Vash Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Going to be playing a game agains tau tonight. I'll fill you guys in On how it goes Please do. I have only been playing Tau, not facing. I would love to see more on how my Ravenwing would do against Tau. So if you have any bikes, please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother dean Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Played "The Relic". Broadsides kill bikes.... Squads of Firewarriors die to two bikes and Sableclaw. Didnt get the BKs into combat but the plasma talons did okay... Only took the drones and one wound off the Riptide(dreadknight). I won but only because he played more timid than I did... He will be better next time. However I did get my Ravenwing concept reinforced as a viable army and I am set on finishing it. http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w20/fred40k2002/The%20Ravenwing/DSCN9708.jpg http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w20/fred40k2002/The%20Ravenwing/DSCN9707.jpg http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w20/fred40k2002/The%20Ravenwing/DSCN9706.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vash Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Hmm. Didnt he have pathfinders? Sounds like he or you did not see much of them. They are pretty much a "must" in a Tau army unless you go for marker drone squad. Well I am happy to hear that the ravenwing did well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger9gamer Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Interesting to see the plate of chicken as terrain... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother dean Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Vanguard Strike set up, so the corner to corner one. Pathfinders are in the center of the "Castle". The other squad I killed with one turn of shooting may have been Pathfinders as well, They were Space Wolf Proxies so I dont remember what they were. He admits he should have put the pathfinders in the trees and moved the Riptide that way for a greater fire arc. I had two turns of very limited incoming fire. Ironicly, he is the one pushing me to go "Fast Firepower" with the Ravenwing and I asked what Pirahnas did... I am a bit troubled about what he is planning now. Houserule is that Drinks do not hinder LOS and cup rings are not water hazzards. He actually said, "Yeah, lets set up so I know where I can put my plate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 I love the mercury hazzards...are they considered dangerous terrain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelVeto Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Right. So I got my butt kicked last night. First loss with the new DEX too. :( Game ended 14- 6 Played the scouring which made me a little antsy about my two speeders, but I chose to go first and set up for maximum spread, but the. He seized the initiative. At the end of his turn one the game was already 3-0 as both my speeders died. After that his tetras (marker light pihrannas) basically ran the board and there was little I could do. As many have said, dropping the marker light units is key. I blame using an experimental list and dice that haven't been used since third Ed and were either tau dice or nid dice (my friend gave me a bunch of his dice and terrain. Think I'm going to not use them anymore) Too bad we can't get any more DA dice haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vash Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Sad to hear that you lost mate :( A personal note is that I usually always deploy as I would go second. Going first is just a bonus, if you want to that is. But, since it was your first time with DA, I wouldn't put to much sorrow in the loss. Tau are really powerful when players don't really know each others codexes nor their own/first time use. What you can be happy about is that you probably learned more from the battle than he did. So you will know what weaknesses your army list has and can now rebuild some minor mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelVeto Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 It was just my first loss with the da. I've played for quite a long time with them. I just didn't expect him to keep his tetras in terrain. There were quite a few mistakes made. I actually would have won if the game ended turn 5. But as you said, my first game against the new tau is expected to bring some issues especially when coupled with an experimental list I've never used before. Next game I play against him will be using my ravenwing list that tables his old DEX consistently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vash Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 It was just my first loss with the da. I've played for quite a long time with them. I just didn't expect him to keep his tetras in terrain. There were quite a few mistakes made. I actually would have won if the game ended turn 5. But as you said, my first game against the new tau is expected to bring some issues especially when coupled with an experimental list I've never used before. Next game I play against him will be using my ravenwing list that tables his old DEX consistently. Now that bat report I will be interestd in reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Angel Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Seconded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelVeto Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 My ravenwing list was Sammy - sableclaw Rwcs SSoD, grenade launcher Two full RAS with melta guns and MMAB NJF with AMB Mortis dread with two lascanons 7 man knight squad. 5 man termies with AC/cf 5 man tac combat squad with a plasma cannon The game was two months ago so I don't have any real notes on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger9gamer Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 so was it or wasn't it with the new tau dex? O.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Sergeant Bohemond Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 so was it or wasn't it with the new tau dex? O.o Read his post below It was just my first loss with the da. I've played for quite a long time with them. I just didn't expect him to keep his tetras in terrain. There were quite a few mistakes made. I actually would have won if the game ended turn 5. But as you said, my first game against the new tau is expected to bring some issues especially when coupled with an experimental list I've never used before. Next game I play against him will be using my ravenwing list that tables his old DEX consistently. my own emphasis added ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger9gamer Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 ohhh okay. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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