Comments on: Dawn Of Update: The Last Stand

By: Concept

Concept — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:41:52 +0000

Its really fun, but I just see so many lost oppurtunities.

Why only 3 players? Why not 1-4? Only 1 map? No item trading?

There’s not enough items either, be cool to have an element of randomisation in each game.

By: Frans Coehoorn

Frans Coehoorn — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:31:24 +0000

Yeah, and since people want to level, most players are willing to help anyway. Not unlike some dumbarses I met during my Ranked games….

By: Azradesh

Azradesh — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:16:46 +0000

You can just invite one friend and let the match making full the other slot, it works pretty well.

By: Evoc

Evoc — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:45:06 +0000

Scout shotguns dont do aoe damage. They removed that and gave them higher singletarget damage last patch, remember?

By: Garg

Garg — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:55:23 +0000

They released a map editor for it a while back. Not really sure about other mods but the community website for it is http://community.dawnofwar2.com/forums/world-builder-and-modding/mod-discussions if you want to have a look.

By: Vinraith

Vinraith — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:50:36 +0000

That’s really disappointing, the moddability of Dawn of War 1 was one of its greatest strengths (and gave us the phenomenal Dawn of Skirmish mod). What is it with developers screwing over their mod making fan base of late?

By: Nerd Rage

Nerd Rage — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:30:05 +0000

@Vinraith – Not in any way shape or form friendly, unless someone has produced some really good tools since I last tried to do anything with it. (May/June?)

By: Nerd Rage

Nerd Rage — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:19:19 +0000

Yes but the video says there will be units from a whole new army in this mode, and it doesn’t say they’ll be playable (though it also doesn’t say they won’t be, I’m assuming that’s implied because…) what it does say is you’ll have to fight them. I also think an early intro to the chaos units is likely.

By: subedii

subedii — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:57:29 +0000

Or chain knockbacks with purification rites + ASM jumps. That’s a long time stuck on the floor whilst the enemy takes pot-shots at you.

By: subedii

subedii — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:53:50 +0000

Disagree, the nerfs to plasma were necessary, and this is coming from a guy who primarily plays Space Marines. The problem with SM is the lack of melee counter, which I’m hoping the new suppression on scout kncockback will fix.

But getting back to plasma, it’s extremely powerful. Once you’ve manged to get to T2 and plasma, a critical mass of 3-4 squads will literally be wiping out entire melee squads in seconds, before they can even get in range.

As for heavy bolters, I’d advise against using them against most enemies. They’re usually sitting ducks, especially if you’re facing an enemy with Warp Throw or similar.

By: subedii

subedii — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:48:16 +0000

I always suggest finding someone to Co-op with through the campaign. As fun as the campaign is, the game really comes into its own in co-op.

Higher difficulties especially were really made for co-op, you each get control of two squads and it really helps to maximise the abilities of all involved.

By: SwiftRanger

SwiftRanger — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:40:06 +0000

It’s one of the best patches of the year, Last Stand is incredibly addictive. That expansion can’t come soon enough since that’ll be the time when Relic will add more to this game mode apparently.