What do you guy think?True to the Gundam Origin or what?
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
1850 V3
After some testing vs Sisters of Battle and Chaos Space Marines I made some changes.
More Plasma, Less Kroot, Different Squad Loadouts for Wound Allocation.
Suggestions Welcome
HQ 1
Shas'O, Plasma Rifle , Cyclic Ion Blaster HM Multi Tracker, HW Drone Controller, 2x Shield Drones
BodyGuard, TwinLinked Plasma, Flamer, HM Multitracker
BodyGuard, TwinLinked Plasma, Flamer, HM Multitracker
Elites
3 Teams of
TL Missile Pod, Flamer
TL Missile Pod, Target Lock
TL Missile Pod, Black Sun Filter
Fast Attack
A) Piranha with Fusion Blaster and Targeting Array (70)
Heavy Support
3 Teams of 2 Broadsides with:
A.S.S.
Team Leader
Target Lock on Main Broadside
HardWired Drone Controller
2 Shield Drones
Squad 1
11 Tau Fire Warriors
Squad 2
11 Tau Fire Warrior
Squad 3
6 Tau Fire Warrior
Squad 4
6 Tau Fire Warrior
Squad 5
6 Tau Fire Warriors
Squad 6
6 Tau Fire Warriors
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Bat Rep vs Sisters of Battle
Thursday night I played vs Sy. Sy’s an excellent, tourney winning, player. You get better by playing him. I had a feeling my winning streak was coming to an end: Spearhead Annihilation.
“We are up against a tough General for the Greater Good! But we will persevere!”
“He wins tournaments on a weekly basis, and you still have questions about vehicles!” Shouted Skippy the Fire Warrior.
“No breaking the Fourth Wall!” Replied Commander Zero, “Yes, they may have fire, so much painful, painful burning fire. And transports with heavy flamers. They may have so many Flame-Spewing Transports that the deployment area is almost full. But we have something they don’t have...”
“Is it courage and determination in the face of overwhelmingly being burned alive in a horrible manner?” Asked Skippy.
“Railguns. And Missile Pods. And Rifles that can glance front armor. We have SCIENCE! They have fire.”
“Can we have Science-Fire?” Asked Skippy.
Lessons Learned:
3 2-man Broadsides with Target Lock are best.
Plasma, Plasma Kills with no armor save. A Tau Army NEEDS PLASMA!
Missile Pods, while excellent and having incredible range, allow a save.
Kroot are worthless except in bulk with Dogs and a Shaper.
Set Up
It’s in a ruin heavy board. Great for Jet Packs, bad for Transports.
Sy sets up first with a flawless deployment, each transports (and they are enough to blot out the sun) providing cover for the next one like some Spartan Shield Wall. 2 IG tanks are in reserve.
I fan out taking over the whole quarter while hugging cover. One group of Railguns on the right, one on the left each supported by a Deathrain team. 2 11 man FireWarriror squads line up on the first and second floor of the ruins and the 6 man squads screening the Broadsides and my Command Unit (Also Deathrain) and the 3rd team in the ruins. The Kroot infiltrate in the upper left as far away as possible.
Round 1
Fortune Smiles on the Greater Good and I seize initiative in the most boring round ever.
24 missile pods, 22 Rifle Shots, 6 Rail Guns... 1 transports destroyed, 2 immobilized.
Sy pushes forward 12 inches and pops smoke. My Kroot firm up their position.
Round 2
Better shooting and the Tau artillery leaves plenty of crates on the ground. The FireWarriors pick off a lot of the disembarked troops.
The IG tanks come in off reserve and tank shock the Kroot. The Kroot then spend 5 rounds walking off the board. With transports and troops approaching on each flank; a slug-fest of a round.
Round 3
More shooting, more craters. The FireWarriors gun down more Flaming Bitches of Death.
The 2 IG tanks on the left flank make it hard to hold but not impossible as they engage the FireWarriors and suits.
Round 4
Shooting, what else? At this point he’s 2 immobilized Transports in the starting zone and a third back there hiding so it doesn’t give up a Kill Point. He’s also got the troops completely out of line of sight so I can’t snipe them.
2 of the Transports pull inside a ruined building and disgorge Sisters. Melta and Flamers hit the suits and FireWarriors and I start taking casualties.
Round 5
I hope game ends on 5 and I win.
The casualties are mounting up and 2 of the Sisters close for Assault. My left broadside unit vanishes in a barrage of Melta. A few crisis suits go down as well under the mass of wounds.
Round 6
We’re still in round 6.
I’ve less on the board and more smaller targets. My other Broadside team picks off a few solo sisters for a cheap KP. The IG tank Tank Shocks the Fire Warriors who fail their LD test. Another tank shocks in against my Broadsides who Death or Glory (at this point what other option is there?) and takes out the Transport. His last mobile transports shocks my remaining Crisis Suit team who fail the D&G and Insane Cowardice (Box Cars!) the LD and flee off the board.
Tally Up. A brutal combat, he wins due to fleeing units and has a 1 point VIctory.
“We are up against a tough General for the Greater Good! But we will persevere!”
“He wins tournaments on a weekly basis, and you still have questions about vehicles!” Shouted Skippy the Fire Warrior.
“No breaking the Fourth Wall!” Replied Commander Zero, “Yes, they may have fire, so much painful, painful burning fire. And transports with heavy flamers. They may have so many Flame-Spewing Transports that the deployment area is almost full. But we have something they don’t have...”
“Is it courage and determination in the face of overwhelmingly being burned alive in a horrible manner?” Asked Skippy.
“Railguns. And Missile Pods. And Rifles that can glance front armor. We have SCIENCE! They have fire.”
“Can we have Science-Fire?” Asked Skippy.
Lessons Learned:
3 2-man Broadsides with Target Lock are best.
Plasma, Plasma Kills with no armor save. A Tau Army NEEDS PLASMA!
Missile Pods, while excellent and having incredible range, allow a save.
Kroot are worthless except in bulk with Dogs and a Shaper.
Set Up
It’s in a ruin heavy board. Great for Jet Packs, bad for Transports.
Sy sets up first with a flawless deployment, each transports (and they are enough to blot out the sun) providing cover for the next one like some Spartan Shield Wall. 2 IG tanks are in reserve.
I fan out taking over the whole quarter while hugging cover. One group of Railguns on the right, one on the left each supported by a Deathrain team. 2 11 man FireWarriror squads line up on the first and second floor of the ruins and the 6 man squads screening the Broadsides and my Command Unit (Also Deathrain) and the 3rd team in the ruins. The Kroot infiltrate in the upper left as far away as possible.
Round 1
Fortune Smiles on the Greater Good and I seize initiative in the most boring round ever.
24 missile pods, 22 Rifle Shots, 6 Rail Guns... 1 transports destroyed, 2 immobilized.
Sy pushes forward 12 inches and pops smoke. My Kroot firm up their position.
Round 2
Better shooting and the Tau artillery leaves plenty of crates on the ground. The FireWarriors pick off a lot of the disembarked troops.
The IG tanks come in off reserve and tank shock the Kroot. The Kroot then spend 5 rounds walking off the board. With transports and troops approaching on each flank; a slug-fest of a round.
Round 3
More shooting, more craters. The FireWarriors gun down more Flaming Bitches of Death.
The 2 IG tanks on the left flank make it hard to hold but not impossible as they engage the FireWarriors and suits.
Round 4
Shooting, what else? At this point he’s 2 immobilized Transports in the starting zone and a third back there hiding so it doesn’t give up a Kill Point. He’s also got the troops completely out of line of sight so I can’t snipe them.
2 of the Transports pull inside a ruined building and disgorge Sisters. Melta and Flamers hit the suits and FireWarriors and I start taking casualties.
Round 5
I hope game ends on 5 and I win.
The casualties are mounting up and 2 of the Sisters close for Assault. My left broadside unit vanishes in a barrage of Melta. A few crisis suits go down as well under the mass of wounds.
Round 6
We’re still in round 6.
I’ve less on the board and more smaller targets. My other Broadside team picks off a few solo sisters for a cheap KP. The IG tank Tank Shocks the Fire Warriors who fail their LD test. Another tank shocks in against my Broadsides who Death or Glory (at this point what other option is there?) and takes out the Transport. His last mobile transports shocks my remaining Crisis Suit team who fail the D&G and Insane Cowardice (Box Cars!) the LD and flee off the board.
Tally Up. A brutal combat, he wins due to fleeing units and has a 1 point VIctory.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
1850 Point List
I'm getting ready for a pretty big tourney @ 1850 points.
Somethings I'd like to point out before the obvious is mentioned. It's different, no heavy Kroot screens, no Pathfinders, no plasma.
It's focused on a high volume of shots from accurate units. Pathfinders, while excellent, are expensive and aside from the ability to strip cover, provide diminished benefit in a Twin-Linked list.
Weapons are twinlinked as much as possible. An expensive unit can have 100+ attacks, but if they all miss, what's the point?
Also, while Fire Warriors are reviled as being horrible they do have 5/5 weapons, a 4+ armor save and great enough volume of fire is worth it. 54 Fire Warriors means either 54 30 inch shots of 108 shots at 12 inches. Also, you need them to hold objectives. Fielding a 90 point Devilfish to protect 60 points seems a bad investment over 9 more shots so I'm working on a massed units of Fire Warriors.
The initial change would be to to consider cutting the Kroot and either buff up the Fire Warrior Squads with a full complement and Bonding Knives or 2 more Broadsides equipped with only Target Locks or a Hammerhead or a 2nd HQ Deathrain.
I'm open to all thoughts and feedback.
Troops
Squad 1 9 Tau Fire Warriors
Squad 2 9 Tau Fire Warrior
Squad 3 9 Tau Fire Warrior
Squad 4 9 Tau Fire Warrior
Squad 5 13 Kroot + 6 Hounds
Crisis Suit
Elite Team 1
A Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer Team Leader Upgrade + Bonding Knife
B Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer
C Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer
Elite Team 2
A Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer Team Leader Upgrade + Bonding Knife
B Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer
C Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer
B) Twinlinked Railgun (Built in), Smart Missile System (Built in), A.S.S.
C) Twinlinked Railgun (Built in), Smart Missile System (Built in), A.S.S.
Somethings I'd like to point out before the obvious is mentioned. It's different, no heavy Kroot screens, no Pathfinders, no plasma.
It's focused on a high volume of shots from accurate units. Pathfinders, while excellent, are expensive and aside from the ability to strip cover, provide diminished benefit in a Twin-Linked list.
Weapons are twinlinked as much as possible. An expensive unit can have 100+ attacks, but if they all miss, what's the point?
Also, while Fire Warriors are reviled as being horrible they do have 5/5 weapons, a 4+ armor save and great enough volume of fire is worth it. 54 Fire Warriors means either 54 30 inch shots of 108 shots at 12 inches. Also, you need them to hold objectives. Fielding a 90 point Devilfish to protect 60 points seems a bad investment over 9 more shots so I'm working on a massed units of Fire Warriors.
The initial change would be to to consider cutting the Kroot and either buff up the Fire Warrior Squads with a full complement and Bonding Knives or 2 more Broadsides equipped with only Target Locks or a Hammerhead or a 2nd HQ Deathrain.
I'm open to all thoughts and feedback.
Troops
Squad 1 9 Tau Fire Warriors
Squad 2 9 Tau Fire Warrior
Squad 3 9 Tau Fire Warrior
Squad 4 9 Tau Fire Warrior
Squad 5 13 Kroot + 6 Hounds
HQ
Shas'el TwinLinked Missile Pod, Flamer
BodyGuard TwinLinked Missile Pod, Flamer
BodyGuard TwinLinked Missile Pod, Flamer
Crisis Suit
Elite Team 1
A Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer Team Leader Upgrade + Bonding Knife
B Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer
C Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer
Elite Team 2
A Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer Team Leader Upgrade + Bonding Knife
B Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer
C Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer
Elite Team 3
A Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer Team Leader Upgrade + Bonding Knife
B Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer
C Twin Linked Missile Pod, Flamer
Fast Attack
A) Piranha with Fusion Blaster and Targeting Array
B) Piranha with Fusion Blaster and Targeting Array
Heavy Support
BroadSides
Team 1
B) Twinlinked Railgun (Built in), Smart Missile System (Built in), A.S.S.
C) Twinlinked Railgun (Built in), Smart Missile System (Built in), A.S.S.
Team 2
A) Twinlinked Railgun (Built in), Smart Missile System (Built in), A.S.S. Team Leader, Bonding Knife, Target Lock, HardWired Drone Controller, 2 Shield Drones
B) Twinlinked Railgun (Built in), Smart Missile System (Built in), A.S.S.
C) Twinlinked Railgun (Built in), Smart Missile System (Built in), A.S.S.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Ethereal AN ACTUAL USE!
Last night I was wondering, how many Pulse Rifles can I fit on the board total?
(More on that later).
And something occurred to me, an actual use for the Ethereal as a commander.
Aside from being cheap, take two of them. Charge one headlong into the opponent to kill them off.
Use the other Ethereal's LD for the save. And baring crazy bad dice, that's one angry Tau Army with Favored Enemy.
-Culain
(More on that later).
And something occurred to me, an actual use for the Ethereal as a commander.
Aside from being cheap, take two of them. Charge one headlong into the opponent to kill them off.
Use the other Ethereal's LD for the save. And baring crazy bad dice, that's one angry Tau Army with Favored Enemy.
-Culain
Sunday, December 12, 2010
1850 Tau VS Chaos SM Bat Rep
1850 Tau VS Chaos SM Bat Rep
Spearhead Objectives (3)
“...we will try a Glorious New Strategy for the Great Good! Any questions?” Shas’el Zero shouted.
“Where are the Devilfish?” Asked Skippy, the young FireWarrior.
“There will be no Devilfish when we remove this plague of Chaos.”
“But Commander,” Skippy continued, “In Firewarrior school we were taught the duty of every Firewarrior was to sit in the Devilfish, hopefully over an objective and wait.”
“This glorious new battle stratagem has the unmatched Firewarriors of the Tau in the field, boldly facing their enemies!”
“But, we’re good at sitting in the bus. I thought the Greater Good was based on sitting in the bus in a comfy chair.” Firewarrior Skippy pressed, with murmurs of approval coming from the masses. “And, how come there’s so many of us. Usually it’s just 12 of us and some Kroot.”
Greater Good help me thought Zero, “The Kroot had what they assured me was an important ritual involving a sacred herb and the munchies. Instead of having all our Firewarriors sitting watching telly in the Devilfish you will take the field of battle. Now go get them! Including you Skippy.”
Round 1 Tau going First
1 Objective in my quarter, 1 in the center and 1 between them.
It was a board with mesas and pillars and a decent hill. Both broadsides teams had a clear view of the field, the Crisis suits hugged cover and the firewarriors covered the majority of the table quarter.
Chaos Space Marines put down 1 transport partially covered by the hill and kept everything else in reserve.
I spread out in my deployment zone to get better lines of sights and ran the Fire Warrior up the hill to the objective. Grabbed LOS with the Broadsides and exploded the transport.
Round 2
I spread out further heading to the remotest objective. The broadsides shot the CSM who got out of the transport ruin. The Piranhas spread out for transports coming off the back line.
Chaos’ bikes come on, and a 2nd transport. Deep striking Obliterators have a mishap and a fatal error. Hilarity ensues. Some Firewarrior losses from the bikes and the rest break and run.
Round 3
Crisis Suits teams + FW teams make the bikes a brief memory and the Broadsides reduce the new transport to chum. More Firewarriors kill the guys who get out.
Round 4
Reduced whatever was on the board to chunky salsa.
Round 5
The Tau hold onto all three objectives.
A demon pops on and using some weird reach attack grapples my HQ Crisis Suit and squad into melee. They spend 2 rounds duking it out on top of the objective.
The other two Obliterator teams deep strike in and set two full FW Teams on Fire. At this point I hold 0, and Chaos contests 2
Round 6
Yay! The obliterators die painfully under a wash of gun fire.
The Crisis Suits beat the Demon to death in melee and the Broadsides vaporize the few remaining Chaos Marines and my opponent is tabled.
Spearhead Objectives (3)
“...we will try a Glorious New Strategy for the Great Good! Any questions?” Shas’el Zero shouted.
“Where are the Devilfish?” Asked Skippy, the young FireWarrior.
“There will be no Devilfish when we remove this plague of Chaos.”
“But Commander,” Skippy continued, “In Firewarrior school we were taught the duty of every Firewarrior was to sit in the Devilfish, hopefully over an objective and wait.”
“This glorious new battle stratagem has the unmatched Firewarriors of the Tau in the field, boldly facing their enemies!”
“But, we’re good at sitting in the bus. I thought the Greater Good was based on sitting in the bus in a comfy chair.” Firewarrior Skippy pressed, with murmurs of approval coming from the masses. “And, how come there’s so many of us. Usually it’s just 12 of us and some Kroot.”
Greater Good help me thought Zero, “The Kroot had what they assured me was an important ritual involving a sacred herb and the munchies. Instead of having all our Firewarriors sitting watching telly in the Devilfish you will take the field of battle. Now go get them! Including you Skippy.”
Round 1 Tau going First
1 Objective in my quarter, 1 in the center and 1 between them.
It was a board with mesas and pillars and a decent hill. Both broadsides teams had a clear view of the field, the Crisis suits hugged cover and the firewarriors covered the majority of the table quarter.
Chaos Space Marines put down 1 transport partially covered by the hill and kept everything else in reserve.
I spread out in my deployment zone to get better lines of sights and ran the Fire Warrior up the hill to the objective. Grabbed LOS with the Broadsides and exploded the transport.
Round 2
I spread out further heading to the remotest objective. The broadsides shot the CSM who got out of the transport ruin. The Piranhas spread out for transports coming off the back line.
Chaos’ bikes come on, and a 2nd transport. Deep striking Obliterators have a mishap and a fatal error. Hilarity ensues. Some Firewarrior losses from the bikes and the rest break and run.
Round 3
Crisis Suits teams + FW teams make the bikes a brief memory and the Broadsides reduce the new transport to chum. More Firewarriors kill the guys who get out.
Round 4
Reduced whatever was on the board to chunky salsa.
Round 5
The Tau hold onto all three objectives.
A demon pops on and using some weird reach attack grapples my HQ Crisis Suit and squad into melee. They spend 2 rounds duking it out on top of the objective.
The other two Obliterator teams deep strike in and set two full FW Teams on Fire. At this point I hold 0, and Chaos contests 2
Round 6
Yay! The obliterators die painfully under a wash of gun fire.
The Crisis Suits beat the Demon to death in melee and the Broadsides vaporize the few remaining Chaos Marines and my opponent is tabled.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Advanced Tau Tactica
So I asked a question relating to *gasp* playing Tau.
Not painting, not fluff, not how to lose and then complain about it on the net on the Forum.
Locked and "Not up to standards" from so mod.
Really, you guys are doing the Tau players no favors with the high-handed fluff bunny elitism.
All I learned from A.T.T. was how to lose.
Thanks for poisoning the faction to newbies you Cry babies!
Not painting, not fluff, not how to lose and then complain about it on the net on the Forum.
Locked and "Not up to standards" from so mod.
Really, you guys are doing the Tau players no favors with the high-handed fluff bunny elitism.
All I learned from A.T.T. was how to lose.
Thanks for poisoning the faction to newbies you Cry babies!
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