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Post by Frosty the Pirate on Jan 29, 2022 12:18:57 GMT -5
The long-read: www.goonhammer.com/codex-tau-empire-9th-edition-the-goonhammer-reviewI'm about halfway through. But I gotta go ahead and say I TOLD YOU SO with this quote: EDIT: Lol, finally made it to the list section of the article. You know the hype train is wrong when they present 3 lists and only 1 of them takes a single hammerhead and another takes just Longstrike. Hope nope of y'all rushed out to buy 3/4 hammerheads. That's how good the heavy slot is, that the Hammerhead is the "easiest to cut" option they all debating pulling from their lists. Wow. |
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Jan 29, 2022 15:11:28 GMT -5
well that escalated quickly
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Post by dave on Jan 29, 2022 16:08:08 GMT -5
I don't think any of the lists were meant to be as nasty as possible, but no, I don't think railguns will be the game breaking weapon the internet seems to be losing its mind over. It was nice to see some guys having fun adding the units they like to a list that can still play the game.
They seem pretty positive about the book, and other reviews seem to say the same. Tau definitely have some powerful shooting and (finally) some good movement tricks, but there are also baked in weaknesses that a player will have to avoid.
I'm excited to read that it seems to have good internal balance. I hope to avoid simultaneously getting my ass handed to me for playing with the models I own, and having it suggested that I avoid local tournaments because I play the army that does that unfun drone spam thing.
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Post by LizardTau on Jan 29, 2022 16:16:29 GMT -5
I agree. I think I'll actually play tau again. It's been a while.
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Post by ohgodsnakes on Jan 29, 2022 18:45:22 GMT -5
Tabletop tactics Battle report here. If you want to see the full power of the hammerhead, take a gander. youtu.be/zOdfW9Ar-iU First example at 45:35 is underwhelming, but the second time it comes up at 1:06:45, ooooohhh man, hold on to your butts. It kills stuff. |
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Post by StepwisePilot on Jan 29, 2022 18:56:12 GMT -5
I own a few random tau kits. If I ever make a tau army though, I don't even want a hammerhead. I have an idea in mind for what a potential tau army would look like for me, and it has none of those hammerheads at all. So, nobody can accuse me of meta chasing, hahaha. Well, hopefully they won't anyway.
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Post by LizardTau on Jan 29, 2022 19:11:28 GMT -5
That's how good the heavy slot is, that the Hammerhead is the "easiest to cut" option they all debating pulling from their lists. Wow. yeah with riptides being moved to heavy means hammerheads have to compete with them, broadsides and skyrays. and the whole broadsides getting core and the riptides gun being pretty good makes it a highly contested slot now. but does ease up the elite slot a bit |
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Post by dave on Jan 29, 2022 21:02:20 GMT -5
It's funny because last edition I would have loved to see riptides get moved to heavy. It seemed like everything went into the elite slot. Now it's suddenly feeling pretty tight in the heavy department. Not a real complaint though. Even before this I was playing my hammerheads OR my riptides, never both (but always broadsides).
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Post by voodoo on Jan 29, 2022 21:29:05 GMT -5
Well, it's comforting to know that GW still can't balance Tau properly.
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Post by Typhus on Jan 29, 2022 21:52:06 GMT -5
Well, it's comforting to know that GW still can't balance Tau properly. Or Eldar. |
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Post by lightcavalier on Jan 29, 2022 22:00:03 GMT -5
Well, it's comforting to know that GW still can't balance Tau properly. Because making a faction that only plays in 1-2 parts of a multi phase game has been a bad idea forever. They wrote Tau into a fluff corner thar they can't seem to crunch their way out of Literally nothing is stopping them from introducing a psychic auxiliary race, or making kroot actual good at melee, or introducing a fancy new type of suit that actually does something other than die in the assault step, or have abilities that mess w leadership. Nope just oppressive shooting and sometimes maneuverability....for 20 years now. |
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Post by ohgodsnakes on Jan 29, 2022 22:09:43 GMT -5
It seems no one actually watched my link 🤣😃
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Post by LizardTau on Jan 29, 2022 22:34:23 GMT -5
It seems no one actually watched my link 🤣😃 oh ive seen that bat rep lol. didn't want to spoil it for anyone lol |
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Post by Jack Shrapnel on Jan 29, 2022 22:39:57 GMT -5
I have a really hard time watching their batreps... they're a little too far in the "look how wacky we are" camp... grates on my nerves a bit.
I did move to your second time stamp though to see what you were talking about, which was pretty funny.
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Post by distractedcarnifex on Jan 29, 2022 23:30:40 GMT -5
It seems no one actually watched my link 🤣😃 I watched it - I even left a comment on Youtube. |
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