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Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 2 |OT| FOR THE EMPEROR!!

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ZombieSupaStar

Member
ugh I just got really burned by buying this game blindly, I liked the first one and COH, saw the high scores on steam, and assumed it would be a nice hold over till sc2.... then .....I was wondering when I would get to build a damn base by the 2nd planet, then I actually research the game and my heart sank.....If I wanted a Diablo game I'd play through Diablo 2 (which I've owned since 2000 and haven't gotten past act 2 on NORMAL :lol , or Titans Quests, which I've hardly played yet also own :lol ) ....


well that's 50 down the toilet.. *right click - delete local content* :[
 
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xxjuicesxx

Member
How can I get the 15 Skull achievement!? I've managed 14 a whole bunch of times and I'm trying to do it on the easiest mode there is! WTF!?:lol
 
C

Cohsae

Member
xxjuicesxx said:
How can I get the 15 Skull achievement!? I've managed 14 a whole bunch of times and I'm trying to do it on the easiest mode there is! WTF!?:lol
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Pretty sure it's fairly easy to get 15 on a defense mission. You have to kill everything, and the time is pretty much set anyway, just dont lose any squads.
 
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Hellcrow

Member
ZombieSupaStar said:
ugh I just got really burned by buying this game blindly, I liked the first one and COH, saw the high scores on steam, and assumed it would be a nice hold over till sc2.... then .....I was wondering when I would get to build a damn base by the 2nd planet, then I actually research the game and my heart sank.....If I wanted a Diablo game I'd play through Diablo 2 (which I've owned since 2000 and haven't gotten past act 2 on NORMAL :lol , or Titans Quests, which I've hardly played yet also own :lol ) ....


well that's 50 down the toilet.. *right click - delete local content* :[
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Tried playing it online?
 
G

ghst

thanks for the laugh
ZombieSupaStar said:
ugh I just got really burned by buying this game blindly, I liked the first one and COH, saw the high scores on steam, and assumed it would be a nice hold over till sc2.... then .....I was wondering when I would get to build a damn base by the 2nd planet, then I actually research the game and my heart sank.....If I wanted a Diablo game I'd play through Diablo 2 (which I've owned since 2000 and haven't gotten past act 2 on NORMAL :lol , or Titans Quests, which I've hardly played yet also own :lol ) ....


well that's 50 down the toilet.. *right click - delete local content* :[
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when i read posts like this, i get the same reaction as when i read posts complaining about halo wars not being an fps.
 
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i hate bees

Member
Blue Geezer said:
so i can get this for ~£15 is it worth jumping in yet or waiting until more patches are done?
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Depends on what you like - but it's a great looking, technically solid game with fairly good balance - the new patch due Tuesday brings a host of UI improvements, 2 vs 2 map with two four player maps and a few balance fixes.

Personally I love it, I've only really played it online and while there are some minor annoyances it doesn't stop it being a very enjoyable game.

http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?p=645 Patch notes for anyone interested.

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Patch 1.3.1
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New Content

• Two on Two game mode is now available for ranked play.
• Two new four-player maps have been added to the game: (4p) Medean Cliff Mines and (4p) Ruins of Argus. These are available for ranked and custom games.
• We have added a benchmarking performance test; you can find it in the Graphics options tab.
• There are eight new sync kill animations in the game. Keep your eyes open for some new carnage!

New Options:

• We have added a “Push to Talk” option for in-game voice chat. When enabled in the Game Options screen, tilde (~) will control chat.
• We have also added a “Advanced Sub-selection” game option. When enabled sub-selection behavior will be the same as Company of Heroes, where a sub-selected squad will be the only one to receive orders.

Stability

• Fixed several crashes where invalid data was being written to logs.
• Fixed a common multithreading crash.
• Fixed some out-of-memory crashes on Vista 32.
• Fixed a crash that could occur if Avitus was reinforcing when a game ended.

UI Change

• The previous PvP squad decorators have been replaced with decorators based on the squad role. The new decorators identify units in a way that is consistent across races. A new loading screen tip has been added to explain the new images.

Replay Improvements

• Added a 4x speed.
• Capture progress bars are now visible.
• Commander wargear and squad upgrades are now visible on unit selection panel.
• Build queues are now displayed.
• Replay control buttons now have audio.
• Decorators now show up in replays.

Army Painter

• Chapter name character limit is now increased to 32.
• Maximum number of custom chapters is now 350.

Gameplay Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where a unit with an energy shield could become unkillable if they also had very low health.
• Fixed a bug where the Carnifex would stop meleeing units after killing a hero in melee.
• Tankbusta targeting priorities have been improved, now prefer to target vehicles.
• Fixed a bug where demolition charges could pass through terrain and not detonate.
• Fixed a bug where the Techmarine could continue to repair after being knocked down.
• Squads now unload from a vehicle when it is destroyed.
• Full resource refunds are now granted when a building that hasn’t started construction is cancelled.
• Adjusted refund costs on the Webway gate.
• Adjusted refund costs on the Techmarine’s Space Marine Heavy Bolter turret.
• Fixed a bug where a melee leaping unit would follow a teleporting or jumping unit a long distance.
• Fixed Warp Spider Exarch Enhanced Warp Generator and Improved War Generator.
• Adjusted Scything Talon knockback and suppression.
• Fixed a pathing problem on (6p) Typhon Arena.
• Put a build time on Ravener Tunnels. Tunnels are also vulnerable during construction.

Text Bugs

• Fixed tooltip on Lictor Hero’s Adrenal Gland wargear.
• Fixed tooltip on Catalyst ability.
• Fixed tooltip on Warlock Champion’s robe.
• Fixed an incorrect tooltip on the “Luv da Dakka” ability.

Custom Games

• Players are no longer prompted to dispute a match when a player is kicked from a non-ranked game.
• Players can now select chapter colors for AI players.

Matchmaking

• Removed the “Submit Player Review” prompt that would appear if a player left the countdown before a match started.
• Fixed a situation where a party could get broken up when host migration occurred.

Post-game stats

• We now show a “Player has left” message for all players when you quit out to the post game screen.

Achievements

• Fixed a bug with the Sweeping Advance achievement. Previously it wouldn’t be awarded if the retreating unit was the last entity in the squad.

Audio Improvements

• Speech events now fade out if a higher priority event triggers.
• Medium sound quality preset now chooses 44100Hz instead of 22050Hz.

In-Game HUD and UI

• There are now two map ping buttons, Attack and Defend. (Hotkeys are F8 and F9 respectively.)
• Added a Retreat All hotkey. (ALT-X)
• Added a Retreat Hero hotkey. (SHIFT-X)
• Fixed an issue where the camera would get locked to a position if you band-box selected and landed on a button, then pressed it without moving the mouse.
• The camera no longer strafes when starting a move facing or band-box selection.
• Squads that have sergeants now display the count correctly on the reinforcement UI.
• Unconscious heroes no longer get selected when bandbox selecting multiple units.
• Targeted abilities are now usable on multi-select portraits and on squad tabs.
• Implemented a fix for starting squads not receiving hotkeys when another player loaded slowly.
• Player list bars no longer fade in and out while using voice chat.
• Fixed an issue where “Rear Armor Hit” kickers were triggering multiple times.
• Selection circles no longer disappear on a selected unit that is performing a sync kill.
• Fixed a bug where greyed-out unavailable abilities would show up when a squad was retreating.
• Fixed an issue where the portrait health of a unit could display zero when the unit was still alive.
• Clicking a squad tab on a unit in a Webway gate or Ravener tunnel will now correctly select that squad.
• Fixed a bug where squads with a sergeant would sometimes get two decorators when exiting a webway gate.
• Reinforcement UI no longer displays when a hero is selected.
• Fixed an issue where a blank square would appear when a squad was reinforcing.
• Opposing players no longer see random players’ race selection in the Player List panel.
• Fixed a bug where helptext on purchased hero accessory wargear wasn’t visible.
• Fixed an issue where a black border would sometimes appear on a garrisonable building.
• Pressing space bar in a chat no longer results in two spaces entered.

Game Options

• Fixed a bug where sound for buttons in the Game Options screen would disappear after adjusting brightness.

AI Player improvements

• Expert and Hard players now provide higher early game pressure through a variety of tier one units.
• AI players now purchase a variety of wargear for their hero, and take better care not to hurt their economy.
• AI players now purchase an appropriate amount of generators.
• AI players will engage the enemy and attack more aggressively than before.
• AI players are stronger at preserving units, and retreat at appropriate times both in melee and ranged combat.
• AI players are now much better at using unit abilities.
• AI players will upgrade existing units with a variety of upgrades more intelligently.
• AI players prioritize capture points in a more intelligent fashion.
• AI players tech to tier 2 in an appropriate timeframe and purchase later game units based on combat needs.
• AI players tech to tier 3 and purchases late game units including Carnifexs, predator tanks, fire prisms, etc, based on combat needs.
• AI players now can flank suppression weapons out of combat.
• AI players now purchase dead heroes at more appropriate costs.
• AI players no longer buy and cancel generators when enemies are around.

Campaign

• Mission briefing speech now only plays the first time a mission is opened.
• Fixed an issue where the starmap button didn’t highlight the first time a player had to travel between planets.
• The character level up screen now accounts for rewards granted by the mission.
• Fixed a fatal SCAR error on Angel Gate.
• Fixed a fatal SCAR error on the first Lictor encounter.

Co-op

• Added a countdown timer to campaign mission start.
• Fixed an issue where the other player in a coop games hotkeys were always set to 5.

Localization

• Added support for Hungarian language.
 
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xxjuicesxx

Member
Speaking of there was an actual error I received in game a message popped up and everything, I clicked OK expecting the game to shut down but I just kept playing. I'm like OK cool.

Good shit.
 
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Erudite

Member
i hate bees said:
Stability

• Fixed several crashes where invalid data was being written to logs.
• Fixed a common multithreading crash.
• Fixed some out-of-memory crashes on Vista 32.
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Maybe I can finally put everything back on High without it crashing every 2-3 matches.

Can't believe it's already going to be out by tomorrow. Really excited :D
 
C

Crab Milk Mickey

Member
Sounds like a good patch. Patch might entice me to start playing multiplayer again; just stopped playing after a while for no particular reason, even though I still enjoyed at the time.
 
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mikekennyb

Member
MicVlaD said:
Force Commanders are still out in full... force, I see. Tac spammers too.
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Actually, since the bubble shield got nerfed I've seen apothecaries/FC about 50/50. Also, strangely, more Warp Spider Exarchs. I've only played one game with a guy who could really use him effectively, but many have tried.

Right there with you on the Tac spam tho, I imagine in the next (balance) patch Relic will make them a little less powerful.
 
G

ghst

thanks for the laugh
mikekennyb said:
Actually, since the bubble shield got nerfed I've seen apothecaries/FC about 50/50. Also, strangely, more Warp Spider Exarchs. I've only played one game with a guy who could really use him effectively, but many have tried.

Right there with you on the Tac spam tho, I imagine in the next (balance) patch Relic will make them a little less powerful.
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warpspiders got a big damage buff the patch before last.
 
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Erudite

Member
ghst said:
warpspiders got a big damage buff the patch before last.
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And now people are exploiting it. 2 or 3 squads of them grouped together and it's a pain in the ass to counter. Send a vehicle, and they'll throw their anti-vehicle grenades. Try to send a few ground units in, and they'll die before they can even make a dent. Throw a grenade, or try to suppress them and they'll just teleport.

Almost as bad as SM Sniper Scouts cloaked around the map.

Ran into it twice last night back to back, didn't exactly end the night on a high note.
 
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Crab Milk Mickey

Member
Traced-Velocity said:
Almost as bad as SM Sniper Scouts cloaked around the map.
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Nah, not so much. One or two Assault Marine squads and they're done. Got five Scout Sniper squads that way yesterday, and so far they haven't given me any real trouble yet.
 
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Erudite

Member
MicVlaD said:
Nah, not so much. One or two Assault Marine squads and they're done. Got five Scout Sniper squads that way yesterday, and so far they haven't given me any real trouble yet.
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Probably doesn't help that I'm playing Eldar. When they're spamming Scout Snipers in a group, my units can barely make a dent before I need to retreat them.

If they have Tac Marines with the Rocket Launcher upgrade, then it's almost impossible for me to take them out alone.
 
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Erudite

Member
Dawn of War 2 Support Continuing with 1.4 Patch (Shacknews)
Developer Relic has announced that it is already "hard at work" on a 1.4 patch for Dawn of War 2, which will include "many bug fixes, a balance update, new maps, and some awesome new features."

In addition, a 1.3.2 patch for the game will be out tomorrow. The continuous support is part of Relic's plan to improve its patch pipeline over the original Dawn of War.

The 1.3.2. patch notes follow:

* Adjusted the Orbital Bombardment ability to increase damage. Outer radius increased to 150 from 100.
* Fixed an issue in the campaign where one point was getting auto-allocated at level-up if the player resumed an old campaign.
* Made changes to the Mekboy mines. The mines now do drastically less damage and suppress infantry.
* Adjusted lighting on 6P Tiber Outpost.
* Fixed an issue where Guardian squads would switch to melee stance if upgraded with a Warlock, then with Battle Equipment.
* Regenerated AI tuning data.
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Much faster than I expected from Relic to roll out more patches. Nevertheless, I'm glad- Been playing A LOT more mp since 1.3 hit. Reaching the 100 hour mark pretty soon according to xFire, which doesn't even include the 17 hours I spent with the Beta.
 
-tetsuo-

-tetsuo-

Unlimited Capacity
I finally, FINALLY got my copy of Dawn of War 2. Been out of the scene 3 months since beta ended and holy shit am I rusty as hell. Second guessing my tactics and a little slow on my set ups and what not, but I'll be back up to speed soon. Only need to take a few more beat downs. What took me by surprise is how good the campaign is. Playing through co-op with a buddy on the hardest difficulty is greatness.
 
-tetsuo-

-tetsuo-

Unlimited Capacity
I love how my mic works for every single thing except for GFWL. Its been lik that since the beta, thought it might have been fixed by now. Fuck its annoying.
 
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Crab Milk Mickey

Member
_tetsuo_ said:
I love how my mic works for every single thing except for GFWL. Its been lik that since the beta, thought it might have been fixed by now. Fuck its annoying.
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If I remember correctly, you have to fiddle with one of the settings in the GFWL dashboard (or whatever it's called). Crank up a volume slider somewhere, because you practically have to scream to make yourself heard with the default settings.

Overall voice quality will still be absolutely horrible even after you changed the volume, though.
 
D

Datawhore

on the 15th floor
We just announced our next official update to DOWII.

therecanbeonlywar.jpg


http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?p=668

Announcing the Dawn of War II ‘There is Only War’ Update

This summer, Dawn of War II is going to receive a major update that adds tremendous value to the multiplayer experience through new features, major balance improvements, and new content.​

A New Observer Feature

New Observer and Referee options let you watch custom multiplayer games as a spectator. With this new perspective, the Observer can easily monitor the entire battle with a detailed look at the status of all players. Gamereplays.org will release an exclusive first look at this new feature on their site on Friday, June 19th.​

​

PvP Balance and Open Beta

As promised, ‘There is Only War’ brings a significant balance update to Dawn of War II’s multiplayer game. We have re-tuned many units, added new abilities, and fixed many bugs and exploits. For more information, stay tuned to this blog for exclusive Dawn of War II Developer Battle Reports that showcase the new multiplayer changes for all four races.

Get an early look at this update with an open beta that goes live in early July for all Dawn of War II owners. Throughout the beta, we’ll be gathering community feedback to help ensure ‘There is Only War’ is the best update yet. Details about how to join the beta will be released in the coming weeks.​

New PvP Maps

‘There is Only War’ adds 8 new multiplayer maps bringing the total map count to 17.​

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angel_gate1.jpg


legis_stratum1.jpg


calderis6p.jpg


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calderis_refinery3.jpg


hive1.jpg


calderis4p.jpg


This summer, ‘There is Only War’!
 
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Victrix

*beard*
Even in death I still serve

Waiting for the patch to get back in. Played a lot online with friends, but there are certain SM tactics that are just punishingly unfun to deal with in 2v2 and often 3v3. If they tinker with the balance, I'll come check it out again.
 
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Erudite

Member
Datawhore said:
We just announced our next official update to DOWII.

http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?p=668

(clink the link for pics of the new maps and the observer tool)

Announcing the Dawn of War II ‘There is Only War’ Update

This summer, Dawn of War II is going to receive a major update that adds tremendous value to the multiplayer experience through new features, major balance improvements, and new content.​

A New Observer Feature

New Observer and Referee options let you watch custom multiplayer games as a spectator. With this new perspective, the Observer can easily monitor the entire battle with a detailed look at the status of all players. Gamereplays.org will release an exclusive first look at this new feature on their site on Friday, June 19th.​

PvP Balance and Open Beta

As promised, ‘There is Only War’ brings a significant balance update to Dawn of War II’s multiplayer game. We have re-tuned many units, added new abilities, and fixed many bugs and exploits. For more information, stay tuned to this blog for exclusive Dawn of War II Developer Battle Reports that showcase the new multiplayer changes for all four races.

Get an early look at this update with an open beta that goes live in early July for all Dawn of War II owners. Throughout the beta, we’ll be gathering community feedback to help ensure ‘There is Only War’ is the best update yet. Details about how to join the beta will be released in the coming weeks.​

New PvP Maps

‘There is Only War’ adds 8 new multiplayer maps bringing the total map count to 17.​


This summer, ‘There is Only War’!​
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Holy shit, 8 maps?! My friends and I were on the edge of giving up on DoWII multiplayer, but if they can hit all the notes right with what they've promised, I can't fucking wait.
 
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Hitmeneer

Member
Draft said:
Whaaaa?

Come on, is that legit?
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It is a grey area.

They give legit keys, but the keys are from countries with low game-prices. It is against the policy of Steam, but they don't really do anything against it, as far as I know.

I am also tempted to do this, but if I do, I will make a separate steam account.
 
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Crab Milk Mickey

Member
Quite pleased with how much Relic has been updating Dawn of War II post-release and also very curious to hear just how much they've re-tuned the game, seeing how the devs deemed it necessary to the test the waters first with an open beta. Will definitely participate once it hits.
 
K

K.Jack

Knowledge is power, guard it well
DOW2 has almost had more updates than the entire Dawn Of War series. :lol

I'll definitely be back when this drops.

CcrooK said:
Make the Eldar a force to reckoned with please!
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Nerf Eldar.
 
K

K.Jack

Knowledge is power, guard it well
CcrooK said:
They're the weakest race of the four. They need buffs so bad.
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Sorry. It's an old joke from the original DoW. :lol The only thing that could beat a decent Eldar was Necron Wraith Spam.

I know they're weakish now, though. Buffing Banshees would be #1 on my list.
 
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