Understood. I figured that Tau ranges are already somewhat longer and PFs already have a 30cm Disrupt hit. The sniper drone is a roving sniper rather than a stationary one and that it's a single shot for the whole formation. I would imagine that the sniper ability only applies to shooting not assault as well.

Sound's good to me.

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Yes,its sounds like a cool idea to me.

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Wouldn't this suggestion for a 'virtual' upgrade mean that the 'sniper' could never be killed or suppressed (a sore point in other lists). Could this be represented by an actual drone unit?

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Yes at this point it would. I'm not adverse to nominating a single unit either though. I just figured that a hiding drone controller would be a very abstract idea without us having to convert or have an extra unit. The problem with an extra unit becomes a transport slot in a PF Devilfish something we should try to avoid if possible.

In a 6-size formation would an unsuppressable sniper be OTT? There's not much to breaking the formation, let alone suppressing the sniper.

I'll be honest, although I am in support of a Sniper upgrade for a unit, I am not in favor of some sort of "invisible man" type of upgrade. So it would have to be assigned to a specific unit. I'm also a little uncomfortable with the 45cm range. I understand the logic behind the 45cms, but for some reason that's not sitting well with me.

Also, I'm not going to make a change that doesn't go through testing. So, I think I'm hearing this:

1. Upgrade one unit in a Pathfinder formation for 25 pts
2. Apply the Sniper rule to that unit
3. Ap5+ to hit
4. Range is 45cm

Is that correct?

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Yep that's it.