February Tau Rumours

[Narric]

As we need fresh talking material, I've had a trawl through of Feaits' backlog of postings, and found some new info.

http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/tau-and-eldar-hints-whats-missing.html

Going on the logic that miniatures removed from Warhammer Worlds' display means playtesting, Tau and Eldar are defnately in the works.

http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/new-races-for-tau-codex.html

Specifically to Tau, there will be no new races included, though Kroot and Vespid are being expanded.

If anybody has other sources they'd like to post, go on right ahead


Edit

As if in answer to our want:
http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/shadowsun-tau-book-right-around-corner.html

With Black Library material appearing for Tau, its definately very close.

[BigToof]

Faeit has had lots of info about a possible APRIL drop for Tau, but I'm not sure...

I'd love to believe it, but still skeptical.

I must say, if and when it does hit, I'll be far happier

Wait... who's writing it again?

Oh... yeah...  hmmm....

Best,
-BT

[Narric]

A couple of the recent rumours are interesting.

Apparently, the Tau Codex has been taken of the site, along with the Hammerhead.

Checking the site myself, I can still order a copy, so it may just be unavailable to retailers.

A GW staff member made an FB wall post that implied they had heard about Tau in WD.

Onto tau models, forge world had some interesting stuff:
http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tau-model-pics-from-gamesday.html

I'm interested to find out why Farsight now has a Forge World model variant.

[Cammerz]

Those Games Day pics are several years old, pay them no heed.
The interesting information is the things being removed from the GW site, however I'm looking at their page now and it looks like it's all still there, only at a higher price than when I last looked (which is usual for GW).

[The Man They Call Jayne]

I loved that Gamesday Farsight. I really hope they use it, or something similar. Tau suits should be so much more dynamic and fluid than they are now.

[Narric]

Latest rumours from Faeit

http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tau-rumors-broadsides-with-skyfire-and.html

Knee-jerk reaction is I'm pissed there is no FOC changing HQs. WTF?! Tau not special enough for that??!!

Crisis suits coming in 3s, with Commandeer parts included.

Fire Warriors cheaper, Kroot are weaker (-1 Strength)

I like the sound of the abilities.

Contradiction spotted. I'm sure someone e-mailed in saying that there would be NO NEW races in the codex, yet here he is reporting nothing is mentioned about new races

Nothing to report for Kroot and Vespid other than the Str decrease for Troop Kroot.

[The Man They Call Jayne]

Why are Kroot being made weaker? Unless they are getting a major buff elsewhere, they would be worthless at S3.

[BlackPowderChocobo]

My FLGS was told that it cannot order any more Tau items, including Crisis Suit boxes.  Dum dum dum!

[Narric]

A nice rash of Tau posts have appeared on Faeit.

http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/crisis-suit-variant-and-ubersuit.html

The Ubersuits is potentially named "Riptide." which sounds like a named character to me, so will be interesting to see what it actually is.

http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tau-crisis-suits.html

A change to the Battlesuit, and its the ehad people are talking about? So far as I am concern, the legs were the only real point that needed a change, with Posable arms as a something to wish for.

http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tau-codex-author-is-wait-for-it.html

Vetock? Alright, whos been going around my brain? I though i was the one that invented strasnge sounding names for normal people. Freakin' humans, think they own my brain.

Supposedly, the Uber is not a HS. This leads me to think its a Special Character, rather than a customizable unit. Maybe along the lines of a Tau "Sammuel"

2nd posting to imply a massed version of Overwatch.

And Skyfire is an upgrade wargear.

Not sure if I like the sound of new models. Updated kits, I'll have no concerns, but if they've completely changed the models, well....

[Cammerz]

Jeremy Vetock wrote the Skaven army book, that wasn't bad, I'm much happier now I know it isn't Ward or Cruddace.

[Scout Sergeant Mkoll]

Jeremy Vetock wrote the Skaven army book, that wasn't bad, I'm much happier now I know it isn't Ward or Cruddace.

He also wrote the Dark Angels book. That was bad.

The mass overwatch idea is interesting. Not sure I see the benefit though really unless you are only being charged by 1 unit, which is rare. Of course that's assuming you can only overwatch once with each unit, though why/how on earth they could suggest otherwise is beyond me. So potentially useful, but in most cases I see that as more of a waste of points to be honest.

Combat suit I don't like the sound of for reasons I've already explained, but I quite like the idea of the "uber-suit" being a HQ rather than Heavy. Though frankly I don't see anything competing with Hammerheads and Broadsides for HS slots anyway.

If the flier get Railguns it needs to cost through the roof. Obviously depending on armour too, but being able to laugh at pretty much any vehicle knowing that your opponent needs 6s to hit you with most of their weapons sounds ever so slightly excessive. Though the lack of a dedicated transport flier is encouraging, Necrons are bad enough for that as it is.

Railgun "line effect" is hopefully wrong. S10 AP1 weapons with a 6ft range do NOT need any kind of bloody boost thanks. Overload for Ion weapons could be interesting. I'm assuming they'll function similar to Bladestorm in that they stop you firing the weapon in the following turn.

I'll wait to see if any of the rest reappear before commenting on them I think as pretty much all that's left is stuff the author has declared unlikely himself.

[Narric]

For those willing to look, there have a been a lot of Tau related posts over on Faeit. Too many for me to sit through and link.

Annoyingly, I don't have my copy of Skaven at disposal, if indeed I bought it. And as I'm slowly walking away from GW in general, I'm not interested in buying the DA book

[Arguleon-veq]

Just on the whole last Skaven book not being bad, they were perhaps the most broken fantasy army around when they first come out.

[salamut2202]

http://blog.spikeybits.com/2013/03/the-rumors-are-true-tau-cometh-first.html

Interesting pics

[Pottsey]

Jeremy Vetock wrote the Skaven army book, that wasn't bad, I'm much happier now I know it isn't Ward or Cruddace.

If the flier get Railguns it needs to cost through the roof. Obviously depending on armour too, but being able to laugh at pretty much any vehicle knowing that your opponent needs 6s to hit you with most of their weapons sounds ever so slightly excessive. Though the lack of a dedicated transport flier is encouraging, Necrons are bad enough for that as it is.

Railgun "line effect" is hopefully wrong. S10 AP1 weapons with a 6ft range do NOT need any kind of bloody boost thanks. Overload for Ion weapons could be interesting. I'm assuming they'll function similar to Bladestorm in that they stop you firing the weapon in the following turn.

I'll wait to see if any of the rest reappear before commenting on them I think as pretty much all that's left is stuff the author has declared unlikely himself.

The rumours which turned out to be true about the flyers, names and super suit said rail guns are now STG 8 but come with free A.S.S and can gain skyfire. Rail weapons seem to now come in 3 versions. As for the Flier I only spotted missile pods no rail weapons. No idea on bomber stats or other Flier weapons. The Sum Shark & Razorshark flyers look like Piranha Skimmers, I wonder if the Piranha would make a nice stand in model for play testing. Perhaps we could convert a Piranha to save spending £40 per flyer. Riptide battlesuit £50