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I put this in the main response thread but I guess it should have its own thread so any other special rule reductions can be thrown in and the whole thing looked at as one list.
Special rules
So you want to drop some? Follow the Eldars shining example of dropping 2? (And who would have agreed with that when those rules were being divised, well actualy I hope everyone!)
First - the cunning drop!
Make networked drones a character upgrade!
And why not? It essentially is - adds to a unit, gives extra abilities but no stand itself etc. This cuts down the special rules section, puts it in a unit summary for an opponent to easily see and so on.
Second - the 'painless' drop
Robitic sentry. Most people will not seed the table with them. You are unlikely to see more than a 100 points spent on them. And they deserve a special rule? Bite the bullet. Make them 0-1 in the army, formation of 6, teleport, markerlights. Yes its an activation that does nothing (appart from marshal) - see it as a 'tactical pause' enabled by excellent battlefield info they are relalaying. Yes they could take an objective (perhaps they provide that much area denial), so perhaps they would have to cost 100 points, but still they aren't as bad as an Orca at snatching as they have to teleport in.
Third - the 'slight power-up'
Drop Tau Supreme Commander, make him a normal supreme commander and give him co-ord fire as well. Yes it means you have one unit capable of calling a combined assault, but is this really against the fluff? This guy is a supreme commander, veterin of a thousand battles - yes his troops ain't that hot in assaults but he would see the benifit of if you are going to do it, do it right. Plus if your tau get too close together intermingling is worse than anyone else (as the formation being clipped is not that hot defence wise).
Edit - I like Hena's idea of merging it with the co-ord fire rule saying it replaces the commander in supreme commander.
Forth - Questionable
Make the grot ability in the Ork list a eneric 'disposable' special rule in main list of rules. Then apply to drones in Tau list. If you want them to defend vehicles make them LV. Not too much a problem, maybe would need a points drop but I doubt it that much, and if they die they aren't adding blast markers are they?
Rules to add
Orca - stop the Orca popcorn list/taking 9 Orca as standard in 2700 battles.
I think the 1 per Cadre ain't that hot, you can still have a lot to use as bombers and objective captures.
Best solutions I've seen are immediate disengage, can't capture objectives or must start the game loaded.
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