There seems to a resurgence in space games right now, with X-Wing/Armada, Halo, Dropzone Commanders space effort and a few others on the horizon, and a few locals here have decided that BFG is worth dusting off.... and I am certainly not going to argue.
This will be an opportunity for me to collect a small fleet. I wont be using official miniatures, and will proxy my ships, so none of the following is affected in any way by the availability/coolness of the ship designs.
I am going through my options - I am tempted by an Eldar fleet, but I always found the movement rules got in the way of my plans and they are very fragile. I really want a fleet that is solid and dependable and reliable, but also flexible.
I was also looking at both the Tau lists. The GW list seems ok, but it appears on paper to be undergunned, and I look over it struggling to find the numbers. A Tau Hero Cruiser is OK, with torpedoes, and a couple of launch bays and a few weapons batteries, but the ships seem to try to be good at everything. Compare that to the Eldar or Imperials, and their Cruisers will throw out double the weapon battery numbers and drop the lances to do it, but have more ship options.
So, questions....
- What are the comments on the GW Tau fleet list and stats. Are they a solid fleet, or do they struggle against the core blue book forces?
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of the two available Tau fleets, and what kind of play styles do they suit?
I realise that I could probably go with Imperials or Chaos and get a core, solid fleet, but I like the idea of trying a different fleet list and I never really got into Tau in BFG (or Tyranids, Necrons or Ad Mech).
Thanks.
