The Shrike wrote:Couple notes:
Twin-linked on a commander is a waste, he's already BS5. Also, who is he with? You only need one VRT in the unit to grant those abilities to the whole unit, you've got about a million of them.
Bonding is a waste.
Never, ever buy shielded missile drones for a riptide. Then somebody kills a drone and all of a sudden you're taking a morale check...
Advanced Targeting System = No.
What weapons did you give your riptide? You don't say here. I presume HBC+
SMS? If so replace ATS with
EWO.
Marker Drones > Pathfinders, Pathfinders = First Blood.
If you're going to take Hammerheads you need Longstrike. Again, lost the ATS. And replace one Hammerhead with a Skyray.
Alright, that sounds good. Let's see...
I mainly took twin-linked so that I could both reroll the few 1's I get and because I was unsure whether to take the plasma rifle or the fusion gun... looking at it, probably the fusion gun. And I didn't know that the entire unit benefited from one
VRB. I'll have to edit that.
Why is Bonding Knife Ritual a waste? It's only ten points, and it might allow me to keep contesting an objective or holding a position.
That's... understandable. I don't want my Riptide running away just because his drones were destroyed.
Advanced Targeting System... why not? It gives me a defense against a drop pod assault (or, in my case, a Boss Zagstruk attack).
Alright, that's understandable.
EWO's pretty handy, but same reason above for why I picked it first.
Meh... just meh. I never really liked the idea of taking just a squad or Marker Drones. If I end up doing that, I'll probably end up sticking another commander in with them as well with an Iridum battlesuit and a Drone Controller.
My problem with a Skyray is it doesn't default with a weapon- just six seeker missiles. Basically, with markerlight support, three turns. Even then... I would've taken one, but one of my friends was saying that if I get started on Tau, then Hammerheads were my bread and butter.
