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Post  Roland Fri Dec 04, 2015 7:12 pm

I plan on getting Montka anyways for my guard, and Farsight Tau would likely be the next army I'd think about collecting so.....

HQ- I'd think one of the FW HQs, or one of the eight (they are basically a specific load out of commanders right? Except one is a Riptide and one is a Broadside?) The Buff mander isn't a choice because you can't get the Sig Systems, correct?

E- Riptides, Ghostkeel or Stealth Suits

T-XV8's. I'm thinking 3x4 man squads

FA- XV9s, XV109, Barracuda or Remoras. FW rox my balls. Also most likely spot to be cut.

HS- XV88 and/or XV107.

The Farsight Cadre lets you take a Retribution Cadre as a Core no?

How would y'all kit this out? I'm thinking Retribution Cadre core and either the Fire Support or Stealth cadres as backup. (And there would be enough there to do CAD regardless)
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Post  Lore Weaver Sun Dec 06, 2015 5:06 pm

The 3 Riptide Formation looks good too.
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Post  Roland Sun Dec 06, 2015 5:40 pm

Yep, the major downside to the Farsight Cadre I'm seeing is losing ObSec on the XV8's. Just take a CAD with the Commander, and the XV8s, add the formations you want and wait for the boom.

I'd probably start with something similar to what you posted last year.
Commander
Riptide
~9-12 XV8s

From there a formation to bulk it out.
Curious as to whether they are tweaking the relics, since most of the ones you can't take with Farsight are available on the eight.
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Post  Lore Weaver Sun Dec 06, 2015 6:49 pm

I don't have the book, but apparently it can also work like the old farsight book, where you can take a CAD and the XV88's count as troops.
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Post  Paz Sun Dec 06, 2015 8:15 pm

Lore Weaver wrote:The 3 Riptide Formation looks good too.

I can tell you right now, you won't get much play with these guys.

3 riptides in a squad is about as much fun as playing against eldar bike spam or wraithknights
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Post  Roland Sun Dec 06, 2015 8:32 pm

Right now I'm thinking
Commander
3x4 XV8

In CAD
Firebase Cadre (Riptide, 2x3 Broadsides)
Optimized Stealth (Ghostkeel, 2x3 Stealth Suits.

Still have to play with points.

Also, it would be ME playing them. What do Nova Reactors do on a 1?
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Post  Rhaevyn Mon Dec 07, 2015 11:49 am

Nothing . cuz the formation has networked reactors and you get to re-roll failed nova attempts.

and.. once per game you get to remove your opponents army from the table... er i mean shoot every gun twice instead of once. which stacks with Ripple Fire, so you shoot 4 times...
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Post  GingerBalls Mon Dec 07, 2015 12:42 pm

Luckily ripple fire only applies to the secondary weapon, so either a TL SMS, TL plasma rifle, or TL fusion blaster.
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Post  Roland Mon Dec 07, 2015 7:48 pm

First pass....
+++ Tau Farsight 1750 (1707pts) +++

++ Tau Empire: Supplement - Farsight Enclaves (2013) (Combined Arms Detachment) ++

+ HQ +

Brightsword - Commander [Advanced Targeting System, Crisis Battlesuit, Fusion Blades, Stimulant injector, Twin-linked Fusion Blaster, Warscaper Drone]
··Shield Drone [Shield Generator]

+ Elites +

XV104 Riptide [Early Warning Override, Earth Caste Pilot Array, Ion Accelerator, Riptide Battlesuit, Riptide Shield Generator, Stimulant Injector, Twin-linked Fusion Blaster]

XV104 Riptide [Counterfire Defence System, Heavy Burst Cannon, Riptide Battlesuit, Riptide Shield Generator, Twin-linked Plasma Rifle, Velocity Tracker]

+ Troops +

XV8 Crisis Team [Bonding Knife Ritual]
··Crisis Shas'ui [Crisis Battlesuit, 2x Fusion Blaster]
··Crisis Shas'ui [Crisis Battlesuit, 2x Fusion Blaster]
··Crisis Shas'ui [Crisis Battlesuit, 2x Fusion Blaster]

XV8 Crisis Team [Bonding Knife Ritual]
··Crisis Shas'ui [2x Burst Cannon, Crisis Battlesuit]
··Crisis Shas'ui [2x Burst Cannon, Crisis Battlesuit]
··Crisis Shas'ui [2x Burst Cannon, Crisis Battlesuit]

XV8 Crisis Team [Bonding Knife Ritual]
··Crisis Shas'ui [Crisis Battlesuit, 2x Flamer, Vectored retro-thrusters]
··Crisis Shas'ui [Crisis Battlesuit, 2x Flamer]
··Crisis Shas'ui [Crisis Battlesuit, 2x Flamer]

XV8 Crisis Team (compulsory) [Bonding Knife Ritual]
··Crisis Shas'ui [Crisis Battlesuit, 2x Plasma rifle]
··Crisis Shas'ui [Crisis Battlesuit, 2x Plasma rifle]
··Crisis Shas'ui [Crisis Battlesuit, 2x Plasma rifle]

+ Heavy Support +

XV88 Broadside Team [Bonding Knife Ritual]
··Broadside Shas'ui [Broadside Battlesuit, Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System, Velocity Tracker]
··Broadside Shas'ui [Broadside Battlesuit, Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System, Velocity Tracker]

XV88 Broadside Team [Bonding Knife Ritual]
··Broadside Shas'ui [Broadside Battlesuit, Twin-linked Heavy Rail Rifle, Twin-linked Plasma Rifle, Velocity Tracker]
··Broadside Shas'ui [Broadside Battlesuit, Twin-linked Heavy Rail Rifle, Twin-linked Plasma Rifle, Velocity Tracker]

XV88 Broadside Team [Bonding Knife Ritual]
··Broadside Shas'ui [Broadside Battlesuit, Counterfire Defence System, Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]
··Broadside Shas'ui [Broadside Battlesuit, Counterfire Defence System, Twin-linked High-Yield Missile Pod, Twin-linked Smart Missile System]

+ Primary Detachment +

Primary Detachment

One of the Riptides and 2 of the XV88 units are a detachment. The remainder can be a CAD or a Retaliation Cadre, depending on what kind of jank I feel like.

Working on a Opt. steah cadre to replace the Firebase
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Post  Roland Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:08 pm

And yes, that's a commander built as bright sword, one of the ruptures is ogres w/o his drones, and one of the broadside is oblitor9 or whatever his name is w/o his drones.

Plan would be lots of magnets, so I could convert to the Eight for stupid fun.
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