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Reckon we’ll at least see new weapons previewed. Unless they’re announcing a short delay to have them made as a sprue instead of resin?

Definitely hoping for at least concept sketches or art for further classes of Titan. Maybe even word if the literary mentioned lighter classes can be swapped into Maniples in place for Warhounds.

I would imagine the start of the hype for the next titan and or knight type to release and showing some resin weapons.

Well Andy has already hinted at knights. ATM it's safe to say knight heavy supplement would be in order(which also could explain why titandeath was light on that area. There's more dedicated one coming later)


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And as long as next weapons to be released have word "gatling" in them I'm fine!

(dying to get the gatling weapons, both arm and carapace, for warlord to finish up my fav configuration. Especially now that mortis made that all the more sweeter...)

I would be stoked for more knight variant weapons/bits - as soon as AT knights were announced i wanted to have AT scale versions of all my titans.

One thing that has bugged me though is the lack of the 'bare faced' questoris head - this fool insisted on 'bare faced' household...

Next month's White Dwarf is going to have a new Titan-Knight maniple...maybe they have a new type of Knight to coincide?

I would like that very much!
i could see a bits pack for acheron and castigator weapons, hull/pauldrons and ammo hopper/fuel drums doing well coming out as the theorised knight banner expansion does what with the flamer rules an' a'

GoatboyBeta wrote:
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.

I'm not seeing anything here that says "big announcement."

I agree that they'll tease something, but I'm not expecting anything earth shattering.

Given the WD article, some Knight related thing would make sense - weapon pack?

 schoon wrote:

GoatboyBeta wrote:
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.

I'm not seeing anything here that says "big announcement."

I agree that they'll tease something, but I'm not expecting anything earth shattering.

Given the WD article, some Knight related thing would make sense - weapon pack?

Think he meant that as in "if there's big news about AT it's on sunday so don't be clicking F5 all day saturday".

But for sure they are going to be announcing what will be coming in near future(say this year). Unless future of AT is "this was it, all there will be is already out. Have fun" but that contradicts previous hints so certainly after sunday we have something else to look out for now that titandeath and variant plastic weapons are all out

I'd like to have all the weapon options, please.

Really not fussed about Knights.

apparently WD has unique maniple for knights

1 warlord, 2 reavers, 1 questor or cerastus knight banner.
Optional 2 warhounds, 1 questor or cerastus knight banner.

titans get -1 to be hit from ranged attacks while within 6" of knight banner, and Knights get a look out sire for hits against the titan, but knights need to be in LoS of the attack and the knights can not gain obscured by terrain. I think its kind of meh, Janissary is a better knight focused maniple, this one is kind of expensive for a 1 turn meat shield that will be removed with a single volcano canon.

I think I would have preferred the benefit the other way around and let knights hide behind titans

Single volcano isn't removing full banner if you position correctly. Also terrain can be used to advantage there.

Also i'm not sold on janissor. It affects only movement phase where bonus is lesser than if had been combat phase and can be detrimental easil?

If you're using a titan to act as mobile cover for a banner it allows the knights to follow along without being completely exposed while your opponent activates...

MarkNorfolk wrote:
If you're using a titan to act as mobile cover for a banner it allows the knights to follow along without being completely exposed while your opponent activates...

Janissar? That works in movement phase. Thus by the time combat phase happens mobile cover already is in place. Not to mention simply moving along same direction or cover.

The disadvantage is lot bigger.

tneva82 wrote:

Think he meant that as in "if there's big news about AT it's on sunday so don't be clicking F5 all day saturday".

Yeah that was the intention. Not that we wont all be mashing F5 anyway. There is always the chance that something will slip out

GoatboyBeta wrote:

tneva82 wrote:

Think he meant that as in "if there's big news about AT it's on sunday so don't be clicking F5 all day saturday".

Yeah that was the intention. Not that we wont all be mashing F5 anyway. There is always the chance that something will slip out

Bwahaha true enough Maybe server crashesh and reveals info too soon ;-)

Have to say I'm curious what sunday reveals. Until this we had always idea what to wait for. Now apart from last few weapons mostly for warlord we are fairly much dark. Nothing to wait feels weird

Just had a read of the WD AT article. The vassal houses sound interesting from a background perspective, and are a good excuse to use a Legio's colours on your little guys. But not to sure how useful the maniple is compered to the existing rules though.

There is a lot of potential for the background to bleed into the "main" 30k and 40k games, even if its just as an excuse to use a Legio colour scheme(would go well with FW's Secutari kits). Hopefully the concept sticks around and gets expanded on in future AT books

GoatboyBeta wrote:
Just had a read of the WD AT article. The vassal houses sound interesting from a background perspective, and are a good excuse to use a Legio's colours on your little guys. But not to sure how useful the maniple is compered to the existing rules though.

There is a lot of potential for the background to bleed into the "main" 30k and 40k games, even if its just as an excuse to use a Legio colour scheme(would go well with FW's Secutari kits). Hopefully the concept sticks around and gets expanded on in future AT books

Oh that sounds good, we can tie in our Knights with a colour scheme that fits well with our Legio (I was probably going to do something like this anyway and say they're from the same world / system and have a strong connection, but I like that they've apparently made an official bit of fluff for this).

Well thank goodness for that cos my Hounds'n'lancers are in the same scheme!

Listened to the Horus Heresy Weekender preview this morning on Twitch, hoping for a little information on AT18.

However, it looks like they plan to showcase the new Reaver model as opposed to emphasizing future stuff.

They could end up pulling out a surprise, but I suspect it will be a "rehash" weekend for AT18 news.

That's a bit disappointing.

 schoon wrote:
Listened to the Horus Heresy Weekender preview this morning on Twitch, hoping for a little information on AT18.

However, it looks like they plan to showcase the new Reaver model as opposed to emphasizing future stuff.

They could end up pulling out a surprise, but I suspect it will be a "rehash" weekend for AT18 news.

Playing devil's advocate here -- if they were going to make a reveal at the Weekender, they wouldn't spoil it days earlier on a Twitch stream, right? IIRC, there's a seminar about the future of AT, which you'd think would include something more than the Reaver model.

Yep. I very much doubt they would reveal everything on "future of AT" topic days before actual conference. After all why bother going to the seminar if you already know all they are going to reveal...They want people to go and spend money. Not find out all they want by listening free video.

Not saying there's huge amount of things coming but if new reaver already out is all there is in seminar titled "future of AT" then I'm stunned. Specialist games have shown generally good sense so naming seminar like it's about future if it's only about single already released item would be uncharacteristically stupid.

I reckon they will stun us with a brand new set of Traitor-themed dice...

No I want a 1 hour seminar of them just talking about the alternate reaver for a full hour it would amuse me greatly

I also listened to yesterday’s stream. They decided to show the reaver on the stream as it is a recent release. The weekender will be new stuff.

 Mothman wrote:
No I want a 1 hour seminar of them just talking about the alternate reaver for a full hour it would amuse me greatly

Actually, it would be funny to watch them try that.

"So are there any questions about the Reaver titan's rightmost toe before we move onto the left knee articulation?" Lots of uncomfortable silence follows.

It'd be kinda like the legendary Andy Kaufman bit where he washed his laundry onstage then left.

Would also result in lots of angry customers no doubt demanding refund. I know I would be if instead of "future of AT" as per seminar title I would have to listen hour talk about week old release!

 gorgon wrote:

 Mothman wrote:
No I want a 1 hour seminar of them just talking about the alternate reaver for a full hour it would amuse me greatly

Actually, it would be funny to watch them try that.

"So are there any questions about the Reaver titan's rightmost toe before we move onto the left knee articulation?" Lots of uncomfortable silence follows.

And then to finish it up they'd ask if everyone in attendance had mobile phones.

Looks like 2 more titan boards coming up this weekend(see FW thread)

tneva82 wrote:
Looks like 2 more titan boards coming up this weekend(see FW thread)

Thats good because Forgeworld needs SOMETHING titanicus to sell on their site!