/dowg/ Dawn of War / WH40k general

Why is there no thread?-edition

The game is out. Buy it, play it, have fun!

Wiki:
dow.wikia.com/wiki/Warhammer_40,000:_Dawn_of_War_III

Game homepage:
dawnofwar.com/

Hopefully someone else can start the next thread and add relevant information.

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This unpacking is taking forever

just finished unpacking here we go

Why isn't it up on piratebay yet? Thought they'd get it a couple hours ahead

Is it fun online? From what I could see of beta gameplay it didn't seem to put much into basebuilding

its quite hectic for 3v3 battles are fun, base building is a minor aspect in this game, more about map control

It's a MOBA with some RTS elements. We're actually regressing.

Where is my torrent for the Moba?

When will the crack be released, slides?

Dead game already? Sad.

>denuvo

>basically no threads on /v/
>/dowg/ dead too

Is it shit or is everyone busy playing? Not sure yet if I should get it. I'd mostly play SP probably

Why are people comparing it to mobas?

Because it was heavily inspired by them, the game doesnt feel like a "Dawn of War" at all, rather a very bad starcraft mod.

heroes (warcraft 3), invisible grass (dota 2 doesn't have this), imaginary lanes (they're retarded), towers that prevent progression (maybe the only point), central hub that needs killing (equivalent to central building needing to be killed before losing in other Relic games)

basically retards

How's the Singleplayer?`Not a big MP fan so playing the campaign and against AI would be my main interest

There has been a designated shitting on DoW thread every single day for the past fucking week. And at least 3 right now last time I checked /v/.

the "launch thread" was pretty comfy--it just died

I checked before I made that post and there was only one thread about it on /v/ and that was more related to PC gaming in general.
Maybe I missed some.

tfw too poor for 60 dollarydoo games nowadays

it's roughly $45 on keysites.
still a good amount of money though

It's not even worth that much, lmao

Pay 60 bucks for dota amout of content

who here dow2

So the consensus is that they tried to turn it into starcraft, right? Because I sure as fuck dont want to play that.

Well I can still replay the coop campaign in 2 and then bitch about how shitty retribution is.

You need to be big git to play 60 when you can pay 30. You git

Nigga why didn't you play the open beta?

Yet another mediocre 40k game. When will the suffering end?

I thought it was for preorders only. Guess I fucked up.

Also lately I just dont really play betas and alphas and early access shit. I dont want to be an upaid tester.

My main gripe from the beta. Was that as the reviews says it takes the best from DoW1 and DoW2 and blends them togheter.

I felt that it didn't put enough emphasis on basebuilding and cover mechanics are non existant. Other than shield domes, which are stupid. Sine rushing one squad out to the shield immediately cuts the map in half.

Better get on that 2 hour steam refund horse then.
Unit control is more similar to Starcraft but you have to avoid deathballs lest you want to lose everything to a single strike.

No, they tried to turn it into warcraft 3 and failed horribly because you don't get the fine unit control of warcraft 3 with the stupid squad system.

Every other RTS plays better than this, and every other moba plays better than this. This game is some horrible middle ground that fails at all things. It's all the bad parts of both genres combined into one disastrous combination that won't even please 40k fans because its so barebones.

Someone have a good torrent or cheap sale price for the full DOW1 series?

>enough emphasis on basebuilding
I think there's a decent amount of planning required as the structure placements generally enforce the areas you control.
If you were just building behind towers you were doing it wrong.

Yeah thats actually a good idea. I havent gotten used to the option of refunding shit. Thanks.

Well that sounds depressing.

>Well that sounds depressing.
Don't listen that git, he is just butthurt he got BTFO on /v/ of all boards.

You build like 3 buildings in a game. That's not basebuilding. That's so far off the mark of what people who like basebuilding want its almost deliberately malicious.

It's not for everyone, just like any game. A lot of Dawn of war fans were expecting something and relic game us a pile of shit instead.
Of course some people will eat that shit up but others will protest and voice their opinion.

As the others have said, try it and if you find it shit, get a refund, if not have fun.

Yeah, I guess they should've added unit supply for that supply depot spam for walling.

Aye, also you need to tech up the main building anyway. So when it is done being forced to build a production building doesn't add much.

Also tanks handle like ass. Gets stuck all over the map, and sometimes backs up into combat. Is there rear armor in this game?

>gets so btfo'd on /v/ that he has zero context for any of his arguments
kek

How's the campaign so far?

Is anyone streaming?

Can I completely disable chat in multiplayer?

Different poster to the guy you replied to before.
Sorry to disappoint. I haven't been "btfo'd" on /v/

>streaming

Heard it mostly functioned as a tutorial for multiplayer. But I have not gotten to it yet.

>Martellus replaced by Balthazar

Seems like a slow introduction to all the units, while some story bits are thrown in and you navigate pretty maps.

Campaign is mediocre, the new system for missions is worse than the previous one tbqh

Balthazar is a cogboy?

>there are people who actually spent real world $$$ on this shitty game
>there are people who will spend $$$ on the crack foe this shitty game
>there are people who will wait for the crack to be released for free

it's a pretty good game tho

buzzcutpsycho is alright, doing 3v3s though

What went wrong bros?

Apparently single player AI is shit so...

valve not weighing

It's not dow1 2.0

>invisible grass (LoL and HotS have this), imaginary lanes (both moba and RTS maps have this)

Sort of. They made it more like Starcraft but also more like MOBAs, and the elements don't combine well. Warcraft 3 is probably the most similar, but it's almost completely off in execution and play.

>HotS

The lack of voice work bothers me.
Feels like they put more voice work into one unit from dow2, than this entire game.

>rewarding the developers who chose to make Dawn of Starcraft: MOBA boogaloo

I love it when an established RTS series decides to follow a bold new vision.

I also love esports and can't get enough of them.

dow3 doesn't even have observer mode

It has replays.

CoH2 got observer mode so DoW3 probably will as well.

It has just as much voice work as previous games...

I like multiplayer even if they campaign is bad its a shame the game seems to be a flop new modes and mechanics could of made it good

Every time I see someone doesn't bash dow 3 it's nothing more than them claiming they just 'like' something about it.

I'm sorry. I wanted to hold out and keep a positive look on it despite the beta. But shit man. This whole thing seems so half assed. The way they tackle the lore, the voices, the dumbed down mechanics of both an moba AND rts.

I honestly seems like they slapped a wh40k skin on some stupid e sports wannabe.

Game become e sports from being varied enough to warrant highly competitive play. You don't design a fucking game around being e sports. What if you come out with less than a game?

FUCK, I've had this on my wishlist for a fucking year. I've stood by it EVEN while people complained about the beta. But 60$?? for this??

read: good voice work.

The direction is more straight and serious. Its like CoD campaign in terms of tone and about as much gravitas. No angry marines with righteous fury and nothing as intentionally funny. The eldar are just as dry and with little mysticism. Orks are somewhat okay but are unintentionally made more hillarious buy their higher-pitch voices - its like an army of Kermit the frog.

I would pay 120$ for this. It is that good.

But they explicitly said they didn't design the game for esports!

Well it is a multiplayer focused game. And the game mode is a complete disaster.

kids

>MOBAs spawned out of the RTS genre
>obviously thus have some similar aspects to RTS'
>every other RTS is now a MOBA because it shares some aspects

And the similarities are pretty low, too. You don't have AI controlled spawns, you don't have any hero progression, you control more than a single unit and so on.

But your hero units have skills and there's a power core (apparently because of the name that's different from a game where the victory condition is to destroy the HQ) so clearly it is a MOBA.

Not even saying that there aren't any legit complaints, but if you scroll over the top rated comments it's mostly retarded shit that is simply false.

well that is not so very great. thanks for the feedback

Anyone have a list of all the elites so far in game? I can only find the ones that were in the beta.

anybody in EU want to go stompin' togevva?

>Imperial Guardsmen are in the single player
>No MP IG

Any idea how to surrender ? If you want quit it says Quiting without surrendering will forfeit all exp. BUT HOW DO I DO THIS

guess they didn't get it in in time after the open beta feedback

youtu.be/zT_vcm7eKIc

>Only Gabe,Jonah, and Diomedes are confirmed to be back
>Avitus was the heretic
>Aramus and Thaddeus are on a crusade???
>Cyrus MIA
>Tarkus MIA (who should be a fucking captain of the second company)


The hidden issues

>the game will probably fail so the Blood Ravens legacy is basically finished

>no sale for DoW1/2 prior to DoW3's release

Bundle Stars has them on sale right now

But info about surrender was already in Beta.

Welp this game will just give us more eldar and macha porn hopefully

>Be hyped for DoW3
>Actually get around to playing it.

Well.
At least I'll always have Dark Crusade.
They can't fuck that up or take it away from me.

This Balthazar dude lacks something

Loving the game but it saddens me that Diomedes doesn't have his old VA

I feel like the people who like it are playing and the people who hate it are bombing the steam review page and complaining elsewhere. Really love the game so far, the negative things i've heard almost entirely come down to opinions and preferences; the game is mostly mechanically solid which is a damn miracle in this day and age.

t. shill

It never occurred to me until the beta, but there doesn't seem to be a great reason to make a new Dawn of War. The Warhammer universe never really changes, so unlike other RTS sequels they can't include anything really new, they're stuck using the same units and armies as they always have and now the gameplay itself has even regressed to the first entry in the series because there's nowhere to go.

The "MOBA" gameplay additions are minute and don't do enough to disguise the fact that this is a thinly veiled rehash of their past works. Relic needs to get out of this rut and start creating original content again.

I rest my case.

kekold

>he "MOBA" gameplay additions are minute
I can't say I agree. If you removed the towers/shields you'd be readjusting the movement speed of all armies, or drastically altering the map sizes, or something.
Unless you want the slowest of all gameplay that results from the defensive meta adjusting to a game that supports rushes through unseen corridors.

>Unless you want the slowest of all gameplay that results from the defensive meta adjusting to a game that supports rushes through unseen corridors.
I'm imagining TvT in Brood War and can't say I have a problem with this.

Guys, should I get this game of buy the medicines for my mom. I mean, I love her and all but she will survive some weeks without her insuline...

wtf do I just wait around?

Huh? No you're meant to save the scouts.

Well, if I intend to be corrupt I just have to partake in zero gameplay.
feels wrong

There have been many DOW games and expansions

But nothing has yet to surpass soul storm with ultimate apocalypse mod