Well to be honest , all I hear is that the old fleet is better all around. That's not so. The Old fleet is great at spamming alot of Ordnance and mantas if selected properly. The Protector fleet has some complements of both ordnance and mantas but not nearly enough to make use of the Tau Torp side. On the plus side all cruiser and cap ships have 6+ Armour on the front.They also have increased shields. and slightly higher amount of gun batteries. On average the Custodian is a hefty points sink but it is very deadly and can take alot of hits. with 3 shields. The only downside is that the high cost of the ships means less cap ships and escorts. The only way I was able to fit another cruiser was to add a kroot war sphere( and technically it's not a cruiser). And honestly had alot of fun with that thing. their is no better fleet with them the fleet just plays different.
"OLD FLEET'= More torp and manta spam, basically reload everything and spam
"NEW FLEET"=Higher armour, better gun batteries, thisrequires you to be a little closer to the enemy then lock on and unload your ordanance
Game wise, I usually do well. For this tournament HAD 1 Draw, 1 Win, 1 loss, draw was do to time constraints. I think if we both had 1 more turn things would have turned out for the Tau fleet.
1. IMPERIAL(Charles Everett) Draw
2. ELDAR (James Nicholson) Won
3. TYRANID (Dan Gleason) Lost
Also on an interesting note I think my idea for the kroot war sphere didn't go how I imagined it. the max I could do to take off the station was 3 hts every turn it would at least take 3 turns. I guess I misread the boarding action rules. on the plus I liked the way it worked well with the gun batteries it has. can anyone clear up boarding action for me on that?
