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[Spruce Willis]

Greetings to all,

My name is Jesse, and I am a new player. The Tau are my first army I have collected, and have only fielded a very small portion of my force a few times in friendly matches. I have had the models for some time, but with school and work I have only recently really gotten into it. I have been lurking around numerous forums for some time, and have read the codex front to back on more than one occasion.

I look forward to sharing ideas and contributing to the community!

For the Greater Good!

-Spruce

[Lord Scythican]

Hey Jesse, Welcome to the forums. I can tell you what, this is a great community and they are several things about it that really stand out. For one I really enjoy the fact that you can post a thread and it is not on page 5 by the next day unlike other forums. Then Karma system here is pretty nice (when you get points that is) for when you make good posts, etc. It lets you know your posts and comments are appreciated.

[enderwiggin]

Yay! I get to use my newest version of welcoming!

It's somewhat aimed at newer Tau players to get them geared up. Search around a little and you might see a style that fits you. 

Welcome to Tauonline. Might I suggest these few portions of our website to get you started on your reign of Tau terror?

First up is always the stickied rules in the "Announcements" Link here for conveniences sake and stickied topics right at the top of the "Introduce Yourself" section this is posted in. That all lays down the basics at least.

As you'll quickly find out we don't just cater to Tau players, but most of us (Tau players) center around the Tau board
here
Now, in the stickied topics at the top of the page, you'll find an excellent assortment of information. At the bare minimum I encourage you to look through the articles so that you know what our local slang/acronyms mean. It's not strictly required, but it does help us help you more efficiently. 

If you already have a rough estimate of what you want to do with your Tau or the units inside, the Tau Army lists board is a great place to see what we feel like running at the time.
Tau lists here


A good start to your army list building will be determining the points level you want to build to and then further defining the style of army you wish to play.

Very broadly the Tau fight in a Mech (many vehicles and suits), Static (largely immobile units and gun lines, not very popular in the current format), and Hybrid (by far the most popular style, these lists largely make use of multiple static and mechanized units).

On our boards, you'll notice mentions of a "Ninja" tau. While almost it's own style, this is a very distinct Hybrid playstyle that one of our members invented. It's peculiar workings are too lengthy to explain in just this post so I leave the link to that here!

So there's your basic needs met for the most part. 

[Spruce Willis]

Thank you both for the warm welcome. I am currently putting together an army list together in preparation for a few games this weekend vs. a sizable army of Blood Angels belonging to one of my closest friends. These will be my first matches under 5E. I will post up my first list later today. Looking forward to learning a lot!

Cheers,

-Spruce

[Wolf ShasO]

Hey I look forward to it too. I have played Tau for my seven months of Warhammer 40,000

[Mr. Universe (Jayne)]

Welcome both Spruce and Wolf.

As Enderwiggen said, we have everything you will need. Spruce, definatly check out the stickies and hot topic over in the Tau boards. We can tell you the best ways to equip your Commander (although it mostly involves us shouting AURORA!! at you) and how to make your firewarriors more survivable and how to avoid falling into the trappings of a tau army.

Wolf, see the same stuff, and delve abit deeper into the Tau lifestyle.

[Wolf ShasO]

 :punching_computer:thank you I have looked at these for a while but finally joined to add my output. I have a 1500ish Tau army already  and maybe scenery on the way