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 Tyran wrote:

 Ravenous D wrote:


Ovesastar and 3 to 6 skyrays would be where I start. Nids wouldn't have a hope of winning short of making the table look like castle fething grey skull.

Tau already can get an Ovesastar and 4 Skyrays in a single FOC, double FOC doesn't change anything.

Granted, but it just gives you room for more. DFOC really should have been a 3000pt or higher thing. Like Escalation or the other expansions it puts the game into the exhibition side show category. Doesn't count for gak.

Plus the game is ideally played at 1500 to 2000 SFOC, some armies are incredibly unbalanced at different point values, Orks for example are disgusting until they get over 2000pts and cant fit anything else in that's effective, where as guard suck in small games and get disgusting once at 2000pts+. The game has its problems, adding to it will just compound the issues. However, If 40k tournaments got ETC style, I can definitely see nids getting a handicap.

Guards does ok at low points too. It is just a question of having a Warhound .