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HQ
Farsight 165
Troops
XV8 ×3 w/ 2 plasma rifles, target lock, shas'ui + 6 gun drones
256
XV8 ×3 w/ 2 fusion blasters, target lock + 6 gun drones
246
Fire Warriors ×7
63
Elites
Riptide w/ATS
180
Heavy Support
Boardside w/ ATS, shas'ui
79
Total: 999

Thoughts on what I should add to the army?
The list above is includes all the Tau I have minus 7 fire warriors and a cadre fireblade

How did you work out 256 for your crisis team?

By my count 3 guys, 6 plasma rifles. 3 target locks. 3 bonding knives and a sergent upgrade is 184

Same issue with your second team really.

 Melcavuk wrote:
How did you work out 256 for your crisis team?

Looks like he hasn't listed the drones with them - both teams are 72 points over, 6x drones I guess?

List looks ok but I think you could definitely be more optimized towards the Tau strengths - your biggest issue is that you have no marker light support (unless that's that the drone slots are for?), in which case you might be better off taking a normal Mark'O commander rather than Farsight.

You can probably get those last few fire warriors and the Cadre in their for a nice buffed firebase - maybe drop some of the missing drones from the fusion team and recycle the points to get them in, possibly even drop a fusion crisis as well ( if your fusion crisis are gonna suicide DS armour, two will probably be plenty).

I would also swap the ATS on the riptide and broadside, EWO will be much more useful, and make sure the Riptide is IA and the broadside is HYMP / SMS for your light AA cover.

Alternatively, you cold go for two minimum squads of 6 FW and play normal tau, as you current list isn't really making best use of FE rules.

Yeah, I'm not sure where youre getting these numbers from. Based on just what you've got in your list, you could easily bring 3 Broadsides and a far better equipped Riptide.

Try this list:
1k Tau (996pts)

Tau Empire: Supplement - Farsight Enclaves (2013) (Combined Arms Detachment) (996pts)

HQ (155pts)
Commander (155pts)
2x Plasma rifle, Stimulant injector, Talisman of Arthas Moloch

Elites (250pts)
XV104 Riptide (250pts)
Earth Caste Pilot Array, Ion accelerator, Stimulant injector, Twin-linked fusion blaster

Troops (318pts)
XV8 Crisis Team (compulsory) (159pts)
Bonding Knife Ritual
Crisis Shas'ui
2x Plasma rifle
Crisis Shas'ui
2x Plasma rifle
Crisis Shas'ui
2x Plasma rifle

XV8 Crisis Team (compulsory) (159pts)
Bonding Knife Ritual
Crisis Shas'ui
2x Fusion blaster
Crisis Shas'ui
2x Fusion blaster
Crisis Shas'ui
2x Fusion blaster

Fast Attack (60pts)
Pathfinder Team (60pts)
Bonding Knife Ritual, 5x Pathfinder Shas'la

Heavy Support (213pts)
XV88 Broadside Team (213pts)
Bonding Knife Ritual
Broadside Shas'ui
Early warning override, Twin-linked high-yield missile pod, Twin-linked smart missile system
Broadside Shas'ui
Early warning override, Twin-linked high-yield missile pod, Twin-linked smart missile system
Broadside Shas'ui
Early warning override, Twin-linked high-yield missile pod, Twin-linked smart missile system

Opps, yeah forgot to include drones in the list. Thanks i'll add more marker lights. Thanks for the help

Ah yeah, I'd recommend losing the drones, if ony because you have essentially a 3rd crisis teams worth of points tied up in BS2 gundrones, its a truly brutal amount of points to be wasting.