AT Chat, Lists, and Conversions For All Stompy Robot Lovers

[Chopsticks]

Ordered a couple of boxes of Porphys and the terminals from triple helix. Also some loyalist dice, because you can never have too many, and alternate colours are useful.

 

I also got the loyalist and traitor strat decks and the loyalist legendary titans from GW. Grabbed a set each of the plasma warlord and melta reaver sprue too.

 

Quite an expensive start to the day!

 

For the porphys, people are already drawing up house rules on Facebook. The models are great so if we can come up with a set of rules to make them actually playable, all will be well.

Really just follow their 30k/7th ed rule

 

Magna Lascannon : range 24, 2 Attack, no blast.

 

Ionstorm rocket : range 24, 1 attack, blast 5", no rapid

 

Helios Missile : range 20, 2 attack S5.

[Fajita Fan]

Now I wonder how Specialist Game is gonna handle the Mechanicum Knight weapons? As It seem to be what coming up next after Cerastus upgrade, and their guns (against titans) are either useless or shield stripper as best.

Sure, they’re just meant for some hot knight-on-knight action.

 

I’m looking forward to having some ranged punch in my household list but those weapons are cheaper than I thought.

[Cleon]

I've lost track of Titanicus news due to a heav workload so far this year, is there any sign of a Legio Astorum decals sheet? if so any sign which Knight household is included? My Titans are about two thirds done and the knights are there waiting to see what colour they'll end up being.

[Zhiv]

I've lost track of Titanicus news due to a heav workload so far this year, is there any sign of a Legio Astorum decals sheet? if so any sign which Knight household is included? My Titans are about two thirds done and the knights are there waiting to see what colour they'll end up being.

 

Nope!  The last transfers previewed were Tempestus and Atarus... and those have not come out yet. 

[TheDreadfulSagittary]

How many sets of dice one might need???   I will definitely get one Traitor set, and one box of the Acastus too...

Now the only thing that's missing is painting all the stuff I hoarded in the last months.

[Chopsticks]

 

Now I wonder how Specialist Game is gonna handle the Mechanicum Knight weapons? As It seem to be what coming up next after Cerastus upgrade, and their guns (against titans) are either useless or shield stripper as best.

Sure, they’re just meant for some hot knight-on-knight action.

 

I’m looking forward to having some ranged punch in my household list but those weapons are cheaper than I thought.

 

Nah, they're anti-infantry weapons, just like Inferno Cannon and Acheron Flame Cannon. But those 2 got boosted to Titan-melting level. So we'd probably see similar things like that.

 

Still baffled me that they prioritized their time and resource to make them, instead of the one Knight suit that was made to destroy Titan : Atropos.

[Fajita Fan]

The Atropos is what I thought you meant, is that meant to fight titans or other smaller Mechanicus engines?

Also I hope you all didn’t buy all the new stuff up yet, US preorders haven’t gone up yet. We are the biggest market and we’re last...

[Chaeron]

I'm really excited about all the new bits - but especially the dice, love the Eye of Horus on the Traitor pack!

[Chopsticks]

The Atropos is what I thought you meant, is that meant to fight titans or other smaller Mechanicus engines?

Also I hope you all didn’t buy all the new stuff up yet, US preorders haven’t gone up yet. We are the biggest market and we’re last...

Nah, Mechanicum Knight is Magaera and Styrix, Specialist game team are making them, but unsure about doing them as plastic or resin, as upgrade kit or entire new kit.

 

Atropos was made for big game hunting, any targets that is big.

 

But honestly if one weapon can punch through Knights effortlessly, it can punch through Titan. In the lore they have horde of Knight Errant taking down Imperartor Titans here and there, and the Thermal Cannon is way weaker than what the Atropos had.

[noigrim]

Best knight yet can nuke other banners from afar and come toe to toe with titans

[Burni]

Went with 2 boxes of Acastus, terminals, loyalist cards and terminals and loyalist dice. Also got a box Cerastus as well so I’ll have two banners of each class.

 

Expensive Saturday and I’ve just realised Marvel Unlimited Alliance 3 is out next week...

[Fajita Fan]

STOP BUYING ALL THE KNIGHTS, US PERORDERS AREN'T UP YET.     

[Fajita Fan]

Whew, got 2 boxes of knights and both dice overpriced dice sets. Crisis averted.

[DuskRaider]

Picked up a box of Acastus and the Terminals... don't want to end up in another Cerastus situation.

[Dark Bjoern]

Yeah, expensive saturday. Bought one box Arcastus, the Command Terminals, the loyalist dices and loyalist Titans of Legend Command Terminals.

[Fajita Fan]

I’m printing the terminals off the website.

[Sherrypie]

Mmyeah, not feeling the urge to spend on cardboard when it's a distinct possibility they'll get a points hike later down the line and printing has been invented.

 

Got two boxes of chunky boiis though, they are just the cutest :P

[Fajita Fan]

Decree: “Chunky boys” is their new nickname.

[Mandragola]

I think knight terminals should be totally redesigned. There’s no need for a terminal for each banner - just a damage track. You should have a single terminal for questoris, cerastus and Acastus knights, each with a row of damage tracks for banner 1, banner 2 and so on.

[Fajita Fan]

Good idea for when I print mine, I just need to print their stats and then a damage tracker for each banner.

[Fajita Fan]

Dunno why I keep trying to make lists 1500 or 2000 each, old habit I guess.

1995pts

4x Lancers / Battle standard
2x Lancers
2x Lancers

2x Castigators (since I made them)
3x Gatling Questoris
3x Thermal Questoris

2x Lancers
1 Acastus - Conversion beamers/lascannon
1 Acastus - Conversion beamers/lascannon

2x Lancers
1 Acastus - Conversion beamers/lascannon
1 Acastus - Conversion beamers/lascannon

 

 

Edit:  Acastus Scions are also Command 5+ so I don't need a pair of lancers in the Acastus banners

 

 

1985pts with 5 activations!

 

4x Lancers / Battle standard
2x Lancers
2x Lancers

2x Castigators 
3x Gatling Questoris
3x Thermal Questoris

 

1 Acastus Scion - Conversion beamers/lascannon

1 Acastus - Conversion beamers

1 Acastus - Conversion beamers

 

1 Acastus Scion - Conversion beamers/lascannon

1 Acastus - Conversion beamers

1 Acastus - Conversion beamers

 

3x Questoris Freeblades

1 Dual melee

1 Battlecannon/melee

1 Thermal cannon/melee

[thewarriorhunter]

So... I'm confused... People run lists of 100% knights and don't run any Titans?

[Fajita Fan]

Have you read Doom of Molech?

[thewarriorhunter]

I have not. I'm still in the initial stages of getting into this system. I've read the main rule book but none of the supplements. Can you give me the cliff notes version?

[Mandragola]

So... I'm confused... People run lists of 100% knights and don't run any Titans?

Yes, there are rules for that in the Molech book. It’s effectuvel a separate army list in which you have “lances”, made up of three banners of knights each, rather than maniples of titans. You can’t have maniples and lances together.

 

Fajita, I would build lances around the order I wanted them to do. So castigators and wardens to do coordinated fire. Lancers and errants to full stride/charge, Acastus together on first fire or split fire. Paladins don’t need orders so maybe just run those independently to gain activations, like your freeblade banner.