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chaos0xomega wrote:
I've been playing Tau since release, call me a purist, but I want to play Tau and

I want to see others play Tau.

I don't want them to become a sidelined item in their own codex.

I'm having a hard time not getting mad about this. You have absolutely no business saying what other people should be doing with their armies.

He means Bluies, not birdmen or insects, as in he wants Tau to be in all Tau empire armies. Nothing wrong with that train of thought, I just prefer to that Birdmen could take a larger role on the battlefield, for the Greater Good, of course. (I gyess insects could too, if you're really into that sorta thing, haha)

Having non-rules-related expectations of how others should build their armies is pretty silly.

I am cool with other people playing all Tau armies, playing all Auxiliary armies or playing mixed Tau and Auxiliary armies.

Just give me a codex that makes all of the above realistically competitive.

Why do people call the tau fishmen?

Space Crusader wrote:Why do people call the tau fishmen?

I dunno, why?

Or, on the off change you weren't setting up a joke, because they ride around in their Devilfish APC.

They are seahorses nyuk nyuk nyuk
Devilfish, orca, manta, hammerhead, piranha, (starting to see the pattern here?)

They're also blue and have no ears or noses.

I think the Tau Racial Purity Brigade could stand to take a breather. Tau should generally be the focus of the codex, but if there's an option to take an all-allies army with no Tau, that doesn't exactly hurt the game or the codex. Grey Knights are a fine codex with or without armies of henchmen.

Live and let live, y'all.

CpatTom wrote:He means Bluies, not birdmen or insects, as in he wants Tau to be in all Tau empire armies. Nothing wrong with that train of thought,

Yeah, there kinda is. It's yet another manifestation of the tendency of people in this hobby to demand everyone else have fun in the exact same way. Like people who get irate that other people sculpt boobies on their space marines or that a game they don't play is popular.

We nerds sure do find strange things to get worked up about. What we've basically got here is people calling for a rules-based racial quota system so the blue toy soldiers don't lose their jobs to the green toy soldiers, the other blue toy soldiers, or the short toy soldiers. It's srs bzns, apparently.

Hell, gimme all the Aux, all the Tau, alot of options and builds and wargear, I would love a huge 100+ page count Codex that allowed total Aux race builds without a single Blue dude, and Tau builds that needed no Aux races to make it competitive.

More stuff the better, and maybe it will inspire a Forge World spike in designs.

Just hoping its a cohesive update.

bit ironic that some are clamouring for more variety, some are clamouring for less; no wonder GW doesn't listen to us more.

Soo'Vah'Cha wrote:Hell, gimme all the Aux, all the Tau, alot of options and builds and wargear, I would love a huge 100+ page count Codex that allowed total Aux race builds without a single Blue dude, and Tau builds that needed no Aux races to make it competitive.

More stuff the better, and maybe it will inspire a Forge World spike in designs.

Just hoping its a cohesive update.

This echoes my sentiments exactly. I want a lot more variety than we currently have and I especially dislike that I have to take Kroot just to be barely competitive.

Yes. Codex: Tau Empire has always been about the Tau Empire. Nevermind that silly Farsight fellow.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Codex: Communist.
That one was just for you Kroot!

Thanks, H.M.B.C.

On Demiurg looking like this fan-art:

ghost21 wrote: urm yes close....

I'm going to bring this thread up when the next Tau dex really comes out (in 2036) and none of this aux stuff is in it.

But they have hooves!

chaos0xomega wrote:
I've been playing Tau since release, call me a purist, but I want to play Tau and

I want to see others play Tau.

I don't want them to become a sidelined item in their own codex.

You shall henceforth be referred to as Tau Nazi.

Do you collect royalties from GW for your part in creating the Tau?
No?
Then stop trying to dictate how other people want to play their Tau Empire armies.

I really hope the tarelian dog soldiers are actually in the game. They'd be awesome to bring to the table.

And GW already made models of them ...

Kroothawk wrote:On Demiurg looking like this fan-art:

ghost21 wrote: urm yes close....

Suprisingly close to Mantic's space dwarves.

This topic took weird turn at one point... must be one of the strangest rumor topics I have had the privilege of reading.

Breotan wrote:Suprisingly close to Mantic's space dwarves.

And people thought Necrons were disappointing. But seriously, please God no.

I reckon Tarellian Dog Soldiers would be so awesome.

Kilkrazy wrote:I reckon Tarellian Dog Soldiers would be so awesome.

Be careful, KK. We just saw a major intrusion of WHFB into 40k. The only image I've ever seen of a Tarellian makes me think Saurus in 40k after last months TK ... er, Necrons release.

CpatTom wrote:They are seahorses nyuk nyuk nyuk
Devilfish, orca, manta, hammerhead, piranha, (starting to see the pattern here?)

Those are imperial designations, not Tau designations

You shall henceforth be referred to as Tau Nazi.

Do you collect royalties from GW for your part in creating the Tau?
No?
Then stop trying to dictate how other people want to play their Tau Empire armies.

Go take a long walk off a short pier, troll. I have every right to demand that the army that I started the game with continue to be supported properly, instead of being squatted out of their own book in favor of birdmen, insect people, and space dwarves. I don't need to collect royalties from GW to be a stakeholder, I've invested thousands of dollars and countless hours of my time into the hobby, especially in regards to my Tau.

Here's hoping to a playable all-kroot.
That's what would get me real interested.

Here's to playable all-Tau.
That's what would keep my interest.

chaos0xomega wrote:

CpatTom wrote:They are seahorses nyuk nyuk nyuk
Devilfish, orca, manta, hammerhead, piranha, (starting to see the pattern here?)

Those are imperial designations, not Tau designations

You shall henceforth be referred to as Tau Nazi.

Do you collect royalties from GW for your part in creating the Tau?
No?
Then stop trying to dictate how other people want to play their Tau Empire armies.

Go take a long walk off a short pier, troll. I have every right to demand that the army that I started the game with continue to be supported properly, instead of being squatted out of their own book in favor of birdmen, insect people, and space dwarves. I don't need to collect royalties from GW to be a stakeholder, I've invested thousands of dollars and countless hours of my time into the hobby, especially in regards to my Tau.

He's not a troll, he's merely stating that if they make non tau, tau empire lists viable then the fluff nazis like yourself can still play with tau and those that don't want to, don't have to. Those that want to force that are simply being fluff nazi's. *Tosses Godwin grenade*

chaos0xomega wrote:

CpatTom wrote:They are seahorses nyuk nyuk nyuk
Devilfish, orca, manta, hammerhead, piranha, (starting to see the pattern here?)

Those are imperial designations, not Tau designations

I've always thought of calling Tau "fish" as Imperial racism (even when it's used "out-of-universe," and I've never seen it used "in-universe").

I have every right to demand ...

You have as much "right" to demand anything from GW as anyone else, which is to say "none."

Stop calling each other trolls and Nazis.

manchu wrote:Be careful, KK. We just saw a major intrusion of WHFB into 40k. The only image I've ever seen of a Tarellian makes me think Saurus in 40k after last months TK ... er, Necrons release.

to a certain extent they will be sauruses in space, but here's an interesting piece: