Warhammer 40k List Review: Tau Empire Retaliation Cadre 

Fun list love me some burst cannon suits

I run the same list with a few different weapon loadouts. However I run 2 Starscythes (1 flamers and other burst canon) and a third Fireknife squad. Then I have enough points at the end to have a Skyray in the list also.

If you can, change the heavy burst cannon on the riptide for the ion gun. A riptide rarely kills a heavy vehicle, but two can do that job using the nova charge. And you already have enoughbfire power tobdeal with hordes.

I like the list in general and like the changes you've made. I think it can be a trap trying to focus on close range battlesuits to get the detachment buffs. I'd like to suggest a radical opinion of dropping one of the ghostkeels and one of the riptides to put a cadre fireblade, breacher and devilfish combo and upgrade the 2 broadsides to skyrays. The breachers add some nice horde clearing that can prevent the crisis suits deepstriking where they want and the skyrays will be much better anti tank.