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I've been using alot of gear in my armies (mainly because i'm a crazy nut and i love giving my battlesuits 10 different ways of shooting with 15 different ways of multi-tracking pesky space marines) and i've been looking for what gear i should be taking and what to avoid due to uselessness.

Here's my findings so far.

Multi-Tracker - Take with all suits and tanks, able to fire more weapons on the suits while tanks can move 12" and still fire.
Targeting Array - Awesome stuff, always take them cus you can't go wrong with more BS, which means more hits and wounds overall
Plasma rifle - Full of cheese, i like it XD
Missle Pod - Again, full of cheese XD
Fusion Blaster - I like to hand a random suit or two with a blaster, mainly because i hate fighting tanks with low str weapons. Only con is the sucky range of 12"
Burst Cannon - Useful on a tank or something, but pretty much useless on a crisis suit (Stealth suits are Burst Cannon whores anyhow)

Sadly both the multi-tracker and targeting array conflict with each other on a normal suit (not the team leader, bodyguard,etc) so you have to pick one or the other. Personaly i would take the multi-tracker for the extra shots.

For my Commander, i've taken this setup (i know it's slowed to most, but it's worked quite well for me ^_^)

-Plasma rifle
-Airbursting frag projector
-Shield Generator
-Stimuiant injector
-Failsafe Detonator
-Hard-Wired Multi-Tracker

Yes, i know the failsafe detonator won't see much use, but it's SO much fun if it goes off. I was bested by genestealers one time and my commandered triggered his detonator, taking ALL of the genestealers with him XD

Avoid the following gear (They do nothing becasue of 5e)

-Target Lock (Target priority)
-Command and control node (Again, target priority)


Anyone else want to put their 2 cents in?

Superscope wrote:I've been using alot of gear in my armies (mainly because i'm a crazy nut and i love giving my battlesuits 10 different ways of shooting with 15 different ways of multi-tracking pesky space marines) and i've been looking for what gear i should be taking and what to avoid due to uselessness.

Here's my findings so far.

Multi-Tracker - Take with all suits and tanks, able to fire more weapons on the suits while tanks can move 12" and still fire.
Targeting Array - Awesome stuff, always take them cus you can't go wrong with more BS, which means more hits and wounds overall
Plasma rifle - Full of cheese, i like it XD
Missle Pod - Again, full of cheese XD
Fusion Blaster - I like to hand a random suit or two with a blaster, mainly because i hate fighting tanks with low str weapons. Only con is the sucky range of 12"
Burst Cannon - Useful on a tank or something, but pretty much useless on a crisis suit (Stealth suits are Burst Cannon whores anyhow)

Sadly both the multi-tracker and targeting array conflict with each other on a normal suit (not the team leader, bodyguard,etc) so you have to pick one or the other. Personaly i would take the multi-tracker for the extra shots.

For my Commander, i've taken this setup (i know it's slowed to most, but it's worked quite well for me ^_^)

-Plasma rifle
-Airbursting frag projector
-Shield Generator
-Stimuiant injector
-Failsafe Detonator
-Hard-Wired Multi-Tracker

Yes, i know the failsafe detonator won't see much use, but it's SO much fun if it goes off. I was bested by genestealers one time and my commandered triggered his detonator, taking ALL of the genestealers with him XD

Avoid the following gear (They do nothing becasue of 5e)

-Target Lock (Target priority)
-Command and control node (Again, target priority)


Anyone else want to put their 2 cents in?

Target Locks let you split fire so they are not entirely useless. For example, give a Hard Wired Target Lock to a Broadside team leader and you are able to split fire with your rail guns at two targets. Nifty hunh?

I take a Shas'el with similiar upgrades. I prefer the Missle Pods to the Plasma rifle. I feel there is more synergy between the AFP and Missles than Plasma. Burst Cannons are another weapon I pair with Missle Pods. You also forgot flamers. Don't overlook them as they are the cheapest weapon available and are a nasty surprise for anyone trying to charge you. Finally, I prefer multi trackers over target arrays, because I prefer more shots to more accuracy. More shots make up for your lack of accuracy and have a higher potential output.

I personally like using Shas O's with Plasma Rifles and Fusion Blasters, with Iridium Armor, and Stimulant Injectors.

The basic squads of elite crisis suits, I like with Flamers and Plasma giving you a very useful multi-purpose unit, and with the 5E changes to cover the flamers work even better now.

I am really wondering if Tau are going to get a new codex as I've just bought it. And if they do will the battle force change to include plastic pathfinders?

I would like to see firewariors with perhaps the option to take a rail rifle or burst cannon like in firewarrior.

< Taken by the void dragon. >

I play a Shas'el with TL-MP and AFP, usually with a HWDC and two shield drones. Occasionally I'll throw in a stimm injector, but don't like Iridium armor much. My Crisis suits usually run fireknife - either 2 suits, nothing else, or 3 suits, with a TL, BK, and HWDC and two shield drones. Very occasionally I'll run suits with PR/FB, TLML+flamer or TA, TLFB+flamer or TA, or TLMP/BC.

I use pretty much every piece of wargear available for Crisis Suits, but I run Farsight with an advanced unit of uniques. They were running PL/MP, but I am about to try FB/MP with some Target locks. I am still tweaking loadouts as I have had alot of suggestions.

You can take Hardwired Multi-trackers. (Up to 100pts on wargear if I am correct)

Pretty much all the other suggestions are on here... Stim Injects.. some shield drones... Bonding knife.. I suggest investing in rare earth magnets

The Tau are getting a new 'dex? Seriously? They JUST GOT ONE! I had to wait for years to get a new Guard Codex, and after just 2 years Tau get a new one? I doubt that (at least I hope not )

-A.