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A list I came up with for my fledgling tau army. Now some people probably aren't going to like this but at least it's not riptide spam...
Basically the Farsight bomb does its thing (plasmas, the Hit and Run), the commander gives the marker drones bs5 and the riptide is basically a fire magnet - it'll probably only last a turn or two.
let me know what you think - i'm happy to drop the hammerhead to free up points if need be and i'm not great with choosing support systems (yet), but anyway...

HQ
farsight (165)

commander - target lock and drone controller (98)

7 crisis bodyguard - 1x retro thrusters, 7x TL plasmas, neuroweb syste jammer and 14 shield drones (539)

TROOPS
3x 6 fire warriors (162)

ELITES
riptide - ion accelerator

FAST ATTACK
12 marker drones (168)

HEAVY SUPPORT
broadside - velocity tracker (85)

2 broadsides - velocity trackers and 1x seeker missile (178)

hammerhead - longstrike (170)

Looks good other than the fast attack slot for the 12 marker lights.
I would much rather go with a pathfinder team in their place as they are much better at hitting with markerlights. It would actually be cheaper points wise as well.
Why not just go with markerdrones on the body guards instead of so many shield drones? Would make a lot more sense than having an individual marker drone team.

I think if you have the models you should also increase the troop choices. I would go at least 8 firewarriors per squad. Because at 6 they tend to be really vulnerable and if they die they won't be able to capture objectives for you.

Hope that helps

Fair point - I was a little worried about the low scoring troops - especially as they're so weak. Regarding the drones I'm not too worried about them not being able to hit - the commander makes them all BS 5