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Great work as always KH. Ill wait for as long as it takes. Just please FAQ us a skyfire weapon soon GW
   
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Oh look even more tau rumors...
They sound rather ok this time, but not really special.
Will just wait for the shine pictures (that will come out in several years when they are really released -.-)

   
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This'll make my brother in law very happy, and me even more so if they do make the battlesuits more elegant; it'll be nice to shoot the crap out of something sleek as opposed to those manoeverable brick walls they currently have.

   
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 Brother SRM wrote:
 Avrik_Shasla wrote:
I'm taking all these rumors in with a huge grain of salt. I just think it's lies.

Until Harry or Hastings confirms them, this is pretty much the right stance to take.


Hastings already confirmed the tau for next year (first half even).
   
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Remember there are rumors of mercenary supplementals. So we may yet see the Demiurge.

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via Faeit 212 (A Must Remain Anonymous Source) wrote:
-Tau are coming early next year.
-Unit profiles are being finalized.
-The Tau are looking more and more like it will utilize and potentially modify the allies feature.
-unique fortifications.

-Just info on rules, no idea on models:
-HQ option to make crisis suits troops (not a special character, just an upgrade)
-crisis suits remain roughly the same but have a couple new weapon options.
-New 1-per-squad weapons
-new heavy support suit that has stats like a carnifex and no jet pack, just a big mech
-new elite suit that has a lot of sub 18" gun options, with a high rate of fire, or low AP. High toughness and -good armour save at a minor loss of mobility (think jump pack instead of jet pack)
-two flyers, one for AtA one for AtG (same basic fuselage)
-fire warriors are a little bit better and have more of a stormtrooper / commando feel, than a rank and file guardsman feel.

-oh and one of the other things right now, I was able to confirm that the current playtest is that firewarriors who do move in the movement phase may immediately run after firing their pulse carbines in the shooting phase.

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Hopefully Tau Fighter Drones offer up a choice for CHEAP air choices.

Like, cheap as in 100 points per model kindve cheap. I don't care if they are AV10 all sides and BS3 with STR 4 or 5 guns, I want to be able to field a cheap but filled out air force.

I had seen rumors of the Chaos Heldrake clocking in at around 170 points, but I seriously doubt it. And I want a Squadron of fliers!



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 Thunderfrog wrote:
I had seen rumors of the Chaos Heldrake clocking in at around 170 points, but I seriously doubt it.


It's not just a rumor anymore.
   
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 pretre wrote:
via Faeit 212 (A Must Remain Anonymous Source) wrote:
-Tau are coming early next year.
-Unit profiles are being finalized.
-The Tau are looking more and more like it will utilize and potentially modify the allies feature.
-unique fortifications.

-Just info on rules, no idea on models:
-HQ option to make crisis suits troops (not a special character, just an upgrade)
-crisis suits remain roughly the same but have a couple new weapon options.
-New 1-per-squad weapons
-new heavy support suit that has stats like a carnifex and no jet pack, just a big mech
-new elite suit that has a lot of sub 18" gun options, with a high rate of fire, or low AP. High toughness and -good armour save at a minor loss of mobility (think jump pack instead of jet pack)
-two flyers, one for AtA one for AtG (same basic fuselage)
-fire warriors are a little bit better and have more of a stormtrooper / commando feel, than a rank and file guardsman feel.

-oh and one of the other things right now, I was able to confirm that the current playtest is that firewarriors who do move in the movement phase may immediately run after firing their pulse carbines in the shooting phase.


Elite suit sounds a lot like the XV9 with its manuverability stripped. Definitely interested in seeing special/heavy weapons in FW squads. Interesting tidbit about FW running after shooting if armed with PC...would actually make taking them over PR useful...

Of course, after being burned last year, I'll remain cautious about the details, but if Hastings says first half of next year, I feel pretty comfortable with getting a little excited for the new Codex.

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Mh, call me an optimist, but I think chances for Tau next spring are pretty good. It might be conjecture, but Black Library has two tau centric stories scheduled for next year (january and march).

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Well looks i will just have to wait until the models come out.
Ill just get a bit of other models, like fire warriors and kroot.
I hope Broadsides come down to atleast 30$, I'm happy they are sperate, right now i have been waiting 2 weeks for the upgrade kit to come.


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 taudau wrote:
Mh, call me an optimist, but I think chances for Tau next spring are pretty good. It might be conjecture, but Black Library has two tau centric stories scheduled for next year (january and march).

And fire caste has what the new suits might look like.
Also I wonder what the Logic will be fore the Tau CC unit. Hardened Stealth Suit Pilots that grew adept at CC from being so close to the enemy?

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On Nimbosa, cramming as many guardsmen into troop carriers as possible.

I really hope these rumors are true, This stuff will probably be the only thing that I preorder from games workshop. I love the tau, but they don't have very much in the way of variance these days.

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 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Well looks i will just have to wait until the models come out.
Ill just get a bit of other models, like fire warriors and kroot.
I hope Broadsides come down to atleast 30$, I'm happy they are sperate, right now i have been waiting 2 weeks for the upgrade kit to come.


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 taudau wrote:
Mh, call me an optimist, but I think chances for Tau next spring are pretty good. It might be conjecture, but Black Library has two tau centric stories scheduled for next year (january and march).

And fire caste has what the new suits might look like.
Also I wonder what the Logic will be fore the Tau CC unit. Hardened Stealth Suit Pilots that grew adept at CC from being so close to the enemy?


Short ranged, high damage shooting weapons sounds more like it tbh - think hazards but smaller?

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Well Ok, that makes more sense, But still my idea would make an awesome idea for a unit.

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Despite the many times tau players have been given rumors only to find out that it was just false hope, I do enjoy seeing rumors again.

I take it the rumor that we would get a flyer before the codex is no longer valid?
   
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Well it was the same with eldar, and we havent heard anything, so i doubt it sadly.

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Or the kroot finally wised up and asked for some fancy gear.


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I am really looking forward to this. I certainly hope the Mayans were wrong about their calendar and the world doesn't end in 2012.

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 crazyK wrote:
I am really looking forward to this. I certainly hope the Mayans were wrong about their calendar and the world doesn't end in 2012.



There was an article on the Mayan Calendar a couple months back. They supposedly found another one that predates the most widely known one. It was put on all the walls of a house, and goes another 500+ years. It was an interesting read.

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 Thunderfrog wrote:
Hopefully Tau Fighter Drones offer up a choice for CHEAP air choices.

Like, cheap as in 100 points per model kindve cheap. I don't care if they are AV10 all sides and BS3 with STR 4 or 5 guns, I want to be able to field a cheap but filled out air force.

I had seen rumors of the Chaos Heldrake clocking in at around 170 points, but I seriously doubt it. And I want a Squadron of fliers!


As it stands right now, if you're willing to shell out about $60, you can get a pack of two Remoras from Forge World that fit those criteria. Not exactly cheap, but priced very similarly to GW's other flyers. Only thing holding them back is the fact that they only have TL LB Burst Cannons, a networked markerlight, and two seeker missiles, which limits their effectiveness against armor, but if GW releases them in the new codex and amps them up with a heavier hitting weapon option to change the LB BCs out with, they would definitely be a much more viable option.

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Mwahahahaha, Face the power of Flying Rail-guns.

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GW has refused to accept the Greater Good. These rumors will just fizzle out as always.

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I hope the battlesuit rumors are all true. Tau would be the only army that I'd take Apoc level.

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I understand that these are just rumours and not set in stone, but as somebody getting into 6th and finishing off a Tau army, its a double edged sword.

yes it would be cool to get a new codex with shiny new toys and more fluff/characters. On the other hand | am a little concerned about the majority of my army becoming obsolete or relegated to counts as.


 
   
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I don't think that would occur, Mecha. I think that you'd run into a few different things with older models (particularly base size) but that issue wouldn't be among them.

The one thing that does inspire me here is the idea of the Tau having an effective Fire Warrior squad special or heavy weapon. That's really fascinating to me as it could give the squads some much-needed flexibility.
   
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I don't think it'll be that bad. Yeah, looks like new Crisis suits are in order, but Firewarriors, the current vehicles, Kroot, and all the drones won't get new models.

And while Tau players have been burned before, the rumour mill has been fairly consistent for quite a while now about the new book being early-mid 2013, so I'm feeling optimistic.
   
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Re the close combat suits, wasn't the Spyrer Necromunda suits built by an alien race, recording the wearers actions and transmitting that info elsewhere?

I don't think they ever said who was getting that info?

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 megatrons2nd wrote:
 crazyK wrote:
I am really looking forward to this. I certainly hope the Mayans were wrong about their calendar and the world doesn't end in 2012.

There was an article on the Mayan Calendar a couple months back. They supposedly found another one that predates the most widely known one. It was put on all the walls of a house, and goes another 500+ years. It was an interesting read.

The myan thing is total 100% bunk. Its a repeating calendar, based upon celestial movements, exactly like ours is. The world does not end when ours repeats, nor does it theirs.
(theirs is based upon the precession of the earth - and it's not their calendar, its the Olmec's - who were amazing architects and astronomers....but were crushed by the xenophobic imperium...).

Back on topic...

I am hoping that eventually gw gets to making solid core dexes, and just keeps them current via small updates.
Heck, even the current tau could be made very competitive again (6th helped) with a hand full of simple changes. Most books could.

I do get that eventually GW wants lots of new units, so they can sell models (they are a business after all - I accept that).

As a player who has not shelved his tau (I do play my other xenos occasionally....) I would love a new book...and I too....had got excited in the past.
This time, the only thing that gives me any shred of hope, is the fact that there are not that many books left to update....

Honestly, what I want the most is my awesome looking forgeworld units in the dex...heck ,I don't even care if they give them completely different stats....I just want to use those cool models I paid for...



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I just want the codex before the yearly price rise makes it $55. It is already to expensive as it is. Although, some brainiacs decided to pay $80+ for a pointless special edition, so I can see them making the codecies much higher in cost.

Nice to know they will be updated soonish.

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