Crappy tau commaders

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**Mono1337**

I asked my friends to make tau commanders and only one of them has played with tau.

I added my commander just for fun to compare

My commander: Shas'El mp pr ta hw mt. 97

The guy who played tau: Shas'O mp pr ta mt hw dc 2x sd si ia(commander shieldwall).178

And the tau noobies: Shas'O afp bc sg hw mt fsd???? es si 196???

Shas'El tl mp f hw tl hw tl hw mt hw bsf 85

Shas'Opr afp cib hw mt hw dc 2x sd si 175

Shas'El ta afp mp 92

**Miraclefish**

I'm sorry, I don't quite get what you mean. You asked them to create a character from a Codex they don't play with? Why, are you looking to see what they'd expect and how best to exploit that?

Also your descriptions are pretty hard to understand for me, a long-time Tau player, so non Tau people won't have a chance. I'd suggest you write them out in full with a brief description of their strengths and weaknesses - along with what you're hoping to get from the exercise.

Then the forum users can hopefully help out and contribute!

**BlapBlapBlap**

Miraclefish wrote:I'm sorry, I don't quite get what you mean. You asked them to create a character from a Codex they don't play with? Why, are you looking to see what they'd expect and how best to exploit that?

Also your descriptions are pretty hard to understand for me, a long-time Tau player, so non Tau people won't have a chance. I'd suggest you write them out in full with a brief description of their strengths and weaknesses - along with what you're hoping to get from the exercise.

Then the forum users can hopefully help out and contribute!

**Blacksails**

I honestly don't know what you're even trying to ask here.

And the wargear abbreviations are confusing. I have no clue what an es, si, or ia is.

**Juvieus Kaine**

All I see is letters... OP did you have a nap on your Keyboard?

**Mar'tacus**

fething Finns...

**Necroshea**

Yeahhhh my friends used to stick with tau, and I played him a bit, but I can't read that wall of acronyms.

**juraigamer**

To translate:

pr = plasma rifle
mp = missile pods
ta = targeting array
mt = mutli tracker
hw = hard wired
dc = drone controller
sd = shield drone
si = stimulant injectors
ia = iridium armor
bsf = black sun filter
fsd = bsf, cause he can't type
afp = airbursting fragmentation projector
bc = burst cannot
sg = shield generator

But all in all the OP posted what tau commanders people made and that only one of those actually played the army, as such it doesn't belong in this section unless he asked what use the commanders would be on the battlefield.

**Ovion**

Mar'tacus wrote:fething Finns...

This is just incredibly rude, frankly racist and uncalled for.

To translate I think he means:

Mono1337 wrote:I asked my friends to make tau commanders and only one of them has played with tau.

I added my commander just for fun to compare

My commander: Shas'El
Missile Pod, Plasma Rifle, Targetting Array, Hard-wired Multi Tracker.
97

The guy who played tau: Shas'O
Missile Pod, Plasma Rifle, Targetting Array, Multi Tracker, Hard-wired Drone Controller, 2x Shield Drones Stimulant Injector, Iridium Armour (commander shieldwall).
178

And the tau noobies:
Shas'O
Airbursting Fragmentation Projecter, Burst Cannon, Shield Generator, Hard-wired Multi Tracker, Hard-Wired Black Sun Filter, Ejection System, Stimulant Injectors.
196

Shas'El
Twin-Linked Missile Pod, Flamer, Hard-wired Target Lock, Hard-wired Multi Tracker, Hard-wired Black Sun Filter.
85

Shas'O
Airbursting Fragmentation Projecter, Cyclic Ion Blaster, Hard-wired Multi Tracker, Hard-wired Drone Controller, 2x Shield Drones, Stimulant Injector.
175

Shas'El
Targetting Array, Airbursting Fragmentation Projecter, Missile Pod.
92

Mono1337 wrote: My commander: Shas'El
Missile Pod, Plasma Rifle, Targetting Array, Hard-wired Multi Tracker.
97

Fairly standard Standard Fireknife+

Mono1337 wrote: The guy who played tau: Shas'O
Missile Pod, Plasma Rifle, Targetting Array, Multi Tracker, Hard-wired Drone Controller, 2x Shield Drones, Stimulant Injector, Iridium Armour (commander shieldwall).
178

I assume this was meant to have a Hardwired Multi-Tracker, as an XV8 only has 3 hardpoints.. Also the Targetting Array must be a mistake as a Shas'o already has BS5 and a TA can't up it further. Following the style of the overpriced bullet magnet Fireknife, a Shield Generator would fit better.

The rest seem to be a general overloading of commanders that lots of people who aren't overly familiar with the codex do and strangely enough a relatively well constructed Deathrain+ ( Shas'El Twin-Linked Missile Pod, Flamer, Hard-wired Target Lock, Hard-wired Multi Tracker, Hard-wired Black Sun Filter. 85 )

That said, I'm ultimately confused as to the point of your initial post.

**Killadoza**

Using abbreviations is totally cool, but having 80% of your post in abbreviations that dont trigger a definition pop up is a good way to confuse and put off viewers.