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Tau Empire - Review

Started by Arguleon-veq, April 06, 2013, 06:21:19 PM

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Carrelio

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http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m3130063a_Tau_Empire_v1.0_APRIL13.pdf

It also kind of claims we are Chaos Space Marines...
And it's also a bit like a bad April fools joke, since it's dated April 1st... if only it was...

As an up side it... uh... it RAW lets our warlords take warlord traits...

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InsaneTD

So, why is longstrike, the fabled Hammerhead Tank Ace, Slayer of Warhounds, only a Shas'la? :facepalm001:

The Man They Call Jayne

Because Proofreading is never high on GWs list of things to do. Should be a 'Vre at the very least. Maybe even an 'El.
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Wargamer

Except that he shouldn't. Being a tank ace, or a fighter ace, simply means you have a high kill count. You can be able to put a bullet through a man's left nut at three thousand paces, but that doesn't mean you can lead armies in battle.
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InsaneTD

'Cept he is also supposed to be a Tank Commander. And if all his bond mates died in his famous battle, who was driving the tank then? It was before he got the XV-02. Would of thought the crew of each tank would bond with each other, or the crews of a squadron would bond.

The Man They Call Jayne

Yes, but usually a 'La is a line warrior.  A guy with a Pulse Rifle/Carbine who has only passed his first Trial from a 'Saal rank. He shouldn't even have been IN a Tank untill 'Ui rank at least.
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No, that doesn't really sound right. Shas'la could well be vehicle crew seeing as it's kind of a basic role, although I suppose a squadron commander would be Shas'ui at least.
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The Man They Call Jayne

The fluff also says that only those of the rank of 'Ui or higher get the honour of wearing Battlesuits. Prototypes or not, you would think he would have taken his second Trial and proven that he is more than just being a good shot before they went to the trouble of making him a unique and expensive item of wargear and giving him his own tank.
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Battlesuits are a tad more complex than a tank. Yes, he does have that XV02 Battlesuit, but it's an experimental suit, likely the only one of its kind, so it does make sense it'd be entrusted to the best tank ace the Tau Empire has.

Just keep the context in mind; this guy is not the norm by any measure, in the same way that Pathfinder character is only a Shas'ui / Shas'vre yet should have been promoted countless times by now.
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The Man They Call Jayne

Darkstrider? He currently sits between a 'Vre and an 'El and is kinda off to one side in the command structure.

Officially he is Sub-Commander El'Myamoto.
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Carrelio

Funny enough, the way the Tau ranking system works, rank has no relation to experience or battlefield value.  Take the Fireblade for example.  He simply chooses not to go for the final trial by fire to become a shas'O, but he is theoretically just as skilled (if not more than some). Longstrike could have done the same, and foregone the entire upper echelon of the fire caste system in exchange for his current tasks.  Perhaps he's a bit too 'lone-wolf' to play nice with the other fire warriors (certainly makes sense considering he's insisting the drive a whole tank by himself)?

Fr05ty

Am I reading this right and Farsight can't take drones? His bodyguards have to take the drones for him?

The Man They Call Jayne

The Fireblade statline suggests they ARE Shas'Os. They simply don't want to use Battlesuits, feeling they are better suited to groundpounding with the rest of the Firewarriors.
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InsaneTD

Quote from: Fr05ty on April 10, 2013, 03:38:05 PM
Am I reading this right and Farsight can't take drones? His bodyguards have to take the drones for him?
Correct. Shadowsun is the only named character that can buy drones. Named characters can't normally be modified.

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Quote from: The Man They Call Jayne on April 10, 2013, 03:41:10 PM
The Fireblade statline suggests they ARE Shas'Os. They simply don't want to use Battlesuits, feeling they are better suited to groundpounding with the rest of the Firewarriors.

Longstrike's statline suggests that he is as skilled as a Shas'o, citing "an almost innate ability to handle a Hammerhead" but ranking in the Tau castes have a requisite amount of time at each level. Citing his innate ability to pilot a Hammerhead to explain his BS5, Tank hunter/Preferred Enemy falling under the same mantle, there is nothing to suggest that Longstrike has been enlisted for more than four years, which is the required amount of time before he can stand trial by fire to make Shas'ui.