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I have heard from a few friends that the Tau will be getting a new codex either in June or in August. They can't remember where they read it other than "online" (sounds fishy to me too) but it still has me curious. Has anybody heard anything about it at all or are they blowing smoke to taunt me since I love playing my Tau?

Yeah, there has been some murmurs about a Tau revision coming this year. I suspect it'll be another quite update like it was when Tau became Tau Empire.

I hope so. Some new Crisis Suits or, at the very least, non-hybrid Broadsides would be greatly appreciated.

Here's to hoping that the Tau become the Dogs of War of 40k!

Like at least 5 additional races (Slann, Squats/Demiurg, and others) that can be used.

Oh and Mercenaries.

Then all will be right with the world.

Vladsimpaler wrote:Here's to hoping that the Tau become the Dogs of War of 40k!

Like at least 5 additional races (Slann, Squats/Demiurg, and others) that can be used.

Oh and Mercenaries.

Then all will be right with the world.

Wow. I would actually consider playing Tau if I could have Squats.

It would be the far less awsome Demiurgs if anything.

Yeah, I heard about the new Tau, there was even someone here on Dakka who had images of a new tank. Unfortunately, he was threatened by GW that they'd sue him if he didn't remove the pics. But be on the look-out, because they are definately coming.

Yeah, I heard about the new Tau, there was even someone here on Dakka who had images of a new tank. Unfortunately, he was threatened by GW that they'd sue him if he didn't remove the pics. But be on the look-out, because they are definately coming.

Vladsimpaler wrote:Here's to hoping that the Tau become the Dogs of War of 40k!

Yeah! Then GW can completely remove all support in a few years!


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Back on-topic: I wouldn't expect Tau to get a new release over the summer, but I'd bet that they're on the way. I'd say a year away, at the most.

Paladin Blake wrote:

Vladsimpaler wrote:Here's to hoping that the Tau become the Dogs of War of 40k!

Yeah! Then GW can completely remove all support in a few years!


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Back on-topic: I wouldn't expect Tau to get a new release over the summer, but I'd bet that they're on the way. I'd say a year away, at the most.

It all depends on what they do. A digital scan of the Forge World suits wouldn't take too much effort, nor would incorporating Forge World units into the codex proper.

Tim the Biovore wrote:Yeah, I heard about the new Tau, there was even someone here on Dakka who had images of a new tank. Unfortunately, he was threatened by GW that they'd sue him if he didn't remove the pics. But be on the look-out, because they are definitely coming.

They need one, so they're definitely coming. Soon? That's the real trick, isn't it? There's been much speculation about a new Inq codex coming out, and if it does it's supposed to come out over the summer, so I don't think Tau are coming out over the summer. Fall, I might believe though. They need one really bad, and GW's gotta start on the xeno codices sooner or later. Seriously, how many imperial armies are left out there, anyway?

That makes sense, because I'll probably be done painting my Tau by time the new codex comes out and then I'll have to buy some new minis and the army will stay unfinished...

I'm not sure even GW knows for sure. I wouldn't be surprised if they have a bunch of stuff mostly ready to go for the Tau, but it all comes down to the economics of the situation.

not sure if I want a new tank vs some power weapons or other options for the suits. Maybe cheaper markerlights or make them vehicle oriented (vs just the skyray).

We've seen the new sculpt Pathfinders(which I can only hope are plastic) and the test model of the 'new' Farsight styled Crisis Suit.

Both are cool, but man would I love to see Pathfinders with desert warfare styled cloaks.

Kanluwen wrote:We've seen the new sculpt Pathfinders(which I can only hope are plastic) and the test model of the 'new' Farsight styled Crisis Suit.

Both are cool, but man would I love to see Pathfinders with desert warfare styled cloaks.

Links to the pics? A quick search revealed nada. Plastic pathfinders = me likey

I have no clue where they are, to be honest.

And no clue if they're plastic or not, but they were definitely new sculpts of Pathfinders. They looked more...well, Fire Warrior-y.


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That's what I'm referring to. Not my photos, but rehosting them for convenience's sake.

It was a Fire Warrior Commander and, like the Farsight model, they were test-sculpts, not production releases.

Pity too, as the Farsight was awesome.

Whatever happened to the crisis suit pilot and kroot shaper that were promised for the collectors line? I haven't heard a word about those in months.

The Tau codex needs a major re-write to introduce a range of characters, special rules or at least revised rules and points to make them more shooty and mobile while still crap in H2H.

If GW want to stick with the basic idea that Tau are not allowed to have any H2H help, any alien allies introduced will be for colour only.

If GW don't think Tau can be a major sales line they won't bother with a complete re-write.

Without a major re-write Tau won't be a major sales line.

Plastic Vespids that match the pic in the codex i.e. they should actually look like bugs. None of that pointy head rubbish.

Im going to be in nottingham in a fortnight.. Ill keep my ears peeled and..

I will ask

Flashman wrote:Plastic Vespids that match the pic in the codex i.e. they should actually look like bugs. None of that pointy head rubbish.

No-one uses Vespids ATM. I agree the models are horrible but plastic Vespids won't sell without decent rules.

Kilkrazy wrote:

Flashman wrote:Plastic Vespids that match the pic in the codex i.e. they should actually look like bugs. None of that pointy head rubbish.

No-one uses Vespids ATM. I agree the models are horrible but plastic Vespids won't sell without decent rules.

Meh, I am a fan of rubbish fast attack choices. Currently shopping for Swooping Hawks on ebay

The tau only need a small update... lets see

- Fix up loose ends with 4th editon relating rules (target priority, etc)
- Tweeks with units here and there...
- 100% plastic broadsides and plastic pathfinders, those are the major 2 we are in dire need of.

That's about it, nothing seriously new or fancy, just fix them imho... of course... more choices in the tau army would be nice..

PS: I would KILL for that farsight model ;p

You know, I really liked the target priority rule. Why was that ditched anyway?

Superscope wrote:The tau only need a small update... lets see

- Fix up loose ends with 4th editon relating rules (target priority, etc)
- Tweeks with units here and there...
- 100% plastic broadsides and plastic pathfinders, those are the major 2 we are in dire need of.

That's about it, nothing seriously new or fancy, just fix them imho... of course... more choices in the tau army would be nice..

PS: I would KILL for that farsight model ;p

When you look at the amount of stuff in the SM, Ork, Tyranid, IG or SW codex compared to the Tau codex, it's clear the Tau (and the whole game) could benefit from a major rewrite.

Flashman wrote:You know, I really liked the target priority rule. Why was that ditched anyway?

Little Jervis and the Marine players couldn't figure it out.

Flashman wrote:You know, I really liked the target priority rule. Why was that ditched anyway?

(A) Simplicity.
(B) The Tau were nearly the only faction without easy access to Ld10 which made the rule fairly irrelevant.

Hmm... GW's driving need to turn 40K into a game for six year olds aside, maybe it could have been changed to an initiative test instead?

Dull witted armies such as Orks would be more likely to fire at the first thing they saw. Whereas Space Marines who have a greater awareness of the whole battlefield situation would be more likely to pick out important targets.

Just my musings anyway. Back on topic!

They need to redo the ethereal models. They should also make it available to have total kroot army.