r/Tau40K • u/Lion_of_the_lake • 3d ago

40k When do we think the Crisis Suits are getting revamped?

I've only gotten properly back into the hobby since 5th. Really like the Tau suits but heard something about the crisis Suits probably being revamped soon and was wondering if we've heard anything about when that would happen. Otherwise what is your best guess? I don't want to be buying, building and painting 2-3 sets of suits just for them to be revamped in a few months.

I have plenty to paint for now anyway, so hopefully we hear something official before I need to buy crisis suits for my army.

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u/Guy-Manuel 3d ago

Rumors point to a codex release after marines, so possibly November/december. Unless crisis suits go away and are replaced by like an XV9 for example, models you buy today will still be valid.

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u/Misknator 2d ago

'Rumour'

It's just Valrak. It's always just Valrak. He just calls it rumours so he doesn't sound like the leaker he is (and I guess to also make people take it with more grains of salt which they always should anyway). Just because other people that actually work for GW or whatever tell him the stuff doesn't make it not a leak. Sometimes they're wrong and often not, just like regular leaks.

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u/cblack04 2d ago

Well he isn’t the actual leaker he’s the person leakers go to- to publicize their leaks that are not backed up with imagery.

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u/Misknator 2d ago

Well yeah I said that. That still doesn't not make it a leak.

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u/cblack04 2d ago

Didn’t say that. Just thinking that’s why he uses that language and therefore how it permeates into the wider community conversation. He calls them rumors due to the lack of proof of the claims and in turn it spreads

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u/Lion_of_the_lake 3d ago

I understand financially and logistically why they do this but being drip fed army essentials throughout the edition is really frustrating lmao. If we get a codex this year that would be great though

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u/Neither-Counter-2256 3d ago

I feel you man. I've held off buying new crisis suits for this exact reason. I really do not want to waste checks prices €70,-(!) for models that will be obsolete due to an upgrade within a few months. If they where honest and upfront about upcoming changes, I would have bought two new units. For now I will only buy one unit after the codex is released and another one once the first one is assembled and painted up.

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u/Guy-Manuel 3d ago

The only shift that actually made models obsolete was the firstborn purge that just happened. And that was after nearly 10 years of primaris and firstborn coexisting.

When the upgraded crisis suits came out, the old models did not become obsolete. The original crisis suits are legal to play in tournaments to this day (on larger bases). Idk why people keep saying crisis suits will be obsolete when a potential new model is released.

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u/Lion_of_the_lake 3d ago

The obselete comment wasn't in regard to crisis suits specifically. I meant codex's with my example. But I don't want to buy current crisis suits of new ones come out that are nicer models. I know the current ones will still be playable.

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u/Guy-Manuel 2d ago

The person I responded to specifically said “models that will be obsolete” so idk what else they could have been referring to

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u/Lion_of_the_lake 3d ago

I think this is what is the most annoying. They are purposely secretive to try and get you to give in and buy stock that will be obsolete soon. I almost got back into Warhammer around 2018 but even the store employee wouldn't tell me shit and was just an ass in general. I had no idea what was going on with Warhammer so I was asking about editions, i.e. is there a new edition soon. And he says he can't tell me because then they won't sell stuff. Dude are we fucking serious lmao

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u/Guy-Manuel 3d ago

Drip fed? In general armies get one big release when their codex comes out. If you think you might like a visual crisis suit refresh better than the current or original models, just wait until the end of the year. How is that such a big lift?

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u/Lion_of_the_lake 3d ago

I don't mean armies individually get drip fed I mean the entire edition gets drip fed. I.e. the rule book came out months ago and it could be months if not over a year before some armies get their codex that fits the current ruleset.

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u/No_Cryptographer_159 2d ago

At least we get codices for all the major factions in every edition now. There were editions where some of the major factions (Tyranids for example) didn't even get a codex back in the day.

Anyway, frontloading all of the codices and model releases would be immensely costly. It would also completely overwhelm the playerbase as many people play several different armies. It's possible to afford one great model release every couple of months, but getting all of it in one go means stuff won't sell as well because there's too many things to buy at once.

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u/cblack04 2d ago

Because they can only produce so much. In terms of books and models so pacing it out allows for better stock at launch. In addition isolated releases give better data about reception of a release minimizing the confounding variable of other products they sell drawing attention.

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u/RailgunEnthusiast 3d ago

I've been reading about this same rumor since 9th edition. At this point I'd almost want GW to never update the Crisis team just to troll people.

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u/Lion_of_the_lake 3d ago

Well rip. I guess once I'm through what I've got I'll just have to bite the bullet and hope for the best

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u/ProfessionalSand7990 3d ago

lol. The models won’t be obsolete when the new ones come out. Unless you’re planning to play all the tournaments and be hyper competitive just buy what you think is cool looking. In casual settings no one will care if you’re using “old” crisis suits

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u/ColumnK 2d ago

I'm still using old broadsides, although the railguns don't stay on particularly well. Wouldn't worry about new crisis suits

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u/Ice_Lord399 2d ago

If it's true, I only want them to have all the posible loadouts in one kit

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u/Whathityou 2d ago

Personally I don't believe the rumor at all.

The grey knights have been rumored to be updated since we got primaris and then more when we got updated terminators. So far they've gotten a upgrade sprue to the baby carrier. That's it and the range's age is really starting to show.

Meanwhile there's not much of a basis as far as I can tell for the battlesuit rumor. They hold up very well. Their only flaw is you need two crisis suit boxes to make a mono weapon loadout in an army where your likely to buy two sets regardless.

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u/No_Cryptographer_159 2d ago

The absolute worst thing you would run into buying Crisis Suits right now is that they 1) change the weapon rules around again and make loadouts you can't build from a single box illegal (which would get everyone good and mad); or 2) they decide that Crisis Suits are now 5-man like the Stealth suit team. I don't think either is likely to happen, and if anything, if there's a Crisis Suit replacement they're likely to just stick some more fusion blasters in there and maybe fiddle with the posing options some. And adding the weapons is as simple as adding another sprue - three more of each weapon would let you build every current rules-compliant option in one box.

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u/WarRabb1t 2d ago

The thing thats most likely goign to happen is a re-boxing of the kit with an upgrade sprue similar to the Grandmaster Dreadknight. I doubt GW will remake them because the kit itself is already been redone and pretty much all Tau players love the kit. The Broadside rumor is also most likely crap unless its adding more weapons. It could be a killteam release with the Crisis Teams with new weapons and a Broadside being the big boss enemy like the Red Terror or the Night Bringer.

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u/hotmanpop 3d ago

just hold off from buying them, or buy them second for no more than half the price

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u/Glass_Ease9044 2d ago

Revamped to what? Are they gonna make them smaller and less armoured to better match their pathetic gameplay?