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 Breotan wrote:

...we can confirm the weapon frame from the new Warlord Battle Titan with Plasma Annihilator and Power Claw will be made available separately early in the new year.

Well, there you go - balm for all the sore butts out there.

That's a lot of balm

 nels1031 wrote:
From WHC:

Yesterday, you got your first look at the forthcoming Warlord Battle Titan with Plasma Annihilator and Power Claw, bringing even more city-destroying firepower to the battlefields of Adeptus Titanicus. The response on our Forge World Facebook page has been immense, with thousands of you expressing your excitement, and many of you asking whether you’ll be able to get the new weapon options separately.

Well, we’ve heard your voices and, having incanted the litanies of swift delivery, we can confirm the weapon frame from the new Warlord Battle Titan with Plasma Annihilator and Power Claw will be made available separately early in the new year.

Well done.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:

I don't care whether this is a swift rethink due to the complaints from people who thought they'd been told it was going to happen based on what GW suggested (but I admit didn't explicitly state)

or if it's an announcement of something that was going to happen anyway but was planned for later

I'm guessing the latter. Otherwise we likely would have had simultaneous announcements of weapons packs including the weapons from the original warlord and reaver releases. I'm sure that those will be out eventually. But as it stands right now, if a new player wants to combine a volcano cannon and plasma gun on the same titan, then they'll need to make sure that they get the original warlord, and the weapon pack for the new titan. Better than nothing, but not the optimal way to do things.

Time for one more bit of speculation, though. IIRC, the reaver has three sprues, all of the same size. So I'm guessing that the reaver weapons sprue will sell for either $20US, or $25US. Any guesses on the warlord?

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/11/13/guns-for-your-god-machines/?fbclid=IwAR2BAJfm12-998Wr8iZJmEtR1qp0gxNQn6vG1qg7VRklTRq67Lje3YatZ24

Our lamentations have been heard!

 Mysterio wrote:


What's the other weapon on that Reaver sprue?

That'd be the carapace weapon, which appears to be a Turbo Laser Destructor. Worth noting is that unlike the arm weapons on the reaver, the carapace weapons can be magnetized without needing to perform surgery.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I don't care whether this is a swift rethink due to the complaints from people who thought they'd been told it was going to happen based on what GW suggested (but I admit didn't explicitly state)...

It was.

On the Reaver sprue, is that the Volcanon Cannon as well, or the bit covered by the shielding for the Melta?

even better,

listening to customers (when a change is nice and simple like this) is a good thing

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
On the Reaver sprue, is that the Volcanon Cannon as well, or the bit covered by the shielding for the Melta?

Yes it is a volcano cannon. 2019 copyright on the sprue so definitely for a release next year

Thank goodness for that. Actually listening and making a decision in a day. Thumbs up!

Hurrah!

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
On the Reaver sprue, is that the Volcanon Cannon as well, or the bit covered by the shielding for the Melta?

I see the Turbo Laser Destructor in the upper left-hand corner, the housing for the melta in the upper-right, and the barrels for the melta (which are missing from the housing) on the right, just below the center of the sprue.

Warm fuzzy feelings all around. Good guy GW.

Hmm... Now all we need to know is if the original weapon sprue would be up separately: Far less important of course, but it does make a difference to my purchasing habits.

If weapon sprues are all up separately, I can buy a sunfury Titan now and the spare apocalypse launchers for it later.

If not, I’m better off waiting for the upgrade sprues and then buying a second belicosa Titan and two upgrade sprues.

Great news I'll still be buying the "new" Warlord kit though as I wanted another full Titan anyway.

Edit - That new Reaver head looks sweet.

changemod wrote:
Hmm... Now all we need to know is if the original weapon sprue would be up separately: Far less important of course, but it does make a difference to my purchasing habits.

If weapon sprues are all up separately, I can buy a sunfury Titan now and the spare apocalypse launchers for it later.

If not, I’m better off waiting for the upgrade sprues and then buying a second belicosa Titan and two upgrade sprues.

Fair question actually.

Me, I’ve already got the now ‘original’ Warlord. I didn’t magnetise it, because not only am I quite, quite lazy, but I like that load out for a Warlord that’s the only one of its class in a Maniple. Apocalypse Launchers to help tackle shields, supporting your little guys or just polishing off, then two almighty Boomsticks to hopefully finish the job, or at least inflict heavy damage.

Sunfuries? I’m not massively sold on myself. Still holding on for the Quake Cannons and other useful ‘messing with my opponents positioning’ guns. They just seem more fun to me

Love the look of the new reaver, that head is awesome!

Someone at FW woke up today and realised they needed to make a Command Check, successfully rolling a 3+ for Emergency PR Repairs.

This is great news, I only have the 1 Warlord and at present have no real desire to buy another, so separat upgrade sprues were a must. The alternate heads for both the Warlord and Reaver look great as well.

Voss wrote:

Vintersorg wrote:
Probably they planned it all along and made it look like it was just because of their grace that they granted us that wish. But regardless, we got separate sprues.

Well, either they

A. planned it all along
or
B. were responsive to customer feedback.

Either is good. There really isn't a negative here.

Never attribute cunning to Games Workshop.

This can only be the result of customer feedback.

Truly, we are in a new age.

DaemonJellybaby wrote:

This can only be the result of customer feedback.

Truly, we are in a new age.

Honestly right now I'd say its a second Golden Age, or at least well on the way to one.

Great respect for GW to react to this player feedback; its not free for them to change product ideas and release new things and the like, but seeing them react to customer feedback is great. PLUS the bigger news for us is that they saw such a big reaction that they've made this change for AT which suggests its got a very healthy global market and fanbase supporting it as a game. Great stuff for its continued support and expansion of content.

changemod wrote:
Hmm... Now all we need to know is if the original weapon sprue would be up separately: Far less important of course, but it does make a difference to my purchasing habits.

If weapon sprues are all up separately, I can buy a sunfury Titan now and the spare apocalypse launchers for it later.

If not, I’m better off waiting for the upgrade sprues and then buying a second belicosa Titan and two upgrade sprues.

I can't imagine that they won't have the upgrade sprue out eventually. The question is how long it will take. I wouldn't be surprised if the original weapons sprue is not currently being made, which would mean that you would need to wait until they restarted production on it again. Though obviously that's a guess on my part.

Presumably we'll get a warlord kit with a new weapons load-out every 2-3 months, and the associated weapons sprue for the new weapons.

Now that we’re praising GW does anyone want to guess what this little wonder will cost? It’s 1/3 of a $110 model so I’m assuming it’ll be in the neighborhood of $35. I’m not sure what that is in European funny money.

£20-25 is my bet.

Which is cheaper than it would be in resin.

My guess is £30-40; which is insane prices and thus I should be happy when they announce the real price (and if I'm right then I've already spent all that price shock emotion right now rather than later)

What seems to have been missed in all the racket is this throw away line:

Wait, did we just announce a Reaver Battle Titan? Huh. Guess we did

Thoughts? Reaver variant perhaps?

 zedmeister wrote:
What seems to have been missed in all the racket is this throw away line:

Wait, did we just announce a Reaver Battle Titan? Huh. Guess we did

Thoughts? Reaver variant perhaps?

Isn't it just the Reaver they pictured - the one with the new weapons and variant head?

Princeps of burgeoning Titan maniples will be pleased to know the same is also true of the weapon frame from the yet-to-be-announced Reaver Battle Titan with Melta Cannon and Chainfist – perfect for those of us who like to magnetise weapon fittings for optimum versatility.

Yes, I believe it is!

So no, not a new variant, just a new weapon loadout and swanky new head.

 zedmeister wrote:
What seems to have been missed in all the racket is this throw away line:

Wait, did we just announce a Reaver Battle Titan? Huh. Guess we did

Thoughts? Reaver variant perhaps?

TBH I don't see different weapon loadouts / armour plates as "New titans", or even variants. IMO we have Warhounds, Reavers, Warlords, and Imperators. A "New" Titan has to be called something other than one of these four (Knights are different, to me a new pattern is something to be excited about, even though it is still technically a "Knight"). So a "New" Reaver variant is basically just a Reaver titan IMO, nothing very noteworthy.

I wonder if tell Grand Master reprints will be two BELICOSA warlords or if they will swap one of the new kits in there?

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
I wonder if tell Grand Master reprints will be two BELICOSA warlords or if they will swap one of the new kits in there?

That’s a good point. I think a Warlord and two Reavers is a better starter set.

It’s really nice that GW are listening these days.

What would be even nicer is if some of the “fans” could learn how to ask for things without hurling insults and generally being rude about it.

I mean all, literally all of the GW employees I’ve met have been lovely, friendly people genuinely trying to do the best job they can. I think we owe it to them to play nicely and ask politely.