It's pretty widely agreed that FF is more valuable than CC. Why is a CC head the same cost as a FF head for the same number of attacks? I might understand for a Warlord that has a better CC, but the Reaver has the same for both.
Nearly all costs (Some have subsequently been modified) are transferred from NetEpic's costs, where apparently the head variants cost the same. 
I think you're right that they could be looked at.
I'm also pretty curious about the barrage weapons. What are your assumptions in assigning point costs? The effectiveness of 2 barrage weapons doesn't double firepower like it does for, say, 2 Turbolasers. Obviously, you have to point them for an optimized configuration. I'm just wondering what that might be and how the CLP/Fire Control heads factor into that.
The initial cost for the barrage weapons was found from the Reaver Titan's missile launcher (As part of the standard configuration loadout, it wasn't too hard to find the cost of the missile launcher).
So, the first assumption that was made was that NetEpic has balanced points costs for Turbolasers & Rocket Launchers (At least balanced versus each other in relative terms).
The fire control head & CLP were more contraversial, and are currently just a 'best guess' due to their different methods of operation from NetEpic. I've tested them a couple of times, but havn't delved into indirect titans in any big way, so I can't really say any more other than that the CLP & Fire Control Head have been priced with the assumption in mind that such a titan will have maxed out on Barrage weapons, and thus the cost of the upgrades needs to assume that the titan is going to have a *very* potent barrage ability, and thus the indirect ability is going to be of great value to the upgraded titan.
So essentially, I've assumed that noone will be taking a single missile launcher on a Warlord Titan, and then adding a Fire Control Head.
The point is for use with other imperial armies, correct?
I think it would be okay if you diverged slightly from the resulting point cost for the "stock" titan weapons. In other words, a Warlord titan with 2 Turbolasers, a Gatling and a Volcano wouldn't necessarily need to be exactly 850 points. A variance of 10-20 points from the book values is really inconsequential if you are really trying to dial in balanced values.
Just as an example, if the Volcano Cannon on the Warlord is 105 because you want to match the book values, but 125 might result in better balance, just change it.
I agree, where nessesary points costs should be ajusted to account for cheap synergies.
The basic 'hull' cost can always be nudged if nessesary in order to maintain the 250/650/850 pts costs of the standard configurations.
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