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Beyond the topic - maybe this entire forum - but I'm now thinking of getting a Switch and Metroid Dread...but...well...I don't know. Mercurysteam screwed up Samus Returns with that !@$&ing Diggernaut, and not too best pleased with how they begrudged their staff from having credit, and then trying to turn Samus into a Tarantino hipster anti-hero....and quite frankly not a fan of evil-Big-Bird...

...sigh. Maybe I'd best put the money towards that new Chaos Knights boxset instead.

SamusDrake wrote:
Beyond the topic - maybe this entire forum - but I'm now thinking of getting a Switch and Metroid Dread...but...well...I don't know. Mercurysteam screwed up Samus Returns with that !@$&ing Diggernaut, and not too best pleased with how they begrudged their staff from having credit, and then trying to turn Samus into a Tarantino hipster anti-hero....and quite frankly not a fan of evil-Big-Bird...

...sigh. Maybe I'd best put the money towards that new Chaos Knights boxset instead.

Not sure what any of the first part means as I haven't played video games in 20+ years , But I wonder, with GW using computers to design their newer models, how soon will we get the chaosified Knights for AT?

LOL, dunno!

That said we do know that there is a Renegade Knights Banner expansion at some point in the future...unless GW does scrap the game, in which case we'll blow raspberries at them forever more...

 Theophony wrote:

SamusDrake wrote:
Beyond the topic - maybe this entire forum - but I'm now thinking of getting a Switch and Metroid Dread...but...well...I don't know. Mercurysteam screwed up Samus Returns with that !@$&ing Diggernaut, and not too best pleased with how they begrudged their staff from having credit, and then trying to turn Samus into a Tarantino hipster anti-hero....and quite frankly not a fan of evil-Big-Bird...

...sigh. Maybe I'd best put the money towards that new Chaos Knights boxset instead.

Not sure what any of the first part means as I haven't played video games in 20+ years , But I wonder, with GW using computers to design their newer models, how soon will we get the chaosified Knights for AT?

Not anytime soon. I mean, we still don’t have Chaosified Titans yet. That being said, it would probably be easier to rescale the Chaos Knights before designing entirely new Chaos Titans and/or upgrade bits.

Remember when GW claimed the Warlord was so modular so that different types of carapace plating could be used?

 xttz wrote:

JWBS wrote:
I don’t understand your doomerism on this issue at all crabblzeworth. You seem absolutely intent about it (mostly on the basis of a random 4chan post, from what I remember), and you’re the only one that’s pushing this theory, and it’s bizarre to me because it’s entirely without basis, it’s unproductive (with respect, I personally find it wearying and I think I detect that from others too) and I don’t think any fans of the other specialist games see the slower rate of sg releases in the same overly negative way. There is no ‘blood bowl is dying guys I just know it’ talk around here, for example (none that I can remember anyway).

To expand on this a little:

Blood Bowl was released in 2016, had a slow down in new releases, then saw a second edition in late 2020 followed by regular new models.
Necromunda was released in 2017, had a slow down in new releases last year, and just over four years later we're now seeing a fairly substantial update in a new setting with vehicles.
Adeptus Titanicus was released in 2018, and is currently undergoing a slow down in in new content...

maybe AT + AI in 2023, or something "Epic"...

Long period of no plastic reveal could also mean they're making the 500 USD Emperor titans for lpeople out there who need it as a paperweight and never play the game. Think positively people

Chopstick wrote:
Long period of no plastic reveal could also mean they're making the 500 USD Emperor titans for lpeople out there who need it as a paperweight and never play the game. Think positively people

Personally I hope its because they are working on a full corrupted chaos titan release. I feel the biggest gap is having non-mirror armies in the game. They need to break out of the early HH period and move the timeline forward into full chaos titans at the very least. The sooner the better otherwise they end up with a game where the new faction needs to be ever bigger and bigger to have any chance of gaining traction against an Imperial army that is ever growing with variety and models and tactical options.


Much as I'd love to see an Imperator - which is only the height of two warlords so still well within the practical realm of models for the tabletop at this scale, I'd rather see the game spread out and gain Chaos and Xenos.

 Malika2 wrote:

 Theophony wrote:

SamusDrake wrote:
Beyond the topic - maybe this entire forum - but I'm now thinking of getting a Switch and Metroid Dread...but...well...I don't know. Mercurysteam screwed up Samus Returns with that !@$&ing Diggernaut, and not too best pleased with how they begrudged their staff from having credit, and then trying to turn Samus into a Tarantino hipster anti-hero....and quite frankly not a fan of evil-Big-Bird...

...sigh. Maybe I'd best put the money towards that new Chaos Knights boxset instead.

Not sure what any of the first part means as I haven't played video games in 20+ years , But I wonder, with GW using computers to design their newer models, how soon will we get the chaosified Knights for AT?

Not anytime soon. I mean, we still don’t have Chaosified Titans yet. That being said, it would probably be easier to rescale the Chaos Knights before designing entirely new Chaos Titans and/or upgrade bits.

Remember when GW claimed the Warlord was so modular so that different types of carapace plating could be used?

Part of the problem might be making it easy for the secondary market to fill that gap.

Vanguard Corsair Striders.

Mic drop.

https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/novan-regulars-corsair-pattern-light-battle-strider/

SamusDrake wrote:
Vanguard Corsair Striders.

Mic drop.

https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/novan-regulars-corsair-pattern-light-battle-strider/

Why the mic drop?

SamusDrake wrote:
Vanguard Corsair Striders.

Mic drop.

https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/novan-regulars-corsair-pattern-light-battle-strider/

Hell yeah!

JimmyWolf87 wrote:

SamusDrake wrote:
Vanguard Corsair Striders.

Mic drop.

https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/novan-regulars-corsair-pattern-light-battle-strider/

Why the mic drop?

They need both hands for them.

Post those in the Vanguard thread! Stop bumping this thread with 3rd party sculpts

Sorry, Zedmeister, I got a bit carried away in the excitement.

Won't happen again.

It does make me wonder why this third party bumping is less of a problem when it's stuff by Battlebling or Grimdark Terrain. Or maybe that stuff was sorted out through PM's?

JimmyWolf87 wrote:


Why the mic drop?

Basically they are alternative Titanicus-scale armigers for far, far less than Forgeworld's own offering, even if they don't include bases. Armigers are so small that its easy to overlook the differences.

For those of us who would like to make Knight armies, this is most welcome.

 Malika2 wrote:
It does make me wonder why this third party bumping is less of a problem when it's stuff by Battlebling or Grimdark Terrain. Or maybe that stuff was sorted out through PM's?

I suggest threads for those as well. Why it's the Titanicus news and rumours thread that gets flooded with 3rd party sculpts to such an extent compared to others, I don't know.

I like the third party AT stuff to be in the AT thread thanks, this makes it far easier to see w/o having to track the various threads.

JWBS wrote:
I like the third party AT stuff to be in the AT thread thanks, this makes it far easier to see w/o having to track the various threads.

No thanks. It pretty much is only the Titanicus thread that suffers from this. You don't see this happen in the 40k, AoS or other threads

If thats the rule of the forum then I'll abide by it.

Sorry for the trouble.

 zedmeister wrote:

JWBS wrote:
I like the third party AT stuff to be in the AT thread thanks, this makes it far easier to see w/o having to track the various threads.

No thanks. It pretty much is only the Titanicus thread that suffers from this. You don't see this happen in the 40k, AoS or other threads

While I do like the ability to see stuff like this without having to go looking for it, I do see your point. That being said, I think the link added without huge photos is acceptable. Now if Vanguard minis, who have their own thread, continuously posted stuff in here then I think it would be a bigger issue.

I will say it was the photo of Grimdark terrain's huge excavator that got me to order the Adeptus Titanicus rules, so growth in a market is good, especially since I cannot get the main starter box from GW or local shops.

 Theophony wrote:
While I do like the ability to see stuff like this without having to go looking for it, I do see your point. That being said, I think the link added without huge photos is acceptable. Now if Vanguard minis, who have their own thread, continuously posted stuff in here then I think it would be a bigger issue.

I will say it was the photo of Grimdark terrain's huge excavator that got me to order the Adeptus Titanicus rules, so growth in a market is good, especially since I cannot get the main starter box from GW or local shops.

Thing is, once a link is posted, the thread is just bumped over and over as everyone responds to the other 3rd party piece instead of anything actually about Adeptus Titanicus directly. This is made worse as no one has bothered starting a Grimdark or Battlebling thread. Probably happens regularly to Titanicus as not many mods play it

Personally I hate when this thread gets bumped (frequently) every time someone decides to break out the "Hey let's discuss Epic!" conversation and several people join in the fun. That's worse because it's more common than a 3rd party model drop and it's also literally OT. I don't think it's my place to try to prevent it though since I'm not a mod. I just console myself by thinking bad thoughts about the people that do it : )

JWBS wrote:
Personally I hate when this thread gets bumped (frequently) every time someone decides to break out the "Hey let's discuss Epic!" conversation and several people join in the fun. That's worse because it's more common than a 3rd party model drop and it's also literally OT. I don't think it's my place to try to prevent it though since I'm not a mod. I just console myself by thinking bad thoughts about the people that do it : )

Indeed, the amount of times I've hit the yellow triangle over that tangent...

Oh no.

Anways.

News threads meander when there's no new news. Better get used to it, I guess?

 Albertorius wrote:
Oh no.

Anways.

News threads meander when there's no new news. Better get used to it, I guess?

How about no. Let's just stick to posting news and rumours when there is actual news and rumours and leave the thread when there isn't. Plenty of threads in the specialist games section for off topic, Titanicus related discussion

The third party is the majority of AT releases, it fills the void, outside of complaining about complaining or, the ever weird complaining about wanting something previewed to get a release date in a rumour thread


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 Albertorius wrote:
Oh no.

Anways.

News threads meander when there's no new news. Better get used to it, I guess?

Exactly.


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 Theophony wrote:

 zedmeister wrote:

JWBS wrote:
I like the third party AT stuff to be in the AT thread thanks, this makes it far easier to see w/o having to track the various threads.

No thanks. It pretty much is only the Titanicus thread that suffers from this. You don't see this happen in the 40k, AoS or other threads

While I do like the ability to see stuff like this without having to go looking for it, I do see your point. That being said, I think the link added without huge photos is acceptable. Now if Vanguard minis, who have their own thread, continuously posted stuff in here then I think it would be a bigger issue.

I will say it was the photo of Grimdark terrain's huge excavator that got me to order the Adeptus Titanicus rules, so growth in a market is good, especially since I cannot get the main starter box from GW or local shops.

That's good to hear, the terrain aspect of titanicus is one of the best parts,

 zedmeister wrote:

 Albertorius wrote:
Oh no.

Anways.

News threads meander when there's no new news. Better get used to it, I guess?

How about no. Let's just stick to posting news and rumours when there is actual news and rumours and leave the thread when there isn't. Plenty of threads in the specialist games section for off topic, Titanicus related discussion

Well, you do you then. Meanwhile, the thread will do the thread. There's plenty of threads for everything in this form, and yet... news threads meander. They do, and they will.

Crablezworth wrote:The third party is the majority of AT releases, it fills the void, outside of complaining about complaining or, the ever weird complaining about wanting something previewed to get a release date in a rumour thread

Then create a thread for those companies! They're not Titanicus releases, they're Battlebling, Grimdark or whatever releases that just happen to be compatible. Do I need to stick GW in the thread title? Hell, it's even in the Please read thread stickied post at the top:

we ask þat you make every effort to combine information about a single company's releases into as few þreads as humanly possible.

(my emphasis)



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 Albertorius wrote:
Well, you do you then. Meanwhile, the thread will do the thread. There's plenty of threads for everything in this form, and yet... news threads meander. They do, and they will.

There's meandering and then there's what happens in this thread (which hasn't had anything concrete for 2 months). For example, I love the Unreal Wargaming Studios bases for Titanicus. Recently ordered a bunch. Though you don't see me posting about their releases or possible re-releases, etc in this thread.

 zedmeister wrote:
I love the Unreal Wargaming Studios bases for Titanicus. Recently ordered a bunch. Though you don't see me posting about their releases or possible re-releases, etc in this thread.

Please post them, I'd much rather like to see those than be told to make separate threads for a dead game that being kept alive by those third parties. Like you said it's been 2 months, I'd rather fill the gap with titanicus relevant new releases than nothing. Even if there was seperate threads, stuff would just get posted in 2 places anyway.