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So my list has undergone a lot of evolution, I do tend to favor things I love, more than just pure competitive lists, but I would like to know some opinions on this list, ideas/ comments/ concerns.

Any is appreciated!

Tau + Tau

HQ
Commander, twin-linked fusion gun, fusion blade, target lock, drone controller, x2 marker drones 172
Allied Commander, x2 missile pods, drone controller, target lock, x2 marker drones, iridium armor, puretide chip, neuroweb jammer 194

Troops
x2 crisis suits: plasma rifle, fusion gun, target locks, 1 marker drone, bonding 140
x2 crisis suits: x2 burst cannon, bonding, x1gun drones (1 crisis w/ vectered thrusters) 115
x15 kroot, hound 95

Elites
Riptide, Ion accelerator, EWO, twin-linked SMS 190
Riptide, Heavy burst cannon, EWO, skyfire, twin-linked SMS, earth caste array 235

Fast Attack
x4 piranhas, 1 w/ sensor spines 165

Heavy Support
x2 Missilesides: target lock, x2 marker drones, bonding 190

TOTAL: 1496

So, as per my own experience, I originally had just burst cannon suits, but I found my playstyle greatly missed having some low ap weapons, so I changed out the top crisis suit as a better escort for the blade commander.

Now that I mention him, THE FUSION BLADE IS THE BEES KNEES. I have had a couple games against Necrons and Eldar and there is nothing more satisfying than a Tau cutting down a ton of IC and infantry before going down in a ball of flame. My one game, he landed, killed an Annihilation barge, got super lucky and killed a night scythe, killed imhotek in a challenge, and then swept his squad of immortals... nothin like 5 S8 ap 1 blind attacks on the charge.

Burst cannon riptide with the array and all the emmenities is also essential, a very useful platform on all fronts, since so far in 10 games, 90% of the wounds my riptides take are from themselves.

Piranhas have been indispensible, high volume of fire, cheap, and free drone squad is amazing.

Just a few observations

Updated to just the one list, after a lot of discussion with a friend, the second list made more sense.