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I dunno read a thread or two about the Tau, and they'll be filled with people who either love, or hate, the Tau because they think they are "the good guys". I don't think it's arrogant to say that most players don't seem to understand the Tau very well. It's just the truth.

Personally, I like the Tau, as a concept. Not a huge fan of the anime mecha look to the battle suits, but no real problem with the rest of the race/army as a whole. And I'm an old school guy with plenty of "good reason" to hate the later additions to 40K like the Tau and Dark Eldar, lol. The Ethereals being these sorts of sinister, behind the scenes puppet masters seems right in line with 40K. But, like I said, the fluff is too subtle. All the tell-tale signs are there, but 40K fans are too literal. Look at all the outrage over the 5th Ed Space Marines Codex. People can't figure out the context in that book either, and rant and rave about how much they hate Mat Ward and the Ultramarines. The Tau are the same way. People take stuff at face value, and ignore the context, and don't read between the lines or understand the inferences.

King Pariah wrote:but have the Farsight Enclaves - them being thoroughly ruled by the Fire Caste - have a sort of Imperium like tone believing that the stars are their birthright and all others must kneel before them/die.

I really do not like this, IIRC Farsight was one of the first to integrate human into the Empire to a large extent in the aftermath of the Damocles Gulf Crusade. If Farsight and co. were racists or speciests then he probably would have killed them outright. I would rather see the Farsight Enclaves as simply being extremely militarized and very cynical, perhaps an outright republic since there are no ethereals.

Buttons wrote:

King Pariah wrote:but have the Farsight Enclaves - them being thoroughly ruled by the Fire Caste - have a sort of Imperium like tone believing that the stars are their birthright and all others must kneel before them/die.

I really do not like this, IIRC Farsight was one of the first to integrate human into the Empire to a large extent in the aftermath of the Damocles Gulf Crusade. If Farsight and co. were racists or speciests then he probably would have killed them outright. I would rather see the Farsight Enclaves as simply being extremely militarized and very cynical, perhaps an outright republic since there are no ethereals.

Huh, I thought Farsight was sorta xenophobic, I'll look into it.