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Hey everyone,
Firstly I would like to say I am not interested in buying a riptide just yet (I just don't really want the model right now and want to save that $100 for the new Eldar Ghost Warriors pack)
So far I have a pretty decent start on my Tau army and am looking at expanding to get 1500 points.
Now I tend to play units that I like even if they aren't the best or most common. I really like the Piranha and Stealth Suits I have for my army.

So Far I have this for my collection:
7 XV8's
2 XV88 Broadsides
24 Firewarriors
3 XV25 Stealth Suits
1 Hammerhead
25ish Drones
1 Piranha

I am really looking into the Sunshark Bomber because I think having a flier would be really good even if it is not the strongest. I like the idea of the bomber over the fighter but I can always use it as either.
Not many people have fliers in my area so might be harder for them to take down.
I was also looking into getting some Vespid Stingwings because I really like the models although I know they are expensive points wise.

Main question is would vespids and/or bomber even be beneficial for an addition to my army? (It doesn't have to be competitive I like just playing for fun) Will mainly be playing 1000-1500 points.

Literally anything would work, except vespid lol. Tau codex has validity for every model except the vespid or the fighter, bomber being a very closer runner-up but some people make it work somehow.

Piranha are actually very good but im against fielding only 1 lol. I have 5, and i usually run them all in a single unit because they make this massive AV11 wall that my opponent HAS to deal with since they can strip infantry ranks pretty well, and behind them 10 drones that are just as shooty and also in the way. all for 200pts. im actually tempted to pay 50pts more so they can fire overwatch since theyre very likely to be charged the way i run them.

Stealth suits usually suffer from being an elite choice. Theyre not bad, but crisis and riptides are infinitely better in almost every situation. Harder to get rid of than crisis suits due to stealth and shroud, but if you are hit with what counters them theyre history (AP3 ignores cover weapons, which either dont exist for some armies or are easy to get for others).

Even in a fun whatever list, i wouldnt get vespid. Not joking. They are absolute trash and i would rather footslog 45 Burnaboyz than run any number of vespid lol.

Vespid are only good as a harassment unit, which you have plenty of already. I'm not a huge fan of the tau flyers. And for 1500 pts I would highly suggest another troop unit or some devil fish.

On the phone so cannot say much, but first off the tau codex is good and anything is good to take so if you want the flyer go for it. The bomber has markerlights and is good at killing infantry so if you take it at 1500pts as long as you protect your infantry you don't need more fire warriors so make sure they are in devilfish. instead of vespids you could go for kroot as distraction unit. If you post a list i would be more than willing to help you if you wish