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 Jancoran wrote:

Natalya wrote:
sigh... should I even bother unpacking my models when playing Dark Eldar against these guys? And I thought Necron Wraithwing was bad.

Asault vehicles. Definitely bring the Dark Eldar.

Good luck with that.

Its worked well so far.

Natalya wrote:
sigh... should I even bother unpacking my models when playing Dark Eldar against these guys? And I thought Necron Wraithwing was bad.

Ask your opponent to not use formations against you. DE are pretty weak, and while the match up still won't be in your favor, at least you can have a good game. Tau aren't eldar or crons.

Yep, I won't deploy formations against anyone not having formation style army yet. its just being polite.
DE and nids don't count, they have formations, but not ones that intertwine like new style
That said, I'll expect said Deldar/nid player not to field his own formations when I am holding back mine.

OFC, there is always the turny where it will be "give no quarters" and I'll deploy anything I have and use every single ditry trick up my sleeve (and as 5th edition tau, I've collected alot. it was needed at the time)
But a casual game is just that-casual. a chance to mess around, try some "sub-optimal" lists, and have fun.

 BoomWolf wrote:
Yep, I won't deploy formations against anyone not having formation style army yet. its just being polite.
DE and nids don't count, they have formations, but not ones that intertwine like new style
That said, I'll expect said Deldar/nid player not to field his own formations when I am holding back mine.

OFC, there is always the turny where it will be "give no quarters" and I'll deploy anything I have and use every single ditry trick up my sleeve (and as 5th edition tau, I've collected alot. it was needed at the time)
But a casual game is just that-casual. a chance to mess around, try some "sub-optimal" lists, and have fun.

You'll still massacre BA without trying hard, but I appreciate the thought.

 BoomWolf wrote:
Hard to tell by mere stats and no tests, but they seem solid enough to be worth giving a try in the hunter cadre.

The possibility to runNgun increases threat range, and the "3 unit combine shots=+1BS" actually means that if a fish has drone, the fish, drone and warriors are technically 3 units by themselves, netting your +1BS.

Was under the impression that Drones where part of the unit, since they are upgrades for said unit, and not a separate unit, or you speak of a Drone squadron in the FA section?

The drones on the Devilfish are bought as part of it, but treated like a separate unit. Same is true for any tank - bought drone in the tau army.

That's why killing the fish counts for kill points even if the drones are still running around.