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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:27 pm 
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Quote: (The_Real_Chris @ 15 Oct. 2008, 04:27 )

I don't quite get the Tau strategy. Why after a BL unit moves up do tetras not just co-ord it with a nearby GM formation? So Tetra's double, gm's sustain kinda thing.

Also how did the FW's get close enough to the bikes to be ff'ed? Do you frown on pre-measuring or they marched to get so far forward etc.

To answer your other question, we ususually don´t premeasure but I do it in these dry-runs since I can play only so many mindtricks on myself.

Marching the FWs into the ruins was a mistake, them getting wiped out was bad luck though. I´m still learning Tacu tactics here, getting the Stingrays gutted was a similiar overly bold move, you just can´t do that with Tau.

Same can be said on some of my P-T handling suffered from this as well, I used them like I would have used a Windrider Warhost when they had neither the save nor the FF value.

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On a more positive note, 2 formations of FW in the centre pretty much prevented the BL from taking the T&H, the Bikers did not dare to rush the overwatching Tau unless they were massively suppressed, with the armour decimated only the Banelord could do this and that had spent its missiles by T4.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:30 pm 
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Quote: (Hena @ 15 Oct. 2008, 07:02 )

Is there something missing from here as that's three activations in one go?

Unlikely.

I played the turns one at a time, then went upstairs to the computer to make the turn rep from memory, so minor inaccuracies can happen. With the notebook, I´d type moves as they were executed.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:37 pm 
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Quote: (Hena @ 15 Oct. 2008, 07:04 )

Was there a situation when you had to move with Moray to get LOS or didn't have LOS to target you would have wanted (eg. using skimmer rules to see instead of see all).

Absolutely.

The BL armour on the centre-right made a point of hiding behind the two square buildings there, preventing Moray1 from rushing over from the other flank to get LOS to them in the first place, forcing Moray2 to move to get a single tank into LOS and kept Moray3 on the right flank despite it getting seriously lonely over there since it alone had good LOS into the buildings shadow were the tanks were hiding.

On a side note, and LitS mentioned this in one of the Tau threads, not facing BP weapons made my bunch up BL formations all the time to achieve better concentration of force and make better use of terrain and terrain shadow. Biker assaults were sometimes so-so, due to Tau rolling hits and saves against the odds while BL didn´t, however I pretty much always got everyone into FF range even when clipping, which is more difficult when spread out even with 35cm move.




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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:44 pm 
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Quote: (Hena @ 15 Oct. 2008, 06:02 )

Is there something missing from here as that's three activations in one go?

A co-ordinated fire mission, perhaps?

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:07 pm 
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Nah, I just messed it up, okay?

Will try and write down the actions taken in today´s battle, promise!
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