The 7E book was just a copy-paste with formations added, basically. Burst cannons were 4 shots since 6th edition, though if you're like me your head might still be stuck in the 4th edition codex haha. What's that you say, you are an HQ choice? You're going to make my Brigade org chart? That's why you were always my first love. Hello, my dear sweet Longstrike, I have missed you. The fact that pathfinders are 8 points a pop and you can get Fireblades, Darkstrider, Firesight Marksmen all with high level hitting Markerlights means they are lot easier to get and a lot easier to saturate and a lot easier to hide. They are worse if you want to spread things out against multiple targets, of course. Markerlights really aren't the same anymore - yes, you need more of them, but for getting rid of one threat a turn, they are much better since you can now use multiple units to decisively kill that threat, wheras before, you needed the additional markers. However, with the massive nerf to how markerlights worked, you need to bring twice as many to have a hope of accomplishing anything good.Įveryone gets the bonus for Markerlights now though, you don't remove counters when the bonuses are used. You have to buy the markerlight, so 8 points. The ability to combine overwatch firepower is clearly very powerful, but it also means that it will sometimes be a heroic sacrifice, as the donor loses the ability to fire on units that will later charge them.

Space Communists have now shared a complete look at the Tau Codex, including the all-important points cost.

Tau codex 8th edition pdf