Hi everyone,
I’ve only very recently come to play battlefleet gothic, but from all I’ve read about it, it seems like an awesome game and I really look forward to trying it out. My local Games Workshop has announced they will be holding a BFG campaign over the course of the summer, and I’d like to take part.
I recently picked up some relatively cheap Tau models from the specialist games range (not sure what everyone’s problem with them is, I fell in love with the look right away), and while I’m sure they will make a great start to my army I would like some opinions on what I should look to be getting next (since SG Tau are not the cheapest ships in the world and I don’t want to make too many more mistakes than I already have).
My eventual goal is to have different fleet options all the way up to 2500-3000 points. While not many people at my GW play BFG yet (they are all buying fleets now) the local meta is very very competitive so I would like to try and make the list as strong as possible in an attempt to pre-emptively counter for that in the coming campaign.
I have done a lot of research over the past couple days (read every article on this site, and much of what other sites have had to say about Tau, or BFG fleets in general), and some conclusions of what would make a powerful Tau fleet stuck out. A powerful ordinance phase typified mostly by resilient bombers, and underpriced heroes kept in check by the need to be accompanied by other capital ships. Tau escorts look powerful, and they are, however escorts have a series of weaknesses which make them riskier to use.
With those points in mind I currently own the following:
1 Explorer
2 Merchants
2 Heroes
17 Defenders (don’t ask...)
3 Messengers
8 Orcas
To better power up the list I was thinking of adding:
2 Explorers
2 heroes
8 orcas (2 packs)
However, given that that is $200 before the taxes or shipping costs, I thought it might be a better idea to hear what everyone thought before I rushed in to buying more stuff. Any advice would be helpful, not just about the purchases, but in playing SG Tau in general!
Thanks!
Carrelio