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While it's more or less random who plays against who with my friends, we do tend to generally end up going "good guys" vs "bad guys" (or as close to it as the Grim Darkness of the Far Future can have) so I, having two flavors of Chaos army, always end up playing against the same people. Basically, I want a "good guy" army of sorts, but I'm not sure what I want.
I know I don't want loyalist Space Marines. Everyone and their mother plays Space Marines. Even people who have no idea what Warhammer is secretly play Space Marines. That and I already play Chaos Marines, which are basically just Emo Space Marines. So, definitely don't want that.
Imperial Guard I would consider, except that you need WAY too many models and that's WAY more money than I want to spend on a third army. That and we already have a friend in our group who only plays Imperial Guard. He plays the least, but still... at least our other "good guy" players have other armies they play sometimes.
So... that leaves me with either Eldar or Tau. I have one friend who plays Eldar and have never even met anyone in person who even owns Tau, so at first I considered going that rout... until I posted my list and people made me realize I needed to change so many things that I really should just start it over from scratch. My one Eldar friend is easily our best player, but I've been studying the codex a bit and I have no clue how he pulls off what he does with them.
Long story short, I have no idea how to play either army viably. I'd prefer to go with Tau just because it's different, but realizing I have absolutely no idea how to play them and stand a chance is a bit disheartening. Eldar might turn out to be more my style, but I likewise have no clue what I should be doing with them. I tried reading the official tactical articles on the GW site, and they pretty much lead me to my horrible excuse to a Tau list, so I'm not bothering over there anymore.
So, if anyone could help me out by summing up some of the more effective strategies for either Tau or Eldar (or both) I would be very appreciative.
I know I don't want loyalist Space Marines. Everyone and their mother plays Space Marines. Even people who have no idea what Warhammer is secretly play Space Marines. That and I already play Chaos Marines, which are basically just Emo Space Marines. So, definitely don't want that.
Imperial Guard I would consider, except that you need WAY too many models and that's WAY more money than I want to spend on a third army. That and we already have a friend in our group who only plays Imperial Guard. He plays the least, but still... at least our other "good guy" players have other armies they play sometimes.
So... that leaves me with either Eldar or Tau. I have one friend who plays Eldar and have never even met anyone in person who even owns Tau, so at first I considered going that rout... until I posted my list and people made me realize I needed to change so many things that I really should just start it over from scratch. My one Eldar friend is easily our best player, but I've been studying the codex a bit and I have no clue how he pulls off what he does with them.
Long story short, I have no idea how to play either army viably. I'd prefer to go with Tau just because it's different, but realizing I have absolutely no idea how to play them and stand a chance is a bit disheartening. Eldar might turn out to be more my style, but I likewise have no clue what I should be doing with them. I tried reading the official tactical articles on the GW site, and they pretty much lead me to my horrible excuse to a Tau list, so I'm not bothering over there anymore.
So, if anyone could help me out by summing up some of the more effective strategies for either Tau or Eldar (or both) I would be very appreciative.