Traitors, all of you!

[Icarus Athrasuriel]

Railguns perhaps?

Other than that, I dont see any appeal in the Tau. In fact, I dont see any appeal in any of the non-Imperium armies atm.

[Torquemada Coteaz]

they butchered railgun physics with 40k, and moreso with dawn of war dark crusade

[Commisar General Pereira]

The tau are a lackluster army heres one example.

I left most of my good army at a friend's house and only had
30 to about 36 stormtroopers,3 pykers,3 commissars,enough regular troops for a vet squad,a command squad with one laser destroyer and a regular leman russ in a 2000 pt game in city fight meat grinder.

my xeno enemy had two hammerheads,one sky ray,and several fire warriors and pathfinders with two groups of kroot and his HQ of battlesuits

in the end he only killed off about one squads worth of storm troopers and destroyed my Leman russes battle cannon.I took out his army save for one pathfinder unit that stayed in one corner lesson-don't play with tau and buy space marines instead.

[Torquemada Coteaz]

Well given it was cityfight, I'd have bet on the guardsmen against any tau army...

[MarkedByChaos]

Tau have Mobility over IG, that is the big difference, that and the Tau's standard issue side arm is b'dass (the differences between Lasguns and Pulse Rifles are rather obvious I think)! I have both armies now mind you, and if it is a stand and see how much I can blow off the table then IG are for me, If I am going to be defending position IG all the way! But, for tactical style of play I chose Tau, they lend them selves to fine percision more efficiently I find (not that IG is lacking though)

and, Commisar General Pereira...
you still had a decent army, the Tau doesn't sound so solid, especially for Meatgrinder which the IG excell at!

[Torquemada Coteaz]

ah.
well regarding the previous post, tau have some trouble against SM.
especially when their assault troops can survive your shooting by using cover and some good saving

[MarkedByChaos]

i absolutely agree Torquemada Coteaz, but the key to playing any army is being able to utalize the field and play the army/units smartly. IG have the same weakness against SMs/CSMs. so how is it that you overcome that weekness using IG (or Tau), lists can change, but points ballance out, its the tactics of the game I care about.

[Stubber]

True. The elite armies of the smaller games become very average very fast in games exceeding 2000pts.

Ever played IG against Marines in a combat patrol.

[Houder]

i play tau as a main army and i plan on making an auxillary army of ig for my tau and anzac force too

so i'm really serving the greater good and have never served the impurium

[masterofweirdness]

Tau never appealed to me. I don't mind them, but I doubt I'll ever play them. The IG on the other hand have potential...

[hairyyahoo]

Originally Posted by Steellegioncpt

I've noticed something disturbing within the ranks. A pattern that I wish I had not found. That is, a lot of Imperial Guard players play Tau as well, either as a second, main, or side project army. I for one am guilty of this, but I found my wrong doings and paid for my mistakes. Why do we take up the arms of a xenos? I mean the amries are extremely similar, so why bother? Damn traitors.

I'm with you man, its like collecting spacemarines and then giving chaos a go. Both armies are too similar to make owning both worth it in my opinion. So, the choice comes down to this; Fight for His-grand-immortal-benefecient-badassness on earth or join a hippy love-in?!?

Greater good my hairy butt!!!

[infiniti]

i like play as tau and as my space marine chapter the white dragons i dont have more than combat patrol for tau but i still like playig as them

for the greater good
for the emporer

[Colonel Marbi Chora]

Grrrr, tau.. Emperor I dislike them. They took the only thing good for the guard, lottsa firepower! I am a devote Imperial Guard player, and I have grudges against the tau for being able to outshoot us with so much firepower.

[lynxrpken]

TRATORS ALL OF YOU I will watch you burn for your sins against the emperor. All of this talk of tau is hericy you are all blasfemers. fighting against annother impearial army is one thing, but taking up in the arms of the Xenos? You all discust me, all of you!!!

[minmaxticus]

Originally Posted by lynxrpken

TRATORS ALL OF YOU I will watch you burn for your sins against the emperor. All of this talk of tau is hericy you are all blasfemers. fighting against annother impearial army is one thing, but taking up in the arms of the Xenos? You all discust me, all of you!!!

*heresy *blasphemers *Imperial *Tau *another *disgust

Wow, Lynx, are all you Imperial Pigs as "well read" as you are? Explains why so many Imperials die in futile, stubborn resistance of the greater good... can't read their weapon's instructions, much less the orders to surrender.

J/K J/K

But seriously, I play Tau for one main reason: giant robots. I like Giant Robots, and Tau got'em. Well, that's the reason I got started with them. I continue to play Tau because they are a high firepower, high mobility army.
I am considering adding auxiliaries from the Imperial List, however, for their high versatility. But as for Tau being pansies, someone should see my Firewarriors roll (like champs) sometimes. They've taken down Phoenix Lords, thankyaverymuch.

[lynxrpken]

Originally Posted by minmaxticus

*heresy *blasphemers *Imperial *Tau *another *disgust

Wow, Lynx, are all you Imperial Pigs as "well read" as you are? Explains why so many Imperials die in futile, stubborn resistance of the greater good... can't read their weapon's instructions, much less the orders to surrender.

J/K J/K

But seriously, I play Tau for one main reason: giant robots. I like Giant Robots, and Tau got'em. Well, that's the reason I got started with them. I continue to play Tau because they are a high firepower, high mobility army.
I am considering adding auxiliaries from the Imperial List, however, for their high versatility. But as for Tau being pansies, someone should see my Firewarriors roll (like champs) sometimes. They've taken down Phoenix Lords, thankyaverymuch.

damn you freaky robot lover

[hairyyahoo]

Originally Posted by minmaxticus

They've taken down Phoenix Lords, thankyaverymuch.

and then comes the assult phase sushi anyone?

[lynxrpken]

here comes hairy to lay the smack down.

i'll give you that tau has mobility over IG but then again gaurd fields more heavy weapons and tanks than any other army

what other army are you going to get 10 tanks on a standard list

[minmaxticus]

Originally Posted by hairyyahoo

and then comes the assult phase sushi anyone?

Actually, that was in CLOSE COMBAT, j00 f00.

[lynxrpken]

I smite you for invading out sacred forum with this tau rederic.
having a good day though I hope

[minmaxticus]

Originally Posted by lynxrpken

I smite you for invading out sacred forum with this tau rederic.
having a good day though I hope

Meanwhile, on AIM...

MINMAXTICUS: RHETORIC! It's spelt R H E T O R I C!
LYNX: LMAO
MINMAXTICUS: -kills you with your own baneblade via bluntforce trauma-

[thebarnet]

i started of playing tau 1 fire warrior box was all i had then i saw the new plastic cadians and it was love at 1st site now is am a gaurds man and petey or qwerty or slow or any of the other nutters in GW leicester who know me will tell you i cary the primer and the munoreum manual with me at all time

[Word Bearer 81007]

i just bought 6-7000 pts. of guard my 3,000pts of chaos need them some traitor guard. hahahahahahahah. and for the record i like the fishy's they have cool basic rifles gotta love the strenght 5 plastic rifle. that's why they don't fair so well in CC. there rifle breaks when the swing it. think about it. alas i got to go about painting my traitors.

[Bremmer925]

Originally Posted by minmaxticus

*heresy *blasphemers *Imperial *Tau *another *disgust

They've taken down Phoenix Lords, thankyaverymuch.

Not bad, but I've got a squad of ratlings that took down Grey Knight terminators in close combat. That's why my ratling sergent hs a choppa.