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Yes. Which is why i said it's not in traditional. Andy Hoare already mentioned restock

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 TBD wrote:
tneva82 wrote:
That's not last chanceto buy in traditional sense. Just stock level running low with more coming later





It has a little hourglass icon which, when tapped upon, says "Last Chance to Buy" though.


I think its GW basically saying "should return but we might have a big lag time and thus don't know when and if it gets to be a long enough gap we might adapt or redesign" So they are going for a worst-case situation.

It could even be something daft like their back end of the store only has several states and this is the only one that stops their system pinging the manager with "order more order more" every day/hour.

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I think they have it set up so that when items reach a certain stock level, the system checks to see if a re-order has been placed. If it has, nothing happens until the remaining stock sells through, when it gets labelled “temporarily out of stock” if the reordered stock hasn’t come in yet. On the other hand, if no-one has told the system that a reorder is coming (quite likely if someone in an interview is saying ‘we’re thinking about maybe doing that’) then it gets set LCTB.

So in all probability it’s just an automated system doing its job, not a personal insult.

As for why it’s set up like that? I wouldn’t trust an intern with the job, everyone else already has a real job, and it makes sense for their standard stock.

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I'd be fairly meh about Epic making a comeback. But I would like to see some of the super heavy's in AT.
   
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Yeah, super-heavy tank squadrons with rules similar to Knights, Centurio Ordinatus SPGs that manoeuvre like a Warlord but are the size of a Warhound and fast as a Reaver in a straight line, that sort of thing.

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 Overread wrote:
 TBD wrote:
tneva82 wrote:
That's not last chanceto buy in traditional sense. Just stock level running low with more coming later





It has a little hourglass icon which, when tapped upon, says "Last Chance to Buy" though.


I think its GW basically saying "should return but we might have a big lag time and thus don't know when and if it gets to be a long enough gap we might adapt or redesign" So they are going for a worst-case situation.

It could even be something daft like their back end of the store only has several states and this is the only one that stops their system pinging the manager with "order more order more" every day/hour.


Actually went and looked at the card packs and terminals I just got and they are all made in China which I think is the norm for GW's printed materials. Given normal lead times and the delay of Chinese New Year, it could be that they're not expecting a restock for an extended period of time which could then run into a confusing time to be receiving overseas shipments (I am unsure if the orders go direct from China to overseas warehouses or to the UK first). It might be their hedge against a restock order not arriving for more then three months.

The other theory is that they're bringing printing in-house with their factory expansion which will take some time to get up to speed and thus cannot be put onto a concrete timeline.

Either would be fairly unusual circumstances that they might not want to make dramatic changes to their store software for nor make a formal announcement about since there's uncertainty, but still want to do some form of communication to the customer that now is the time to make a decision if they want to be certain they have things.
   
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I preordered Titandeath and the Warlord Sprue from GW. Just got an email that says it should be to me by 2/5. I don't often preorder from GW, but in the past they've shipped before the release date and I've received on or at least close to release. The last two times I've ordered from them shipping has taken longer than their estimated 3-6 day window, resulting in receiving the items more than a week after the release date. Anyone else having this problem? It's pretty annoying to be honest.

They say it could take longer for folks on the west coast, but last I checked Colorado isn't anywhere near the coast and is in fact less than a days drive away from Memphis, so I have no clue why this is taking so long recently.

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GoatboyBeta wrote:
And IIRC didn't that game include Squats? Maybe it is just a big old nostalgia shot from the WD team, but my inner conspiracy nut wonders if GW are prepping the ground for something


If you click the image of the battle report, then it appears that the battle report is, in fact, about Squats. It appears to be an Orks vs Squats battle.

To say I'm shocked is a bit of an understatement.
   
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If there was ever a Warhammer army that needed an IP-protected post-Chapterhouse retronym it’s the Squats. Yikes.

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 godswildcard wrote:
I preordered Titandeath and the Warlord Sprue from GW. Just got an email that says it should be to me by 2/5. I don't often preorder from GW, but in the past they've shipped before the release date and I've received on or at least close to release. The last two times I've ordered from them shipping has taken longer than their estimated 3-6 day window, resulting in receiving the items more than a week after the release date. Anyone else having this problem? It's pretty annoying to be honest.

They say it could take longer for folks on the west coast, but last I checked Colorado isn't anywhere near the coast and is in fact less than a days drive away from Memphis, so I have no clue why this is taking so long recently.


I have never got preorder item sent before launch day. Which is why i order any non-web only item from flgs. Faster that way. Especially as can take over 10 days to arrive to me. Grumble grumble

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Also, if you utilize GW's 'free' shipping, the item is sent by FedEx SmartPost. This means it is transported part of the way by FedEx, then turned over to the PO for final delivery. The reality of this service is that you get what you pay for - FedEx and the PO generally treat SmartPost items only slightly better than diseased roadkill. Indifferent,sloppy service is the best you can expect from SmartPost shipped parcels.
   
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Flicking through my new copy of Titan Death and of course I went straight to the accursed IK list so that I could seeth at in person. But the page before it(pg91) does confirm that other supplements will take a closer look at Knights. So viewing the list as a teaser for future content(fingers crossed) helps with the rage

Just as the reviews said the book is unfortunately super light on the background. On the plus side that means its not as expensive or as backbreaking/terrifying to transport as the HH black books.

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You know, there’s something that’s been working on my mind since AT came out. And now I’ve got Titandeath in my hand (good supplement, well priced if you were wanting my opinion), I know what it is.

For a GW, let alone FW production, it’s pretty light on the old background, no? Not in a ‘I feel short changed’ way. Just a ‘I for one would’ve happily stumped up a bit more for extra background’.

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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

For a GW, let alone FW production, it’s pretty light on the old background, no? Not in a ‘I feel short changed’ way. Just a ‘I for one would’ve happily stumped up a bit more for extra background’.


A deep dive into the Beta Garmon background would have been great. Personally I wouldn't mind if GW did that in a separate release that was pure fluff and kept the rules to thinner books like Titan Death
   
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Yeah, I could go for a ‘technical manual’ or ‘history text’ dealing with the Titan legions and their battles written entirely in-universe style but not as a novel.

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 totalfailure wrote:
Also, if you utilize GW's 'free' shipping, the item is sent by FedEx SmartPost. This means it is transported part of the way by FedEx, then turned over to the PO for final delivery. The reality of this service is that you get what you pay for - FedEx and the PO generally treat SmartPost items only slightly better than diseased roadkill. Indifferent,sloppy service is the best you can expect from SmartPost shipped parcels.


You must work, or know someone that works in a field that's at least tangentially connected to delivery, I can't think of any other reason to know such and esoteric bit of info! (well, I suppose you could work in a business that's afflicted by an unusual number of SmartPost problems, I can't imagine a normal consumer would ever have the opportunity to learn this).


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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
You know, there’s something that’s been working on my mind since AT came out. And now I’ve got Titandeath in my hand (good supplement, well priced if you were wanting my opinion), I know what it is.

For a GW, let alone FW production, it’s pretty light on the old background, no? Not in a ‘I feel short changed’ way. Just a ‘I for one would’ve happily stumped up a bit more for extra background’.


As a non-gamer I pretty much feel this way about rulebooks, as in, "This book could stand to have less rules and more fluff", so I understand completely.


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[Yeah I know, but I think these guys are saying that they want it all codified and neatened up, as well as more comprehensive stuff added for the new Titan Death stuff. I agree, there's loads of info out there already, but even for us veterans it requires plenty of digging (ofc same could be said of the Ultramarines example I used, there's an absolute mountain of info from the past 25 years, but for newbies, when there's a new codex out that's generally all they need, no need to dig). Like I say I'm satisfied with the current state of the AT fluff, and I expect it to grow and solidify as the game grows.


The problem is that a two colour list is next to useless when it comes to IK paint schemes as most consist of at least three colours and vary wildly in there placement. Take for example Cadmus, who according to the list have a green/yellow heraldy. While that is true, it is no help in figuring out the shade of green and yellow used and gives no indication of the distribution of the colours as well as making no mention of the armour trim. Fortunately for anyone who is interested in painting IK's from house Cadmus they have been featured in every version of the 40k codex so far and there are plenty of examples. But the vast majority of Knight houses in the list have either zero existing examples of there colour schemes in existence, or are listed as having different schemes to any previously shown.

Imagine if the only info about pre Heresy World Eaters and Ultramarines was that they were bothe white and blue. Honestly it would have been better if they had just given the names. The heraldry part of the list just causes confusion, gnashing of teeth and internet rage.



Yes, I can see how this would be an irritation for a fluff nut. I'm a bit of a fluff nut myself (when I like the fluff, ie it's well written and compelling to read - when it isn't I just say "F it that's not for me"). I should clarify when I said in my other post that I like to "Just make stuff up", this is mainly to get my painting groove on. If I were ever to do a by-the-books faithful recreation of an existing element of the 40K universe (which I was seriously considering in the case of my Tempestus Legio), I'd want to make sure that I got most of it right. Not necessarily everything - If I decided I wanted my BA devastators to have red helmets instead of blue (I wouldn't, I like them with their blue heads, but if I did) I'd go ahead and paint them red. Hence my decision to paint up my off-brand Tempestus. Maybe they're Tempestus, maybe not, maybe they're some sort of secretive hitherto unknown specialist Maniple that's painted blue / grey instead of blue / off-white. The fact is I like Tempestus and Tempestus colours but I don't do well painting white, however I get on great with light grey, so that's what I'm going with. I have some flexibility with this stuff is what I suppose I'm trying to say, and aesthetics trumps fluff in most cases for me.

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GoatboyBeta wrote:
Flicking through my new copy of Titan Death and of course I went straight to the accursed IK list so that I could seeth at in person. But the page before it(pg91) does confirm that other supplements will take a closer look at Knights. So viewing the list as a teaser for future content(fingers crossed) helps with the rage

Just as the reviews said the book is unfortunately super light on the background. On the plus side that means its not as expensive or as backbreaking/terrifying to transport as the HH black books.


The ease of carry is certainly plus. Titans are already pretty annoying to haul around along with terminals, cards, templates etc. If rulebook and n supplements(2 per year so next year around this time potentially 3 supplements to haul around...) would be big and heavy...

Would be nice for some fluff available though but wonder if separate books would sell enough to justify?

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Thing is if they’re just fluff, e.g. a technical manual describing how to operate your Warhound, they can be sold through BL as coffeee table books, which means potentially getting them into high street shops.

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Just got mine this morning and although its not exactly what I expected I am quite happy with it, now to decide whether to buy a second reaver or not, looks like its the only way I might get some weapons.
   
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 Mr_Rose wrote:
Thing is if they’re just fluff, e.g. a technical manual describing how to operate your Warhound, they can be sold through BL as coffeee table books, which means potentially getting them into high street shops.


They could do one of those Haynes guidebooks, like they have for things like the Enterprise, Millennium Falcon, and Tardis.
   
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 Rayvon wrote:
Just got mine this morning and although its not exactly what I expected I am quite happy with it, now to decide whether to buy a second reaver or not, looks like its the only way I might get some weapons.


What weapons? The melta reaver weapons? Those will come later on their own just like warlord did. This has already been confirmed by GW.

For future next supplement looks to be about knights so maybe the big knight and variant cerastus come around that time. Maybe also separate additional weapons for questors so you don't need to buy 6 boxes to get 6 battle cannons? Here's hoping!

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Given the pricing of these sprues, it will probably make sense to 'just buy another Reaver' then, especially if you 'only' have one Reaver at that point...
   
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I was not sure if the sprue had been confirmed.

I guess I will be better off buying another Reaver from somewhere with a discount if the pricing is going to be priced anything like the warlord sprue and direct only.

I had a dream last night that the siege of Terra was going to be accompanied by the re release of epic, I awoke all excited until i realised, how sad is that !
   
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 Alpharius wrote:
Given the pricing of these sprues, it will probably make sense to 'just buy another Reaver' then, especially if you 'only' have one Reaver at that point...


Only issue would be only 1 old weapon sprue which is very good. Reaver 2 meanwhile suffers from not having any good shield strippers.


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 Rayvon wrote:
I was not sure if the sprue had been confirmed.

I guess I will be better off buying another Reaver from somewhere with a discount if the pricing is going to be priced anything like the warlord sprue and direct only.

I had a dream last night that the siege of Terra was going to be accompanied by the re release of epic, I awoke all excited until i realised, how sad is that !


Community article said already last year when they announced separate warlord sprue that same applies to reaver

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He’s a decent damage multiplier though. Well suited to running with the Hounds.

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Problem is if reaver depends on others to drop shields what happens if other titan can't do job? Say by being targeted with heavy fire.

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https://whc-cdn.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/HH-WKDR-2019-Schedule1-1.pdf Looks like Sunday is the day for any big news on the AT front.
   
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Something about terrain, perhaps?

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Plenty things that could be announced. Warbringer to AT scale, big knight(polyph....whatever). Additional knight weapons for questors and cerastus. Guess name/theme of supplement #2 for fall would be bit too early still?

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We'll probably get at least a hint as to what the next supplement will be, maybe just a title, but yeah, I expect (hope?) that it will be something significantly more than that too!
   
 
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