Tau I think kind of need to be a DLC/Expansion faction.
The problem is that a LOT of the people who “grew up with” 40k still think they are just space commies with Gundams. GW, terrified of Politics in their game about space fascists, played their trap card by reminding everyone that the uppermost caste (aetherials?) of the Tau were always kind of… monsters who rip the free will out of their subjects and that is WHY the Tau seem so internally stable compared to every other faction. Which, in turn, made everyone (self included) make even more jokes about them being space commies.
So launching with that is a great way to get the wrath of a million chuds unleashed because their game about space fascists is now woke.
But yeah. As someone who has always loved the Guard, the Tau are kind of that cranked up to 11. With Gundams.
Tau I think kind of need to be a DLC/Expansion faction.
The problem is that a LOT of the people who “grew up with” 40k still think they are just space commies with Gundams. GW, terrified of Politics in their game about space fascists, played their trap card by reminding everyone that the uppermost caste (aetherials?) of the Tau were always kind of… monsters who rip the free will out of their subjects and that is WHY the Tau seem so internally stable compared to every other faction. Which, in turn, made everyone (self included) make even more jokes about them being space commies.
So launching with that is a great way to get the wrath of a million chuds unleashed because their game about space fascists is now woke.
But yeah. As someone who has always loved the Guard, the Tau are kind of that cranked up to 11. With Gundams.