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I have been out of warhammer 40k for a number of years and am thinking of getting back into the hobby again, and since i will need to rebuild/buy an army i thought i would go with a tau/eldar army since i like both of them and think it would be fun
so far i am thinking of using this as my army and am hopping for some opinions (will remake of need be)

HQ:
Commander
2 missile bods
drone controller
target lock
2 marker drones

farseer

Elites:
riptide battlesuit
ion accelerator
Twin-linked Fusion Blaster

3 crisis suits
2 Fusion Blasters each
2 shield drones

3 crisis suits
2 Plasma Rifles each
2 shield drones

Troops:
10 Guardian Defenders
1 shuriken Cannon

11 Fire Warriors with Pulse Rifles
1Shas'ui
Bonding Knife
DS8 Tactical Support Turret

11 Fire warriors with Pulse Rifles
1Shas'ui
Bonding Knife
DS8 Tactical Support Turret

Fast Attack:
4 Marker Drones

4 Warp Spiders
Warp Spider Exarch with Death spinner and Power Blades


Heavy Support:
Hammer Head Gunship
Railgun with Submunitions
Twin Linked Burst Cannon

how long have you been out/ how far are you into the current rules?
i can make out a CAD and an Allied Detatchment in there.

other than that your units seem like solid choices, maybe except the guardian squad.

also, some people will hate you outright for playing 2 of the most powerful factions in one army. just like that.

you wanna play competitive or casual?

I wouldn't say hate. If he was running riptides, Wraithknights and scatbikes then ya. He's not running a very powerful eldar ally.

i have been out for about a decade and am just starting the rules so i didn't know that they where the two most powerful factions

i mainly plan to play casual, also did not know what is a good choice around that point level for the guardians thought i am open to opinions for what i should change them
im also thinking of changing the warp spiders for a more CC choice, if need be i can just get rid of the eldar all together as i do not intend to piss people off just trying to enjoy the hobby again

i have started with 7th edition myself.

what spacewolverine said.
those three units are easily in the top 5 points-for-power units in the game, to be diplomatic.
you should also check out "formations", especially tau ones, as they can dramatically increase the power...well see for yourself.
to be fair, eldar have the arguably best/most broken/cheesiest units.

that said, an all eldar or all tau army is generally more powerful than a mix of the two(rules for allys).

CC-choices might be a good way to weaken the eldar, but thats not to be generalized.
it all depends on meta.