for me it is for the table-top, they just sit back and shoot all day while the enemy is charging at them. It's just too good. That's why I dub them 'tau cheese'.
I see how that is true but the only way tau can make up for there lack of melee is superior firepower and broadsides
I just got kicked butt by the mean Tau... damn you ignores cover-usr! Damn you missiles, cursed be markerlights! Well. I got my revenge when I managed to inflict 1 wound to his commander and charge him with three wracks (yes, charge a Tau gunline) before I got tabled. Also, Have I seen you before? You look familiar.
The look of Tau are cool, but I don't play them because they aren't "metal" enough. I do hear they have the best shopping malls in the galaxy though...
A lot of things bother me about the Tau, They're not particularly interesting to me nor are they one of the factions that really impresses most people.