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They could fire cluster munition warheads though, and be able to blanket a large area with blasts? Using the Apocalypse barrage template, and with indirect fire capabilities.

 Gamgee wrote:
I think its obvious the new HRA will be a single target D weapon but anything else? Seems like a waste to have only a single shot so might be a few.

Maybe a line weapon? Hit the first target, keep hitting everything from there to the end of the table?

How big is that new knight? and do we know if the new fires book will give us access to all the admec. Bots? also will that mean volkite for 40k?

 ThirstySpaceMan wrote:
How big is that new knight?

pretty fething big:

 ImAGeek wrote:
Think they've made the new Knight bigger:

TL DR what/who is the moritat?

And that price point for the barracuda seems reasonable for FW....

 Uriels_Flame wrote:
TL DR what/who is the moritat?

Double pistol HQ for 30k marines. Their special ability is "keep firing each pistol until you miss", at the cost of assaulting or shooting next turn. Fluff-wise is they're a rogue killer who is barely trusted by the rest of the legion and can only join a specific kind of squad.

Was hoping to be able to field that knight outside of apoc. Looks like it'll be a lot of points now though. Love the model though.

And dedicated transports for skitarii, finally!

Hope the Triaros gets translated over from 30k. That's my favorite transport model in all 40/30k.

 Nicky J wrote:

 ThirstySpaceMan wrote:
How big is that new knight?

pretty fething big:

 ImAGeek wrote:
Think they've made the new Knight bigger:

Spoiler:

That's not to scale. It'd be utterly ridiculous if it were - it'd be Warhound sized!

 Frozen Ocean wrote:

 Nicky J wrote:

 ThirstySpaceMan wrote:
How big is that new knight?

pretty fething big:

 ImAGeek wrote:
Think they've made the new Knight bigger:

Spoiler:

That's not to scale. It'd be utterly ridiculous if it were - it'd be Warhound sized!

Oh em gee. That picture is from the last event, they've made it bigger since then. I'm not sure why they'd show a picture that wasn't to scale now it's nearer completion...

This is the actual model, or near enough. It's big.

FW had that Knight in a number of different sizes. The one pictured in the lineup with all three is a second draft and is the same size as the tan on in this picture:

isnt that the epic version?

(repost of Buttery's pic)

They've changed the size of it since the event earlier this year.

EDIT: Ninja'd several times over

I'd have preferred the smaller size. My guess is they decided to scale it up so the weapons would match up to Titan weapons rather than just being their own thing unique to this unit.

It doesn't come with titan weaponry though. Those guns are twin-linked magma lascannons: 72" S10 AP1 Ordnance 2, large blast (5")

Are the weapon rules confirmed now? I imagine that if it was upscaled, they might as well add more firepower into it. Say, x2 TL D blasts

The new IK looks silly. I normally like how most IK's look but this one is just silly looking. Like a turtle and a crab combined then hit with the ugly stick.

A Knight with ranged D-weapons would be the bees knees, but it would sadly also be priced accordingly, unlike those mongrels the Tau and Eldar use.

 BrookM wrote:
A Knight with ranged D-weapons would be the bees knees, but it would sadly also be priced accordingly, unlike those mongrels the Tau and Eldar use.

Funnily enough there was a tournament a few weeks after the Taunar was released. It was an anything goes tournament. I mean anything base rules with clarifications to them on site. All the Tau lists (and pretty much all of them with Titan) got stomped thanks to Grav spam, drop pods, and deathstars. Invisibility Eldar took the win but a Tau'nar didn't make it into the top 50. And that way WAAAAY back then before even more power creep has set in.

It's a lovely great model but grav messes it up so bad it's not viable. We even had people math hammering (from these forums) it out there before the tournament and the results of the math hammering turned out to be correct. Among the top tier it's really not that great and viable in a competitive scene. Will likely smash most average players though.

 Gamgee wrote:
The new IK looks silly. I normally like how most IK's look but this one is just silly looking. Like a turtle and a crab combined then hit with the ugly stick.

"Ugly and silly" is kind of the Imperium's whole shtick.

Personally I think it's kinda cute, like a big metal turtle with guns.

Dunno why they're inventing more weapon types for the knight… I mean, I get it, magma lascannon = baby volcano cannon, yay. But why not just give the thing a pair of neutron lasers that can combine fire into a D-laser? The snap-fire rule would be quite useful on such a platform.

That said, it looks like the size increase has allowed them room to bolt on a couple of defensive stubbers so that's useful. Wonder if they'll make the thing lumbering like the fluff and limit it to 6" movement?

Those are not stubbers, but autocannons.

I think the pscaling was partly to facilitate bulking up the legs. They looked too small and the hips slightly too narrow last time it was shown off. Now the Knight doesn't seem like it'll be tipped over by a strong breeze because it's centre of gravity os too high.

 Sidstyler wrote:

 Gamgee wrote:
The new IK looks silly. I normally like how most IK's look but this one is just silly looking. Like a turtle and a crab combined then hit with the ugly stick.

"Ugly and silly" is kind of the Imperium's whole shtick.

Personally I think it's kinda cute, like a big metal turtle with guns.

Flip it over for massive damage? /archaic meme.

 Gamgee wrote:

 Sidstyler wrote:

 Gamgee wrote:
The new IK looks silly. I normally like how most IK's look but this one is just silly looking. Like a turtle and a crab combined then hit with the ugly stick.

"Ugly and silly" is kind of the Imperium's whole shtick.

Personally I think it's kinda cute, like a big metal turtle with guns.

Flip it over for massive damage? /archaic meme.

I'm still waiting for a Giant Enemy Crab unit.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Gamgee wrote:

 Sidstyler wrote:

 Gamgee wrote:
The new IK looks silly. I normally like how most IK's look but this one is just silly looking. Like a turtle and a crab combined then hit with the ugly stick.

"Ugly and silly" is kind of the Imperium's whole shtick.

Personally I think it's kinda cute, like a big metal turtle with guns.

Flip it over for massive damage? /archaic meme.

I'm still waiting for a Giant Enemy Crab unit.

You know crabs are pretty under represented in these sorts of games. A tyranid bug/crab thing could be just what they need. Something super tanky to actually make it into melee. Anyways I digress don't want to get this off topic.

Has anyone mentioned that they did a Q&A in the afternoon session, and said:
No plans for [the Titan(s) bigger than Warlord]
They are looking at making Imperial Titans we have not seen before.

It's about the only part I understood of the Q&A other than Russ will get Freki and Geri, but they'll be a separate release.

@Gamgee: The Knight Porphyrion is actually based off one of the old Knight sculpts from Epic.
Granted, the rules in 40k aren't great, but I quite like all these giant stompy robots on the tabletop. Adds a sense of scale to the game.

Maybe a plastic-warhound?

The tides may be changing now. Apparently some person who spoke to the plastic designers has revealed that there might be a plastic Warhound Titan in the future (we already know they are capable given the Aquila Strongpoint).

Forge World:
Other Titan designs are getting talked about again.

Another mid class Titan (between Reaver and Warhound) will be considered next.

Nemesis possibly will be the biggest Titan they do (will be Warlord based but with bigger guns / mounts).

The superbly talented Darren Parwood is working on something else big now. I believe this may be a light Battle Titan. We may not see it for a while though.

Drake Seta

Source:
http://battlebunnies.blogspot.co.at/2016/05/titans-what-is-coming-and-maybe-plastic.html

 Gamgee wrote:
The new IK looks silly. I normally like how most IK's look but this one is just silly looking. Like a turtle and a crab combined then hit with the ugly stick.

It does but then the Tau suits are even worse IMO - in contrast the Baracude looks ace..........

I do wonder how long it will be until Space Marines get thier own Titan

 Gamgee wrote:
You know crabs are pretty under represented in these sorts of games.

How dare you!

*shakes crab claw in defiance*