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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/12/13/the-greatest-covert-operator-in-the-tau-empire-is-stepping-in-from-the-shadows/

 JNAProductions wrote:
Don’t they hit on a 3+?

Currently:

Hammerheads hit on 3+

Longstrike also gives them +1 to hit

Longstrike hits on 2+ natively with +1 to wound rolls, for basically 2+/2+ before rerolls.

Some of those rules may have since changed of course.

More worryingly is how many other units have access to railguns that ignore invulns. Can Broadsides also do it with a bit less damage? What about Tidewalls or any FW units whose weapons get adjusted in line with the codex?

One shot can be quite swingy and unreliable. 10+ shots alongside getting first turn is a whole different situation.

tneva82 wrote:
Bork'an for ignore invulnerable stratagem as well.

Knight armies would be screwed. Hammerheads reliable 20-30 damage per turn, stormsurge gun potentially one shotting knight and if not at least 12 damage per turn reliably.

Even if it's not OP is such extreme rock paper scissor style game becoming healthy...

Yeah, experienced players will be able to handle this but I think it's really going to skew balance for casual / pickup games. Every so often someone is going to show up with 2-3 Hammerheads & Longstrike, and any opponent with knights / superheavies / daemon primarch will have the game decided by a few average turn 1 dice. Alternatively the Tau player will roll those few critical dice poorly, then get stomped.

Either way it looks like a recipe for feelsbad games.