<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Tau current & future legend units?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/69.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Tau current & future legend units? I have already had a SM army totally gutted by the reccent changes, so I am cautious about making the same mistake again.

So with that said I have two questions I hope people might have the answers to:

i) Are there any current Tau legend units to avoid? My internet searches didn't find any, but I'd like to ask just to make sure.

ii) I'm looking at taking some heavy gun drones. I don't think they are legend units, but do you think they will become one in the near future?

Thanks]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682269.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682269.page GMT Tau current & future legend units? GW's current "no rules for things not on the instruction booklet of a kit" attitude doesn't want you to do.

I would advise avoiding Forge World models if you're worried about their rules, though, as they tend to get less attention from the design team than their plastic counterparts.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682278.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682278.page GMT Re:Tau current & future legend units?
I just wish they could provide some concrete rules regarding what will or will not be removed.

In my SM army my standard dreads and venerable dreads can't have autocannons now as they are not produced any more......except for mortis dreads which are the exact same model which can use them.

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682295.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682295.page GMT Re:Tau current & future legend units? GW will eventually reveal a new, non-holographic space pope.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682352.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682352.page GMT Tau current & future legend units? If the "current" kit doesn't have the option then that option is something that could end up in legends.

AFAIK The only place in the Tau 'dex where a model can take something it doesn't come with is the Crisis suit - there are no fragmentation projectors or ion blasters in that kit.

Other than that, I don't think you have to worry about any of the "current" tau models except that Shadowsun is getting a new model in like a month so I'd avoid the old one unless you really like it.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682355.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682355.page GMT Re:Tau current & future legend units?
 John Prins wrote:
Named characters would be the only thing I'd worry about. Moving the setting forward a few centuries kind of messes with them and nobody stays in cryostasis forever. Hopefully GW will eventually reveal a new, non-holographic space pope.


I'd think it'd be more likely they'd just retcon their dates of birth and/or give the Tau something like Imperial juvenat treatments; they don't like killing off named characters. Eldrad died in a campaign back in 3e and come 4e he's back up on his feet running around feeling entirely okay. The only named characters they've made models for that I know are definitively dead are all Forge World 30k people (most of the 40k CSM characters were second-fiddle captains in 30k with an immediate boss who dies dramatically at some point in the storyline, ex. Lucius (who's still around) and Eidolon (who isn't)).


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rbstr wrote:
...AFAIK The only place in the Tau 'dex where a model can take something it doesn't come with is the Crisis suit - there are no fragmentation projectors or ion blasters in that kit...


They were metal experimental bits in the Commander kit in 4e, but got put into the standard Crisis team kit in 6e. They do only give you one gun in the kit of three models just to irritate people who like the weapon, but it's definitely in the kit.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682360.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682360.page GMT Tau current & future legend units?
In other words, if it's in your codex, there's no foreseeable risk of it becoming a legend. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682467.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682467.page GMT Re:Tau current & future legend units?
 AnomanderRake wrote:

rbstr wrote:
...AFAIK The only place in the Tau 'dex where a model can take something it doesn't come with is the Crisis suit - there are no fragmentation projectors or ion blasters in that kit...


They were metal experimental bits in the Commander kit in 4e, but got put into the standard Crisis team kit in 6e. They do only give you one gun in the kit of three models just to irritate people who like the weapon, but it's definitely in the kit.

Er, no. You will not find a single Airburst Fragmentation Projector or Cyclic Ion Blaster in the Crisis kit (I've built 6 of them in the last few months so I know this for a fact), the only place you will find them is the Commander kit, which has one of each.

Tau are one of the lucky armies that have had nothing go to Legends, and aren't likely to in the near future. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682484.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10682484.page GMT Tau current & future legend units?
Other than that, I imagine not. XV15 are legal to use as Stealth Suits still, for example. And unless single Burst Cannon is removed as an option for them in the future, they always will be.

I can see Forge World dropping some things, like Tetras and their older Crisis variants.

I imagine Vespid, Kroot Hounds and Krootox will all be updated to plastic soon-ish. None of them are really "droppable".]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10683079.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/784252/10683079.page GMT