awesome army. Most people underestimate them, but a commandsquad of 1-7. Thats alot of custom equipted crisis suits. For impguard. While i played Tau, i found stealth suits to be good. I also found kroot to be good, but your farsight.... Dount upgrade fusion blasters, maximise thier firepower. 6 suits, 12 drones. 6 burst cannons = 18 shots, 12 drones get..... well 12 shots, thats 30 shots. Death to imp guardsmen. Other than that..... i dunno. outrange guardsmen. Broadsides. Tanks are not to be feared. Nor are heavy weapon platoons.

Hello everyone. I've just starting playing 40k (The rulebook I bought off ebay hasn't even arrived yet sweatdrop ). I'm getting a tau army 'cause they're awesome, and I was wondering what units/equipment do you recomend? I don't have ANY figures yet, and limited money, so...yeah.


EDIT: and another question, what is the "'eavy metal" color scheame?

thabks hart. another question: can any old crisis suit serve as an HQ unit?

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