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1492 Point Army

HQ

Battlesuit Commander 177
Plasma Rifle
Missle Pod
Target Lock
Drone Controller
Talisman of arthas moloch
2x Shield/Marker Drone

Troop

XV8 Crisis Suit Team 228
3x Crisis Battlesuit
Plasma Rifle
Missle Pod
Target Lock
Bonding Ritual
2x Marker Drone
1x Gun Drone

XV8 Crisis Suit Team 189
3x Crisis Battlesuit
Plasma Rifle
Missle Pod
Target Lock
Bonding Ritual

XV8 Crisis Suit Team 159
3x Crisis Battlesuit
Plasma Rifle
Burst Cannon
Target Lock
Bonding Ritual

XV8 Crisis Suit Team 174
3x Crisis Battlesuit
Plasma Rifle
Fusion Blaster
Target Lock
Bonding Ritual

Elites

Riptide 240
Twin-linked Fusion Blaster
Ion Accelerator
Velocity Tracker
Early Warning Overide
Earth Caste Pilot Array

Fast Attack

Drone Squadron 112 (Commander goes here)
8x Gun Drone

Heavy Support

Broadside 71
Twin-linked High-Yield Missle Pod
Twin-linked Smart Missile System
Early Warning Override
Bonding knife

Broadside 71
Twin-linked High-Yield Missle Pod
Twin-linked Smart Missile System
Early Warning Override
Bonding knife

Broadside 71
Twin-linked High-Yield Missle Pod
Twin-linked Smart Missile System
Early Warning Override
Bonding knife

My friends recently started getting into 40k. I've liked it for a long time but without anyone to play with never really bothered getting into it till now. I was initially torn between Dark Eldar and Tau but then I found out about Farsight Enclaves and I like it enough that it barely beats out Dark Eldar, plus I want to see if they get an updated codex.

I would like to stay with the idea of fielding mostly battlesuits and drones, but feel free to give any criticism you have. I also have a few specific questions:

1. Should I be running Marker Drones? How should I adjust to field the drones?
2. How should I adjust the army when moving up to 1850pts? 2000pts?
3. Would it be beneficial to run a Tau Empire detachment with a battlesuit commander for access to basic Tau signature systems? How would you field this detachment?

Edit: Fixed The Twin-Linked issue.

On the Troop Crisis Suits you can only have three hard points per Crisis suit, and Twin-linked uses two, so twin linked Plasma, a Missile Pod, and Target Lock make four items; HQ can do it, but regular can't. Your HQ is also using six of his four hard points, though maybe it is five, don't have book in front of me atm.

Oh, thanks for pointing that out. I just haven't had a chance to get everything down yet rules wise I'll adjust it. and post an updated list then.