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2015/09/06 18:25:26
Subject: Tau Rumors: New Crisis Suits? Nope nope da nope
I Just hope the unit is decent - too many times we see new units that do that jobs we don't have problems doing already (really, the bomb on the sunshark is S5AP5? Who had a lack of S5 weapons in their tau army?).
I don't need yet another platform with S5/6/7 weapons.
Regardless, the model is starting to grow on me (did not like it as much at first) so if the rules are good (or its in the codex, and the rules are good) I will be put this guy into my hobby budget.
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2015/09/06 18:40:27
Subject: Tau Rumors: New Crisis Suits? Nope nope da nope
don;t like it - it looks like what the Orks would do with Tau tech :(
Strap as many guns on the body as possible - then put a few more on................
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davethepak wrote:So, since we have build pics of the new tau titan, two questions;
1 - does this mean someone has one? Or is that a fw employee's workdesk?
2 - what are the odds this bad boy might be in the new codex?
Yeah, yeah, I know they seem to have a new policy of not including units that don't have models - but speculatively, that would be an amazing way to launch the new FW/GW ordering integration - put a new FW unit in a new codex.
Thoughts?
1- Yes. The guys posting picks bought one at FW Open Day in Amsterdan.
2- Zero. It's FW, it'll come in IA14
Mr Morden wrote: don;t like it - it looks like what the Orks would do with Tau tech :(
Strap as many guns on the body as possible - then put a few more on................
Yeah, looks stupid as hell.
I think it looks awesome! Reminds me of certain Gundam models.
How much am I allowed to laugh manically if it turns out the only Tau release is Imperial Armour 14 with their new superheavy suit? Bonus popcorn for every time something massively differs from the current codex and/or is a sloppy oversight on their rules writing.
So far, we have confirmed that Tau are getting a new FW superheavy unit. There might be an Imperial Armour to go with it, there might not. It has also been confirmed that Bell of Lost Souls is useless clickbait, Larry Vela never fact-checks anything and relies on Faeit212 for speculation, and most previous Tau rumors appear to have been "leaked" from the GW janitorial section.
Hey, at least the Tau are confirmed to get something in the near future!
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I think it looks awesome! Reminds me of certain Gundam models.
Indeed it does! If I end up ever getting one, I might shrink the nipple turrets a bit with a conversion but otherwise I think it looks great and gives the Tau an appropriate big robot to compete with the Imperium. I'm really glad that Forgeworld and GW are evolving the Tau as their fluff would dictate instead of keeping them stale like the fan fiction people made up over 10+ years would have it be.
2015/09/07 04:23:10
Subject: Tau Rumors: New Crisis Suits? Nope nope da nope
Mr Morden wrote: don;t like it - it looks like what the Orks would do with Tau tech :(
Strap as many guns on the body as possible - then put a few more on................
Yeah, looks stupid as hell.
Thirded. This has been increasingly the trend with GW and FW, stick absurd amount of guns to the models. If Dreadnought was designed today, in addition to its arms weapons it would carry torso, knee and head guns.
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2015/09/07 12:15:12
Subject: Tau Rumors: New Crisis Suits? Nope nope da nope
TheNewBlood wrote: So far, we have confirmed that Tau are getting a new FW superheavy unit. There might be an Imperial Armour to go with it, there might not.
Dude, the own FW sculptors said that there will be an IA14 with Tau. That's not just rumour.
The design is kind of hit or miss with me but overall I like it. Reminds me of the Koenig Monster.
I do think the arms are a bit stubby for my taste. I definitely would prefer them to be just a bit longer.
My only real complaint is that the chest guns are just silly. They are on turrets but with the arms blocking much of their range, they may as well not be. It just looks silly to me the way it is.
Any word on how much this thing costs?
I'm expecting an Imperial Knights supplement dedicated to GW's loyalist apologetics. Codex: White Knights "In the grim dark future, everything is fine."
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2015/09/07 16:25:46
Subject: Tau Rumors: New Crisis Suits? Nope nope da nope
Savageconvoy wrote: The design is kind of hit or miss with me but overall I like it. Reminds me of the Koenig Monster.
I do think the arms are a bit stubby for my taste. I definitely would prefer them to be just a bit longer.
My only real complaint is that the chest guns are just silly. They are on turrets but with the arms blocking much of their range, they may as well not be. It just looks silly to me the way it is.
Any word on how much this thing costs?
280 Euros, so cheaper than the body of a Warhound Titan.
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2015/09/07 16:42:36
Subject: Tau Rumors: New Crisis Suits? Nope nope da nope
TheNewBlood wrote: So far, we have confirmed that Tau are getting a new FW superheavy unit. There might be an Imperial Armour to go with it, there might not.
Dude, the own FW sculptors said that there will be an IA14 with Tau. That's not just rumour.
Awesome! So now we know what the Tau release will be: Imperial Armour 14 Macross Edition
TheNewBlood wrote: So far, we have confirmed that Tau are getting a new FW superheavy unit. There might be an Imperial Armour to go with it, there might not.
Dude, the own FW sculptors said that there will be an IA14 with Tau. That's not just rumour.
Did he mention what tau would be fighting? ( ad mech??)
Sorry , don't mean to derail.
2015/09/07 17:08:54
Subject: Tau Rumors: New Crisis Suits? Nope nope da nope
Savageconvoy wrote: The three barreled cannon arm is basically just three ion cannons strapped together.
The arm of many barrels definitely looks like the fusion cascades because of the over/under barrel designs.
It's really like they tried to put every weapon available on this suit.
It's like half of the used crisis suits you'll find on ebay, where some new player who didn't read the codex yet glued every weapon in the box to the suit at the same time.
I really don't like that part of it. I thought the tau were more about bringing the right weapon for the job and switching loadouts between missions instead of bringing ALL the guns. At the very least they could have mounted those guns an missile in the chest a la Gundam Heavyarms.
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2015/09/07 18:16:44
Subject: Tau Rumors: New Crisis Suits? Nope nope da nope
Savageconvoy wrote: The three barreled cannon arm is basically just three ion cannons strapped together.
The arm of many barrels definitely looks like the fusion cascades because of the over/under barrel designs.
It's really like they tried to put every weapon available on this suit.
It's like half of the used crisis suits you'll find on ebay, where some new player who didn't read the codex yet glued every weapon in the box to the suit at the same time.
I really don't like that part of it. I thought the tau were more about bringing the right weapon for the job and switching loadouts between missions instead of bringing ALL the guns. At the very least they could have mounted those guns an missile in the chest a la Gundam Heavyarms.
The arms are not meant to have two separate loadouts.
They're showing an OPTIONAL arm loadout. Hence why it's greyed out.
2015/09/07 18:59:10
Subject: Tau Rumors: New Crisis Suits? Nope nope da nope
Savageconvoy wrote: The three barreled cannon arm is basically just three ion cannons strapped together.
The arm of many barrels definitely looks like the fusion cascades because of the over/under barrel designs.
It's really like they tried to put every weapon available on this suit.
It's like half of the used crisis suits you'll find on ebay, where some new player who didn't read the codex yet glued every weapon in the box to the suit at the same time.
I really don't like that part of it. I thought the tau were more about bringing the right weapon for the job and switching loadouts between missions instead of bringing ALL the guns. At the very least they could have mounted those guns an missile in the chest a la Gundam Heavyarms.
The arms are not meant to have two separate loadouts.
They're showing an OPTIONAL arm loadout. Hence why it's greyed out.
He meant the chest mounted burst cannons and missile pods.
Which I really don't get the hatred for. Clearly, they're meant to be point-defense weapons. Yeah, they could have a better field of fire, but still, point-defense weapons and not something I get the general dislike for.
2015/09/07 20:33:15
Subject: Tau Rumors: New Crisis Suits? Nope nope da nope
If that's true it means there's a new possibility that the Kroot are gone and we're getting a new type of troop (like an earlier rumor speculated).
I still want to hope the Kroot will get a minidex but it seems very unlikely.
Still it looks like many of the rumors are coming true. So I hope we get cool jet pack troops. If I am allowed to wish list here.
The new crisis suit was an easy one since its basically all but confirmed that and the crisis commander.
That leaves the new rumored troop choice made from the FW, the new suit smaller than a Riptide (could be the XV8 resculpt) and the new suit bigger than the Riptide. Also the hope we get tau Terrain/Fortification.
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For the record I think the KX-134 looks amazing. I fully intend to bring tears to all my foes faces with it.
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2015/09/07 23:10:00
Subject: Tau Rumors: New Crisis Suits? Nope nope da nope
angelofvengeance wrote:I'm going to laugh my arse off if those pics that got posted in here earlier, aren't actually conversions
Why so skeptical? The model is exactly the same seen in the Open Day, even with the boxes and instructions manual. No reason to think it's a fake.
Whole lot of people talking at cross purposes today.
What he meant is the Crisis suit pictures that were linked by BoLS, from the Farsight Enclaves book, which were converted.
Now, if there are new suits, there IS a good chance they'll have some resemblance to the converted suits from those pictures, since the guy who converted them used many of the design elements he put on the conversions into the Broadside and Riptide suits, such as the high collar.
2015/09/08 00:41:20
Subject: Tau Rumors: New Crisis Suits? Nope nope da nope
Well the new Broadsides look absolutely nothing like the old broadsides.
I'm expecting an Imperial Knights supplement dedicated to GW's loyalist apologetics. Codex: White Knights "In the grim dark future, everything is fine."
"The argument is that we have to do this or we will, bit by bit,
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deaths and the sun will be swept from the sky."
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2015/09/08 18:02:20
Subject: Tau Rumors: New Crisis Suits? Nope nope da nope
Honestly I don't want to be in a position where Tau are on top again just to have everyone bemoaning every little issue. Like how suddenly in 6th the pulse rifle is automatically too good and the JSJ thing is overpowered, despite being terrible in the old codex and relatively unchanged.
I'm expecting an Imperial Knights supplement dedicated to GW's loyalist apologetics. Codex: White Knights "In the grim dark future, everything is fine."
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lose everything that we hold dear, everything that keeps the business going. Our crops will wither, our children will die piteous
deaths and the sun will be swept from the sky."
-Tom Kirby
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