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You can fire through friendly models AFAIK, but you can't fire through friendly vehicles.

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
You can fire through friendly models AFAIK, but you can't fire through friendly vehicles.

that was never the issue. the issue was blocking LOS from interceptor IA shots.

We play it as you only get a 5+ cover save regardless of how its built, the doors were intended to open so that is how we play it.

 gmaleron wrote:
We play it as you only get a 5+ cover save regardless of how its built, the doors were intended to open so that is how we play it.

not to nitpick your houserules but do you grant similar rules to rhinos, razorbacks and land raiders after they embark or disembark their passengers, considering that their doors are supposed to open too?

 carldooley wrote:

 gmaleron wrote:
We play it as you only get a 5+ cover save regardless of how its built, the doors were intended to open so that is how we play it.

not to nitpick your houserules but do you grant similar rules to rhinos, razorbacks and land raiders after they embark or disembark their passengers, considering that their doors are supposed to open too?

Different kind of vehicle, their doors can close after opened whereas Drop Pods cant. Its mainly based on true LOS because when a Drop Pod is deployed there are gaps you can see through where the Rhinos and Razorbacks do not have that.

you do understand my objection? It's a shame that we'll likely never face one another across a table, as such things don't usually occur to me. But then, my most recent games have been warmachine that uses rules that the models are essentially cylinders from their base to a pre-determined height.

 Boniface wrote:
Typical degradation into Riptide hate.

Ignore the riptide's existence momentarily.
Tau have always been the most disliked race in the game.
The Riptide is unfortunately a vessel for the hate.

Yeah man cause riptides are extremly hard to kill... Plus the Tau are a bunch of communists! Socialist gash faced freaks!

But think of it this way I play orks and made this thread on the idea that 1) Tau are stupid to play vs when they sit in a gunline opening chardonnay.

2) I have beaten everyone with orks all spectrum of cheese (Space marines, eldar, Tyranids, necrons, grey knights, Imperial guard, smash F***er, Paladin deathstar, Thunderwolves cheese, jet bike spam) but never have I played a game where I don't even kill one tau... so you keep think that your not OP... Oh wait here is this for you: http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000/Tactics/Tau%287E%29

I remember a FAq at some point that specified that any Space Marine pod can have whatever "petals" open that you want.

So open the ones on the side they came out on. Block Los. Fight. Win!

I have played gunline tau, mech tau, and mobile tau with my kult of speed orks. In my opinion, tau are powerful, but not unstoppable. They fall apart if you get too close to them and rely on being able to keep a steady distance away.

Targeting anything that can use a markerlight and killing them turn one or two can vastly decrease the potency of your opponent's shooting.

My orks can usually catch them while only losing a reasonable number of our boyz, and the surviving ones can then go on to wreck their carefully constructed gunlines.