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Any advice welcome, Thanks ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2064322.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2064322.page GMT Marker Lights Anyone? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2064353.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2064353.page GMT Marker Lights Anyone?
Markerlights in FW units tend to cost way more than they're worth, especially because you have to plan out your shooting to work in a specific order to maximize your lights, which can interfere with target priority planning as it pertains to the roles of different units OH GOD MY TINY ORK BRAIN CAN'T HANDLE IT ALL!!!!!

Best to just use PF's. Find something else to transport in their fish. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2064557.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2064557.page GMT Marker Lights Anyone?
RustyNails wrote:Just starting Tau. I am trying to figure out what units I need to be giving marker lights. I have been told to keep my troops cheap so I'm assuming that means no marker lights for the Fire Warriors. I hear that marker lights are a big part of the tau battle plan, I'm just trying to make sure I'm not missing something

Any advice welcome, Thanks

you need to take a marker light every single time you have the option to do it. marker lights are what tau do.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2064625.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2064625.page GMT Marker Lights Anyone?
However, Stealthsuits are jump infantry with jetpacks so they have the relentless USR which means that they can move and are still able to fire heavy weapons. Now normally this has no effect on stealthsuits since they can't carry heavy weapons, but in the Tau army drones take on the unit type as the same unit that bought them.

So if you buy a Markerlight Drone for a Stealthsuit team that Drone becomes Jump Infantry with the Jetpack special rules (so it also gets relentless) and can move and shoot. This means that the entire unit can move, shoot (with the markerlight shooting first so the stealthsuits can benifit from it) and you will still have your full compliment of shots from your Stealthsuits. That is of course assuming you have stealthsuits. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2064672.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2064672.page GMT Marker Lights Anyone?
I would say a squad of 8 pathfinders is a good place to start, giving them a shield drone or two will increase their survivability as well.

I dont generally agree with a markerlight in a squad of FW's because you need as much shooting as possible from them.

Ironskull's tactic of taking a markerdrone in a stealth team is a good idea, but this can be expensive points wise.

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2064949.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2064949.page GMT Marker Lights Anyone? FW units and liked it a lot, units of 12 with a 'ui with BK, ML and TL. However this does mean that you have your FW on foot and most players are against this.

My other sources are Sniper Drones and a Sky Ray but both have the problem of taking a heavy support slot. I don't enjoy Pathfinders a lot since any half decent player will kill them first, leaving you without ML support.

You can also play Tau without ML support but that does take away a lot of flexibility.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2065058.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2065058.page GMT Marker Lights Anyone?

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and they're alot more survivable than pathfinders, because they are a hard to hit taget from range.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2074247.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2074247.page GMT Marker Lights Anyone?
I hear a unit of 4PF do okay and the DF is used for a mobile firebase/cover.

Personally I dont use them I would rather my scoring unit of 6FWs in a Devilfish. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2074275.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2074275.page GMT Re:Marker Lights Anyone?
If you are doing Static gunline and using a Shas'ui in the Fire Warriors, use a Target lock on the Shas'uis with the Markerlight. Have each Shas'ui light up a sqaud for another squad of Fire Warriors( Most of the time the Fire Warriors will shoot the same target, but even so, use markerlights from one Fire Warrior squad to aid the Other).

If you have Stealthsuits(or using Crisis Suits with TL Missle Pods) , Put Marker Drones on them.

Mix and match, see what wrks best with your playstyle. Still use Pathfinders if you are going Gunline, but don't buy Shas'uis with Markerlights if you are meching up since they would be inside a Devilfish for the whole game. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2074287.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2074287.page GMT Marker Lights Anyone? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2074328.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/324887/2074328.page GMT