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So, I decided to try and stop fluttering arround between all the armies in the game, And try to focus on my Tau for a while and get up a nice and big army so I can play large matches, And apocalypse matches, And run varied lists. But.. I want some help in figuring out what I should get to expand my forces.. What I own so far is

2 Riptides (Both have Ion Accellerators)
6 Broadsides (5 old ones with metal railguns, and 1 new with missile pods)
13 Crisis Suits (Old models all with mixed equipment, But I'm thinking of buying the new ones and giving them the correct equipment)
18 Pathfinders (8 converted from fire warriors, 10 new pathfinders, And I just bought another box of 10 so I'l have 20 real pathfinders)
73 Fire Warriors (Strike Teams. All with Pulse Rifles)
51 Kroot
Aun'Va
Aun'Shi
1 Piranha (With Burst Cannon)
3 Devilfish
Shadowsun
9 Stealth Suits (2 have Fusion Blasters)
1 Ethereal
1 Stormsurge (With Pulse Driver Cannon)
Plus a bunch of Gundrones I havent counted

One of my Crisis Suits is actualy the Forge World R'Alai suit, That I use as my generic commander. Now, I'm considering getting getting 3 Ghostkeels, And expanding my crisis suits with the new mdoels, 6 with dual missile pods and 6 with Plasma Rifle/Fusion Blaster.. But I dont know what else to get.. Is Strike Teams with Pulse Carbines worth it? What about Breacher Teams? And more Piranhas? If Piranhas, What weapons should I get them?

You've got pretty much every base covered. Do you have the new codex with the formations in it? That would be a good place to find out which formations you want to use. Though truth be told your army is gigantic for a "small" army lol. Another Riptide will let you field the Riptide Wing found in Mont'ka which is good. HYMP sides will always work wonders and another Stormsurge wouldn't go amiss. I do notice a lack of Ghostkeels in your collection as well. The Optimized Stealth Cadre and Ghostkeel Wing are both stand out formations. OSC found in the new codex and the Ghostkeel Wing in Mont'ka. You'll need some regular XV 25 to use the OSC though just so you know.

I dont have the new codex, But I have the ld codex and both the Kauyon and Mont'ka books so I have all the new rules and updates and all the formations and such. I dont realy like using formations much though as it feels like they are a bit strong.. So I normaly run a CAD.. xD

And I want a realy big Tau army, Capable of running multiple diferent lists in 2000-2500 points, Aswell as able to compete in apocalypse where we normaly have 3000-4000 per person with 2-3 people per side.

In that case the Ta'unar and Y'vahrah from FW are sorely missing from your collection. Riptides and Stormsurges are also always good. Broadsides are also highly recommended but with missiles.

While I'd love a Ta'unar, It is unfortunately much too expensive to me.. Spending 3000 kronor on a single model is just too much..

Have you considered nabbing a hammerhead (with long strike) or a group of tetras? Both are pretty good in my experience. Also have you thought about sniper drones? They're easy to convert and have some uses. As for pirhana, I'd definitely get more. Both weapons are good IMO, but serve very different purposes. also consider getting a skyray.


Also. Get markerlight drones <_<

I did consider getting a unit of 3 Hammerheads for a bit of long range anti-tank. Sniper Drones seem cool but.. Are they any good..? And they are Finecrap, That makes me hesitate.. Skyrays? Are they good?

And Markerdrones.. They are expensive.. A box of 2 drones, with parts to build a single markerdrone, Costs 80 kronor..

Get 3 ghostkeels! Run them in a unit with 2 stealth suit units to form an OSC. Its amazing.

Merellin wrote:
So, I decided to try and stop fluttering arround between all the armies in the game, And try to focus on my Tau for a while and get up a nice and big army so I can play large matches, And apocalypse matches, And run varied lists. But.. I want some help in figuring out what I should get to expand my forces.. What I own so far is

2 Riptides (Both have Ion Accellerators)
6 Broadsides (5 old ones with metal railguns, and 1 new with missile pods)
13 Crisis Suits (Old models all with mixed equipment, But I'm thinking of buying the new ones and giving them the correct equipment)
18 Pathfinders (8 converted from fire warriors, 10 new pathfinders, And I just bought another box of 10 so I'l have 20 real pathfinders)
73 Fire Warriors (Strike Teams. All with Pulse Rifles)
51 Kroot
Aun'Va
Aun'Shi
1 Piranha (With Burst Cannon)
3 Devilfish
Shadowsun
9 Stealth Suits (2 have Fusion Blasters)
1 Ethereal
1 Stormsurge (With Pulse Driver Cannon)
Plus a bunch of Gundrones I havent counted

One of my Crisis Suits is actualy the Forge World R'Alai suit, That I use as my generic commander. Now, I'm considering getting getting 3 Ghostkeels, And expanding my crisis suits with the new mdoels, 6 with dual missile pods and 6 with Plasma Rifle/Fusion Blaster.. But I dont know what else to get.. Is Strike Teams with Pulse Carbines worth it? What about Breacher Teams? And more Piranhas? If Piranhas, What weapons should I get them?

Ghostkeels and more piranhas seem like the obvious choice given how large your collection already is. Start there.

Skyrays are good, and you should convert your own sniper drones. The consensus I see on them is that they're not gak like vespid's, it's just they don't compete well with other heavy support options simply because they don't do as much.

Jaxler wrote:
Skyrays are good, and you should convert your own sniper drones. The consensus I see on them is that they're not gak like vespid's, it's just they don't compete well with other heavy support options simply because they don't do as much.

I wouldn't say that this comes down to a comparison at all. Put simply, you often HAVE the Heavy slot open to use for them. also its a GIVEN you need at least a couple good markerlight sources. Not to mention the use of allied detachments which sometimes make it easy to include them.

Sniper Drones are ok, but I'd much rather spend those points on more Missilesides.

You aren't taking it for the Sniper Drones.