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http://www.blacklibrary.com/games-workshop-digital-editions/Tau-Fireblade-Support-Cadre.html

Tau combat doctrine places great emphasis on defeating enemy forces using superior firepower and technological advantage. At the heart of this method of warfare are their battlesuits; giant mechanical suits that are armed with the most powerful Tau weaponry. Foremost among these are the terrifying XV104 Riptide and XV88 Broadside battlesuits, capable of demolishing enemy battle lines and armour in a blaze of particle beams and howling sub-munitions.

The Tau Fireblade Support Cadre Dataslate presents the rules for fielding this advanced formation in your games of Warhammer 40,000, the cadre containing the impressive XV104 Riptide supported by six Broadside battlesuits, a terrifying prospect for any opponent to face!



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.. hmm... less impressed with this offering.

I bought the Tau Fireblade Support Cadre and I am happy about it.

The way these dataslates work is nice. Basically this one is a formation which can be used in normal games and doesn't take FOC slots, but doesn't prevent you from taking allies detachment. It has two nice rules.

Now, if we can get an Annilation Barge support cadre that doesn't take up FOC slots....

Fear the 6+ Abarges!

Awesome, because what Tau needed most was a way to take Riptides and missilesides without having to spend FOC slots on them...

Edit: WTF, and it gives them powerful extra bonuses on top of that? WHY GW WHY.

18 Broadsides in less than 1750 point game. Not bad...

anyway, the formation runs less than 600 points without upgrades / drones. There seems not to be a limit in how many such formation one can take.

Rules also say that any army can take these formations, example is a primary SM detachment with allied IG and a Tau formation. Just beware of the alliance system. Add the inquisition and you have four armies on the table...

So GW finally gave me a way to field fethtons of broadsides and a riptide, and still be able to rock hammerheads and crisis suits then?

Not sure if I should be happy about that or if I should hate this idea even more. I also can't help but feel that those rules really should have been in the box to begin with...like $290 isn't enough, they have to have that extra $4 or they just can't pay out another dividend.

Well in any case I have a feeling this might be the month 40k dies, lol. Overpowered DLC coming out every day for a month, Escalation on top of that making overpowered super heavies a legal part of the game (assuming it isn't an expansion that can be ignored like all the others)...feth me.

 Peregrine wrote:
Awesome, because what Tau needed most was a way to take Riptides and missilesides without having to spend FOC slots on them...

Edit: WTF, and it gives them powerful extra bonuses on top of that? WHY GW WHY.

Yeah, Tank Hunters and Preferred Enemy: Space Marines (which get Hatred for them). I like Tank Hunters on railsides, almost makes them seem worth using again, but it makes the missilesides even better, too, so...

And no limit on formations? So basically Apocalypse in 40k finally happened and we didn't even have to wait for 7th edition?

This is gettng borderline insane.

I don't be to be the "The Sky is falling guy" but yeah, this is not looking good.

Well Peregrine, look at it this way: maybe now people won't be so scared of Forge World anymore, lol...

If there's anyone left.

So what's next, I assume the other holiday bundles will get special rules. Anyone want to guess what bonuses the Space Marine flyer formation will get? Also, how many wraithknights can you field in an Eldar army now assuming their box also has no limits and doesn't count as an allied detachment? 4, 5?

Wow, quinttide lists... never thought it'd actually happen

Whenever stupid gak comes out, people say the meta will adapt... but can it possibly even adapt to gak like this?

And what are the Orks getting?

In the beginning, GW made rules just for the purpose of playing your models/whole collection on the table.

Well, now they do it again. For a price.

Nothing really surprising, in fact. About game balance, well...nothing new again. It's not like they never talked about how much they care about competitive games, after all.

The bright side is that it shows you can create a lot of "fan made rules" for your casual games and just talking with your opponent about using them. It's free, after all, and the result won't be much different from what you can have here. You know, since it's obvious they didn't test those on the long term.

sooo first heretic, then xeno. I hope the guard get some love.

And if we're lucky, maybe some sisters of battle!

Oh wait...They had a digital codex not so long ago. No need to give new shiny things for the girls, then.

I just don't even.... What the...

Normally I'm borderline White Knighting GW but this just seems waaaay too weird. Obviously OP DLC for 24 days in a row? Especially that Broadside/Riptide thing just seems crazy.

Hope the general consensus is that this is just "Christmas giggles" and should be treated like Apoc or Spearhead (i.e. just ignored ).

Let's be honest guys - the Tau do need a boost, and really the limits on how many Riptides they can field right now are just ludicrously silly. This frees up the army a bit more, and allows those who purchased multiple Riptides to actually use them at the same time.

(/sarcasm)


But seriously, this means a Tau player can field how many Riptides in a single army now? 12?

Guard are already getting baneblades. Escalation is listed as a supplement and not an expansion, so I'm imagining the whole "You can ignore it like Planetstrike, etc." argument isn't going to work anymore, unless you also ban codex supplements.

Well, perhaps it's time to ban them as well then because this is just ridiculous...

Looking forward to the tournament metas take on this.

So this formation doesn't take up any FoC? Or is it 1 heavy support?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
But seriously, this means a Tau player can field how many Riptides in a single army now? 12?

Well, you also have to take two three-man teams (not counting drones) of broadsides to make the formation. So I guess you could take 12 if points allowed, but you'd likely be playing at stupidly high levels anyway, like 5,000+.

But every army can take the Tau formation, though they follow the rules in the alliance chart. And since there's no limit for formations and they don't count as allied detachments it means literally every army in the game can run multiple riptides, lmao.

Noctem wrote:
So this formation doesn't take up any FoC? Or is it 1 heavy support?

No, it exists outside the FOC apparently. All you do is pay the points for however you want them equipped and you get two special rules.

Nope, doesn't take up a FOC slot, and you can take as many as you want.

Checking the legality of one's army list is quickly becoming very fiddly.

 Sasori wrote:
This is gettng borderline insane.

I don't be to be the "The Sky is falling guy" but yeah, this is not looking good.

+1. I'm not sure if the game is worth playing if it's all pay-to-win with new shiny balance rapeages dropping every month. And it's not like it was balanced or cheap before..

Looks like they're now making these rules just to be able to market more bundles on their website "You were totally missing one more Riptide and half a dozen battlesuits! One click bundle here!"

A Tau player can easily field this list now

Ethereal
HBC Riptide, Interceptor
HBC Riptide, Interceptor
HBC Riptide, Interceptor

10 Kroot, Sniper rounds, hound
10 Kroot, Sniper rounds, hound
10 Kroot, Sniper rounds, hound
10 Kroot, Sniper rounds, hound
10 Kroot, Sniper rounds, hound

3 Broadside, Missiles, Interceptor
3 Broadside, Missiles, Interceptor
3 Broadside, Missiles, Interceptor
3 Broadside, Missiles, Interceptor

Thats 48 Twin-linked Str 7 shots with Tank Hunter and 48 Twin Linked Str 5 Tank Hunter shots that ignore cover each turn. That doesn't even factor in the Riptides. That also reroll 1's to wound space marines. Ouch!

That's nuts, I'll have to snag this and see the two rules. I'm not sure if I want to go buy 3 more Broadsides though...

I mean, what they are doing is trying to merge Apoc with regular 40k. You would basically play these new formations in massive point lists with escalation adding super heavies.

 Sarouan wrote:
And if we're lucky, maybe some sisters of battle!

Oh wait...They had a digital codex not so long ago. No need to give new shiny things for the girls, then.

Not gonna lie, I'm keeping an eye on this thing mostly out of hopes that something will be thrown their way.

I'd also settle for a good BL story, though.

 Troike wrote:
Not gonna lie, I'm keeping an eye on this thing mostly out of hopes that something will be thrown their way.

Prepare for the return of Redemptor Kyrinov. He'll cost 260 points, have T3, 2 wounds and no Eternal Warrior! But he'll get his own special Warlord Traits table with such amazing things as "Kyrinov and his unit cause Fear".

If I'm reading the Formation rule right, your Broadsides won't give up extra Victory Points in Big Guns Never Tire because they no longer take up a Heavy Support choice. They can't score either but thats actually a pretty good trade off I think.

No, Squats will get a digital Mini-dex, but no new models. *startsscouringebaynow*

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

Prepare for the return of Redemptor Kyrinov. He'll cost 260 points, have T3, 2 wounds and no Eternal Warrior! But he'll get his own special Warlord Traits table with such amazing things as "Kyrinov and his unit cause Fear".

Yeah, and Tyranids will be able to take him as an Ally! That means the Nids would have something for december.

Now, we can charge 10$ for all the readers just because of those awesome rules we made. Come on, don't be cheap!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Prepare for the return of Redemptor Kyrinov. He'll cost 260 points, have T3, 2 wounds and no Eternal Warrior! But he'll get his own special Warlord Traits table with such amazing things as "Kyrinov and his unit cause Fear".

Doubtful. With the current thing of "no model= no rules", he probably won't be making his return for a while.

People wonder what orcs get......looted tau cadre . Seriously go buy the $5.00 toy robots from Walmart, and use cardboard from GW boxes of friends to make them more grim dark. If anyone complains then show them WIP pics of all the GW product you used to build the army