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 Backspacehacker wrote:
Ok so here is the thing about titains, the only reason to buy them is to make a pretty model and have a conversation starter, you are hardly ever going to use it, and if you so, your best bet is a warhound

Lies & Slander (Attorneys at law)

1. The non-chaos and non warlord titan options are remarkably bland and only have the interior detail to boast. What you'll see is long smooth surfaces with (usually slightly warped) fringes and frames. It does however mean if you can covert stuff, you have a huge canvas upon which to work. And of course those painty people can do nice things too.
2. "I fought a titan!" and "I KILLED A TITAN!" is a hobby defining moment. I can still remember the look on my opponent's face 3+ years ago when my iron clad dreadnought dropped out of the sky from a storm raven, scaled his Reaver's legs, sawed them off, and was the only model in 2000+ pts of models around the damn thing to survive the resultant D explosion.

If you're not an asshat and your community doesn't take itself *too* seriously you'll find you have titan game appointments racked up, at least until everyone's played against it and/or killed it. Pretty much like whenever a new model/codex is released. If it in turn inspires other folks to get their titan on, you'll find that massive scale games are where the true joy of the game lie; when you start with a significant portion of your collection on the table turn 1, and have shredded remnants turn 3 to really exercise your strategic thinking.

BUT

it does mean that casual pick up games lose their luster somewhat.

Anything is fun if your opponent is OK with it.


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 Backspacehacker wrote:
Ok so here is the thing about titains, the only reason to buy them is to make a pretty model and have a conversation starter, you are hardly ever going to use it, and if you so, your best bet is a warhound

I agree with all of this. I want a mastadon, but already have a warhound. I might get to use my warhound twice a year, but its pretty and was a personal reward for accomplishments. It's hard to justify having 2 titanic sized models.