Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War

[s09119]

Anyone else played these (video) games? They're based off a tabletop game and are insanely fun! You can play as one of 7 factions at present:

1. The Space Marines (humankind's elite warriors)
2. The Eldar (an ancient alien race)
3. The Orks (a wacky alien race)
4. The Chaos Space Marines (heretical human supersoldiers)
5. The Imperial Guard (the backbone of Earth's army)
6. The Tau Empire (a young but extremely advanced alien race)
7. The Necrons (an ancient undead race, older than any)

It's all squad-based RTS combat, and it's great fun! Anyone else play?

[The_Carpenter]

Anyone else played these (video) games? They're based off a tabletop game and are insanely fun! You can play as one of 7 factions at present:

1. The Space Marines (humankind's elite warriors)
2. The Eldar (an ancient alien race)
3. The Orks (a wacky alien race)
4. The Chaos Space Marines (heretical human supersoldiers)
5. The Imperial Guard (the backbone of Earth's army)
6. The Tau Empire (a young but extremely advanced alien race)
7. The Necrons (an ancient undead race, older than any)

It's all squad-based RTS combat, and it's great fun! Anyone else play?

With the new expansion released soon you can add

Sisters of Battle (Warrior Nuns in black power armour *ohhherrr matron*
and
Dark Eldar (Eldar but utterly debased and perverse, take slaves in battle and torture and experiment on them for their own enjoyment [over simplification but it will suffice])

Loved the first 3 versions of the game, however from what I've heard Soulstorm (the fourth expansion) is badly implemented.

[kharn the betrayer]

*points to my username*

Witch Hunter mod models>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Soul Storms Sisters of Battle models

its sad when a fanmade mod outdoes the official thing really


the games decent but the lack of an UMS setting like Star/warcraft and its lack of Balance really bring it down and Im not even going to get into the amount of fluff they raped and the lack of customization(which was one of the main things I loved TT for)

oh and if the Demofiles are correct then the story is going to be worse than Dark Crusades(which sucked other than the various Banter with Eliphas/Gorgutz and Taldeer and the various other commanders)

plus we have yet another Brain dead moron for a Chaos Lord(and to think they had to kill off Eliphas the chaos Lord in this series that didnt suck)

[Ouroboros]

I've played the original dawn of war and dark crusade. I've also been a player of the actual table game for going on 15 years. The games are fun with plenty of depth given all the different factions and I also really like the idea of capturing points to get more units rather than "mining".

If you're a dawn of war far you might also want to check out Company of Heroes which is a WW2 RTS that uses an updated version of the same basic game mechanics. It's got some added features I really wish had made it into dawn of war.

[Ice Wolf]

I love Dawn of War but you can really get swamped by units if your playing against guard with a low unit count army.

[Ouroboros]

*points to my username*

Witch Hunter mod models>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Soul Storms Sisters of Battle models

its sad when a fanmade mod outdoes the official thing really

I just downloaded this mod based on your recommendation here and it does indeed look awesome but there's a problem. It's pretty obvious that whoever was working on this talked his disinterested girlfiriend into voicing the sisters and it's really distracting.

Hopefully when Soulstorm hits someone will mod these models into it but keep the haughty British psycho nun voices the sisters are supposed to have.

[kharn the betrayer]

I just downloaded this mod based on your recommendation here and it does indeed look awesome but there's a problem. It's pretty obvious that whoever was working on this talked his disinterested girlfiriend into voicing the sisters and it's really distracting.

Hopefully when Soulstorm hits someone will mod these models into it but keep the haughty British psycho nun voices the sisters are supposed to have.

yes the voices are bad and the Mod is still in Beta so we dont have the option for custom colours...

if you want some other mods try out the Daemon Hunters Mod and Armageddon Steel Legion

throw in the combiner and you have 3 extra races to play against at the same time

(Daemon Hunters use already existing voice files but the Steel Legion Mod has original VA but its not nearly as crap as the witch hunters)

the Grey Knight commander in the DH Mod also has a neat Little referance to a certain WH40K Novel on him and the Steel Legion Mod uses one of the Biggest IG commanders in its mod(Commissar Yarrick)


and when the game comes out im going to to replace the Chaos Lord+Sorcerer/Force Commander/Imperial Guard General models and Voices as soon as I get the chance

[Acolyte Of Bli'l'ab]

<-- biggest necron nerd you'll ever meet.

Dark Crusade FTW!

Wish they'd introduce more alienish alien races though, love 40k but too many bipeds/leggy-wonders

[kharn the betrayer]

<-- biggest necron nerd you'll ever meet.

Dark Crusade FTW!

Wish they'd introduce more alienish alien races though, love 40k but too many bipeds/leggy-wonders

there is a reason for most of the races that are humanlike *cougholdonecreatedmostofthemcough*

and its not like there arnt any nonhumanoid races in WH40k either *points to the Umbra and Loxatle as example*

[Xicer]

I love RTS games (Warcraft, Starcraft, CNC, etc...) and Warhammer is one of the best. Dark Crusade is my favorite in the series ATM.

[s09119]

My only problem with Dark Crusade is the Tau... when it first came out I played them nonstop; I loved the feel of them, their technology, the way everyhing looked... but with the last patches they've been nerfed so bad it's not even funny. And add in the lack of true turrets and mines... ugh.

I'm a Guardsman now

[kharn the betrayer]

My only problem with Dark Crusade is the Tau... when it first came out I played them nonstop; I loved the feel of them, their technology, the way everyhing looked... but with the last patches they've been nerfed so bad it's not even funny. And add in the lack of true turrets and mines... ugh.

I'm a Guardsman now

1)who uses Turrets or mines any more? they are a waste of resorces ina game that pretty much promotes rushing

2)Imperial Guard got nerfed worse than the Tau did! they are currently at the very bottom and the Tau have more players than them!

[s09119]

1)who uses Turrets or mines any more? they are a waste of resorces ina game that pretty much promotes rushing

2)Imperial Guard got nerfed worse than the Tau did! they are currently at the very bottom and the Tau have more players than them!

1. At least with proper turrets I don't have to leave half my army behind to prevent a sneak attack... especially when the Tau unit cap is so low!

2. Actually, I'm winning quite a few games with the Guard lately. Maybe I'm just getting a lot of weak opponants, but...

[kharn the betrayer]

1. At least with proper turrets I don't have to leave half my army behind to prevent a sneak attack... especially when the Tau unit cap is so low!

2. Actually, I'm winning quite a few games with the Guard lately. Maybe I'm just getting a lot of weak opponants, but...

1)in case of a sneak attack Turrets arnt going to much help (though it is odd they dont have turrets as they do have them in TT)

2)here at the statistics

ORKS
Wins: 432545
Losses: 325132
%: 57

CHAOS SPACE MARINES
Wins: 676056
Losses: 539059
%: 56

SPACE MARINES
Wins: 1308302
Losses: 1040236
%: 56

ELDAR
Wins: 522483
Losses: 432796
%: 55

NECRONS
Wins: 637792
Losses: 551777
%: 54

TAU EMPIRE
Wins: 748436
Losses: 676505
%: 53


IMPERIAL GUARD
Wins: 507483
Losses: 446842
%: 53

[s09119]

1)in case of a sneak attack Turrets arnt going to much help (though it is odd they dont have turrets as they do have them in TT)

2)here at the statistics

ORKS
Wins: 432545
Losses: 325132
%: 57

CHAOS SPACE MARINES
Wins: 676056
Losses: 539059
%: 56

SPACE MARINES
Wins: 1308302
Losses: 1040236
%: 56

ELDAR
Wins: 522483
Losses: 432796
%: 55

NECRONS
Wins: 637792
Losses: 551777
%: 54

TAU EMPIRE
Wins: 748436
Losses: 676505
%: 53


IMPERIAL GUARD
Wins: 507483
Losses: 446842
%: 53

How is that bad? They only have a 4% lower win-to-loss ratio than the leaders, that's good by anyone's standards.