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Dec 6, 2011 17:45:17 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2011 17:45:17 GMT -5
I heard a near complete remake will be coming out in the first semester of 2012. It will include :
- A new alien race. - Kroot HQ choice. - New codex. - New rules.. - Battlesuits as troop choice if your commander is in a battlesuit.
And some other stuff....
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Tau
Dec 6, 2011 18:36:20 GMT -5
Post by colonelnothus on Dec 6, 2011 18:36:20 GMT -5
Just when I finally settle on a specific army, they tempt me with MORE kroot? *remembers the hours pouring over kroot mercenaries lists...*
Though a new alien race would be interesting, I just hope they;re not a single unit like Vespids. Kroot are much cooler with their own culture and multiple units.
So, if this is correct, which is a big if, then you could technically have a tau army, without actually having any tau? Sweet... XD
Nothus
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Tau
Dec 6, 2011 21:05:02 GMT -5
Post by connor on Dec 6, 2011 21:05:02 GMT -5
i seem to recall myths and legends around my local game store, passed around by the old timers, regarding deadly armies of nothing but Kroot mercenairesl.
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Tau
Dec 7, 2011 2:31:41 GMT -5
Post by Empirespy on Dec 7, 2011 2:31:41 GMT -5
I would prefer it if they expanded the Tau, and the already existing auxiliaries, instead of adding a new race, but that's just me...
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Tau
Dec 7, 2011 5:55:42 GMT -5
Post by 3ff3ct on Dec 7, 2011 5:55:42 GMT -5
Maybe thats what they're doing? Everyone loves Kroot, and the Vespid have taken a bit of a back seat. What about more Vespid units? I'd love an all Kroot army, I know I've got enough of the little blighters
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Tau
Dec 7, 2011 12:02:53 GMT -5
Post by colonelnothus on Dec 7, 2011 12:02:53 GMT -5
I loved all the different upgrades you could chose for them, which was supported very well by the fluff. An all kroot army, on a board nearly complete with woodland, vs a catachan force. Now that'd be cool...
Vespid troops and/or HQ would be cool too. Nothus
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Tau
Dec 14, 2011 0:58:27 GMT -5
Post by F.K.M on Dec 14, 2011 0:58:27 GMT -5
Vespids need more love in my opinion. The have the speed and initiative that the other tau don't have and desperately need. Besides they just seem more interesting somehow at least to me. You have bugs with guns and good initiative vs some ok combat troops and some great shooting weapons for the main tau force. Vespids to me have more flavor than kroot because they are a very alien race as bugs tend to be.
Some things tau would need to fix are making ethereals viable (never seen anybody use them) and making vespids and other auxiliaries viable.
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Tau
Dec 14, 2011 2:29:17 GMT -5
Post by Empirespy on Dec 14, 2011 2:29:17 GMT -5
I actually like the rules for ethereals as they are, it's very fluffy and yet you can still have a decent unit, BS 4 firewarriors anyone? I think the fact that you can get an unequipped battlesuit commander for the same cost as an ethereal is what puts people off, as it is obviously superior in combat ability to the ethereals. Vespid are just marine killers, they can move 12" shoot an ap3 gun then charge, or forego shooting and run due fleet. All for less than a marine. I again think that the reason they are less taken is because they are up against pathfinders and piranahs for FA slots, and so they take a back bench.
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Tau
Dec 14, 2011 9:24:05 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2011 9:24:05 GMT -5
I'd love to see an official Kroot army list. Instead of those awful chapter approved and sub lists.
If the new kroot models look good, and the new HQ is interesting instead of those identical shapers with weapon swap arms then I might just consider a pure kroot force ;-)
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Tau
Dec 14, 2011 12:41:33 GMT -5
Post by Shostak(AWOL) on Dec 14, 2011 12:41:33 GMT -5
I once saw a Kroot army on Dakka that used th Ork rules. It was pretty awesome.
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Tau
Dec 16, 2011 5:23:11 GMT -5
Post by Dazza22 on Dec 16, 2011 5:23:11 GMT -5
How about the Hrud being inducted into the Tau Empire... no?... it could happen...
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Hookah, S.C.
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Tau
Dec 16, 2011 8:00:31 GMT -5
Post by Hookah, S.C. on Dec 16, 2011 8:00:31 GMT -5
I've heard various rumors (of probably unsubstantiated origin) that the Demiburg will be added to the Tau Empire.
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Tau
Dec 16, 2011 10:28:10 GMT -5
Post by ElegaicRequiem on Dec 16, 2011 10:28:10 GMT -5
Watch Mat Ward get the Tau codex. The BA got chummy with the Necrons, the Tau can brofist the Ultramarines.
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Tau
Dec 16, 2011 10:41:03 GMT -5
Post by Havoc on Dec 16, 2011 10:41:03 GMT -5
I've heard various rumors (of probably unsubstantiated origin) that the Demiburg will be added to the Tau Empire. Source needed.
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Tau
Dec 16, 2011 13:12:04 GMT -5
Post by johnboy069 on Dec 16, 2011 13:12:04 GMT -5
Watch Mat Ward get the Tau codex. The BA got chummy with the Necrons, the Tau can brofist the Ultramarines.[/quote Lol!!
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Tau
Dec 16, 2011 15:58:26 GMT -5
Post by Empirespy on Dec 16, 2011 15:58:26 GMT -5
Ultramarines and tau have been friends, or at least organised truces, read firewarrior, and be afraid, because Ward might think that Kais is what a normal firewarrior should be like rules wise. Be very afraid ;D.
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Hookah, S.C.
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Tau
Dec 17, 2011 9:58:31 GMT -5
Post by Hookah, S.C. on Dec 17, 2011 9:58:31 GMT -5
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Tau
Dec 17, 2011 16:57:18 GMT -5
Post by Rolling Thunder on Dec 17, 2011 16:57:18 GMT -5
Irony, you perpetuated each other's rumours.
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Tau
Dec 17, 2011 17:20:44 GMT -5
Post by Hookah, S.C. on Dec 17, 2011 17:20:44 GMT -5
Very Aristophanes.
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Tau
Dec 18, 2011 19:01:40 GMT -5
Post by F.K.M on Dec 18, 2011 19:01:40 GMT -5
You guys do know Mat Ward usually handles the MEQ armies right? That's why tau may yet have hope.
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Tau
Dec 24, 2011 11:59:58 GMT -5
Post by kogtoof on Dec 24, 2011 11:59:58 GMT -5
alright here is what my freind in the development team tells me I can share with you, keep in mind that the designs are not in the final stage and a few things are prone to changing.
-Demiurg allies (this is one of the previously mentioned Ideas, there is a group in the development team which is trying to push the idea) -New vespid unit and new gun for vespid. -Firewarrior heavy weapons, there will be an anti-tank or anti- infantry heavy weapon choice (an upgrade to the unit I believe for every 5 or 10 firewarriors you may equip 1 with this weapon) -Barricuda (or similer flyer, might have a different name) -Possible human allies (rogue guard militia that joined Tau, also an Idea pitched by the development team and might not make it into the codex) -Kroot commander (possibility to make a kroot mercinaries army) -Kroot warriors will have either a 5+ or a 6+ save -Battlesuit commander allows you to take ONE battlesuit unit as a troop choice. -A CC battlesuit (possibly commander farsight) -A new ethereal named character -ethereals will get upgraded to fit their role as the leader of the tau army (not the best combat or shooting but unlocks some really nice tricks you can use) -Possible tau deepstriking dropship (smaller version of the Orca similer armour to the valkyrie) -upgraded weapons for the drones which will be able to be included in almost every TAU unit you can have (similer to how it it now) -tank hunter weapon for drones or used for heavy infantry/ light tank armour. (I believe s7 ap3)
This is all I can tell you guys now but those tau players out there will love this new codex.
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Tau
Dec 25, 2011 6:45:55 GMT -5
Post by Empirespy on Dec 25, 2011 6:45:55 GMT -5
As for the heavy weapons in tai fire teams, it goes specifically against fire warrior doctrine to have organically integrated heavy weapons, so I would believe that there should be heavy weapon drones instead.
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Tau
Dec 25, 2011 7:06:32 GMT -5
Post by Paradill on Dec 25, 2011 7:06:32 GMT -5
So the Tau will become Imperial Guard with gills and fancy armour? Doesn't feel particularly unique to me, just an elite IG. I have been proven wrong on many, many occasions so feel free to /ignore..
Paradill
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Tau
Dec 25, 2011 20:37:02 GMT -5
Post by egon on Dec 25, 2011 20:37:02 GMT -5
One heaavy weapon for every five firewarrior sounds a bit OTT, but then again, you never know. I would love to see kroot mercenaries that could actually work for other armies though. It would totally suit my guardsmen to have some "native scouts" working for them.
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Tau
Dec 25, 2011 22:06:12 GMT -5
Post by kogtoof on Dec 25, 2011 22:06:12 GMT -5
As for the heavy weapons in tai fire teams, it goes specifically against fire warrior doctrine to have organically integrated heavy weapons, so I would believe that there should be heavy weapon drones instead. yeah, my friend was a little vaugue on that one, it might be an upgrade for a firewarrior or a drone. I know it depends on the number of models but im not sure if it is a heavy weapon or just a different weapon, (I believe one of the profiles is S7 Ap4 or Ap3)
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