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Oh, I definitely think they make cool modeling options, and I've seen a lot of custom ones I really like. It's just the internal balancing that's the problem for them ever actually showing up in-game as "proper" auxiliaries. Because of the very fact that they'd likely displace the actual Tau units.

 BoomWolf wrote:
Well feth them, the riptide looks awesome, so does the crisis suits (crude works focusing purely on the mechanical side, with no artistic attempts of the engineers, a pure weapon.)

No, the plastic crisis suits suck. Evidence:

I know im in the minority, but I think the XV9 kits are hideous.

I will say if we got a plastic kit with 2 part arms, 2 part legs and the more contoured body as seen on the O'rymr model it would vastly improve the suits.

Sadly I doubt we will see a resculpt of the suits until Forge world throws out the dead molds for all of their XV8# arm/leg swap kits.

Not looking to ask for more powerful units or anything , but one of the rumors i really really hoped for before the last dex dropped was a vespid queen model

and of course anything that fixes the issues with crisis suits ankles

Yes, the XV89 is better looking than the XV8.
A team of 3 will also cost twice as much mainly due to production costs.

Giving the current XV8 poseable legs and arms will be all they need.

Putting R'myr as a comparison is also not fair. you can compare him to farsight or shadowsun, but not to a standard suit. named HQs have another class of models.

And the XV9 is not that good. I only have one, and tha'ts because its R'alai and he's another level of awesome than the regular XV9s.
They bizarre hard/gun ratios, wacky (and inconsistent) jetpacks and heads, and odd "orbs" on their knees. honestly I don't like them all that much.

You think the XV8 looks hideous?
I kinda like them if there painted right. (normal ones look crap, farsight enclaves are fairly decent)



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The XV81 and XV84 do need some work though