My Tau army has always been slightly odd. It has all the elements of a generic tau netlist, but it has a couple points that probably stand out as odd.
I really don't understand why people don't like ethereals. I've always played one in my Tau armies, and especially when you are using drones as ablative wounds, being able to reroll ld is a huge buff. I usually just put the ethereal in a kroot unit if up against a shooty opponent, and into some broadsides if my kroots are needed bubblewrapping.
Another lovely toy I've found in the codex is seeker missiles on piranhas. The problem with seekers is that you need 2 markerlights to reliably set off 1 seeker missile. It's pretty expensive. Still, the ability to fire it even while moving flat out and ingoring all terrain but smoke launchers etc. and firing on bs5 make it great imo. I usually zoom the piranhas up on t1 and fire the seekers, hoping to get a nice side shot on stuff like vindicators and predators.
Finally ofcourse we come to the 'weird' looking broadsides. Why would somebody play broadsides without ASS? Well, when you have 3x2 movement isn't as important, you can just deploy them in overlapping lanes of fire, and the extra twin-linked plasma is really good when you need to kill the guys pouring out of those transports. I've personally found the configuration I use on my broadsides to be very effective, especially with the amount of marine armies, or armies including high t models, out there.
Originally I was just planning on posting up my latest Tau list, but this turned into a rather lengthy post where I try to defend the choices I have made. Feel free to state your opinion. Is this list crap? What would you change?
1750pt Tau Empire 4th Ed (2006) Roster
Selections:
HQ (123pts)
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Commander (73pts)
Bonding Knife, Flamer - TL, Missile Pod, Shas'el -
Ethereal (50pts)
Symbols of Office
Elites (546pts)
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XV8 'Crisis' Battlesuit Team (182pts) -
Shas'ui (43pts)
Flamer Twin-Linked, Missile Pod -
Shas'ui (62pts)
Missile Pod, Multi-Tracker, Plasma Rifle -
Shas'ui (62pts)
Missile Pod, Multi-Tracker, Plasma Rifle -
Team Leader (15pts)-
Hard-Wired Drone Controller
Gun Drone
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XV8 'Crisis' Battlesuit Team (182pts) -
Shas'ui (43pts)
Flamer Twin-Linked, Missile Pod -
Shas'ui (62pts)
Missile Pod, Multi-Tracker, Plasma Rifle -
Shas'ui (62pts)
Missile Pod, Multi-Tracker, Plasma Rifle -
Team Leader (15pts)-
Hard-Wired Drone Controller
Gun Drone
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XV8 'Crisis' Battlesuit Team (182pts)-
Shas'ui (43pts)
Flamer Twin-Linked, Missile Pod -
Shas'ui (62pts)
Missile Pod, Multi-Tracker, Plasma Rifle -
Shas'ui (62pts)
Missile Pod, Multi-Tracker, Plasma Rifle -
Team Leader (15pts)-
Hard-Wired Drone Controller
Gun Drone
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Troops (200pts)
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Fire Warrior Team (60pts)
6x Pulse Rifle, 6x Shas'la (60pts) -
Kroot Carnivore Squad (70pts)
10x Kroot -
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Kroot Carnivore Squad (70pts)
10x Kroot
Fast Attack (308pts)
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Pathfinder Team (143pts)
4x Pathfinders (48pts)-
Devilfish (95pts)
Disruption Pod, Gun Drones, Multi-Tracker
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Piranha Light Skimmer Team (165pts)-
Piranha (95pts)
Disruption Pod, Fusion Blaster, 2x Seeker Missile, Targetting Array -
Piranha (70pts)
Fusion Blaster, Targetting Array
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Heavy Support (570pts)
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XV88 Broadside Battlesuit Team (190pts) -
Shas'Ui (85pts)
Multi-Tracker, Twin-Linked Plasma Rifle -
Shas'Ui (85pts)
Multi-Tracker, Twin-Linked Plasma Rifle -
Team Leader (20pts)
Hard-Wired Target Lock-
Hard-Wired Drone Controller (10pts)
Gun Drone
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XV88 Broadside Battlesuit Team (190pts) -
Shas'Ui (85pts)
Multi-Tracker, Twin-Linked Plasma Rifle -
Shas'Ui (85pts)
Multi-Tracker, Twin-Linked Plasma Rifle -
Team Leader (20pts)
Hard-Wired Target Lock-
Hard-Wired Drone Controller (10pts)
Gun Drone
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XV88 Broadside Battlesuit Team (190pts)-
Shas'Ui (85pts)
Multi-Tracker, Twin-Linked Plasma Rifle -
Shas'Ui (85pts)
Multi-Tracker, Twin-Linked Plasma Rifle -
Team Leader (20pts)
Hard-Wired Target Lock-
Hard-Wired Drone Controller (10pts)
Gun Drone
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