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TrollPie wrote:Make Tau shooty and more mobile so that they don't have to worry about CC in the first place. The only Tau units that needs to be better in CC is Kroot.

Yeah, then so just make it range attack vs range??? that sounds sooo fair for orks and nids...
@Deadshot. I think the close ranged volleying is a good idea. It sounds good fluff-wise, and that i guess gives Tau the last stance kind of thing. Also, GK's have that many grenades to pay off for their lack of range, and their high cost per unit..... It generally costs over 1000pts to have a decent, playable army while other armies can for 500 min.

Keep in mind that every army has its own Achilles heel. The Tau's is CC. Why? Because they shoot down anything trying to get in close. My experience with tau is in a shooting match, no matter what army I field, I'm floored. I'm forced to find a way into CC to even have a hope in harming them.

Their CC Units are the Kroot anyways. While the Tau sit there, and snipe across the board, the Kroot walk in to CC and lock up threats long enough for the Tau to snipe down the rest, then turn it's focused fire to what is left.

Why should we give the token shooters more liability in Melee? It is their weakness. If we make their weakness less of a worry, then whats left to make Tau unique?

As far as the fluff goes, the best solution is certainly making Kroot better. Bring back evolutionary adaptions for Kroot!