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Been playing Tau for a while, as you can see from all the above posts there are some units that are certs and some are in contention.

Crisis suits are a must, some people have tried to say that you dont need them in your army to win but me personally wouldnt leave home without them. I like to run crisis suits with either Missle Pods and Plasmas and run other ones with TL missle pods. I would tend to fill all three elite slots with suits.

HQ standard el or O depending on whether you have the points, I wouldnt say that any of the Tau HQ choices are that great, I would say they are expensive and not worth the points.

Troops are one of these areas on contention. As above most people hate Kroot, I have to say they have never really done me wrong. Opponents tend to have the same opinion about Kroot as many of the players above and thus tend to just plain ignore the kroot. I infiltrate them into some nice ruins and use them to act as a distraction. Most opponents ignore them, if they dont ignore them and charge them or shoot them that gives me another turn of shooting and moving away from the enemy. Kroo are cheaper than firewarriors and act as a cheap distraction unit. Rapid fire and better in combat than FW's. I tend to have one unit of kroot in every army.

FW's definately got a boost in 6th. I tend to run 12 in a devilfish. Depending on whether im squeezing points. A lovely tactic with FW's and a devilfish is he fish of fury. If there is a stray unit of infantry then 24 rapid fire shots potentially hitting on 2's (markerlights) not many units are gonna handle that.

Fast attack ony one choice for me that i tetras. Pathfinders are good if you dont wanna spend forgeworld money lol but markerlights are a must to tie the army together.

Heavy Support is one of Taus areas of mass destruction. I use broadsides, ionheads and railheads. I think if you are up against marines then I reckon ionheads are a real good choice. Railguns are just awesome broadside teams of three are a great choice.

Tactics may seem simple but for a beginner its important to know its not that easy and you may struggle to begin with. I tend to split my force into two. One part of the force is not very mobile (broadsides, FWs on foot etc) the rest of the army is constantly on the move. I tend to sweep round the enemy. Focuss on one flank and break it. Then you can sweep round behind the enemy. On the way you light the enemy up with markerlights like a christmas tree. Try to focus you AP's on appropriate units. So you plasmas on the termis railguns on tanks etc, basic stuff. Tau are good fun to play, take a bit of getting used to but you will love it when you have your markerlights firing and hitting on 2's. Enjoy!