Forum Overview :: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising
 
This is out now. by Arbit 03/12/2010, 12:18pm PST
Even if you don't buy CR, you still get access to the new units for the previous factions and you can still get reamed by chaos opponents, too.

Lightning claw terminators own everything and is a prime example of Relic's 95% good, 5% WTF style balancing. From beta to 1.9, they were obviously concerned that assault termies would be unkillable at range and unbeatable in melee, so they made very specific (too) effective counters to super heavy armor and gave ass termies modest melee dps. Consensus was they were shitty. Then comes CR, and they greatly diminish the effectiveness of super heavy armor counters but give default ass termies a little damage nerf. OK... but they also give them a lightning claw upgrade that makes them unkillable at range and unbeatable in melee ie exactly what they were trying to avoid all along. It's like 5 minutes before going gold someone on the dev team said "fuck that terminators are AWESOME" and sneaked in the most unbalanced upgrade ever. They apparently can take down a thornback carnifex without losing a man.
RETARDED.

Anyway, the game is still rad despite this. The chaos theme and voices are amazing.
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This is out now. by Arbit 03/12/2010, 12:18pm PST NEW
    Must restart computer to apply update NT by FUCK GAMES FOR WINDOWS LIVE! 03/12/2010, 2:43pm PST NEW
        SHITPOST NT by SHITPOSTERIO 03/12/2010, 3:11pm PST NEW
    I have no clue what's going on by FABIO 03/12/2010, 6:28pm PST NEW
    Jesus wraithguard by FABIO 03/13/2010, 2:02am PST NEW
    so single player might be worth playing after the price drops in a few months/ye NT by irony 03/13/2010, 7:22pm PST NEW
    You get to play Space Hulk. Terminators v. Genestealers. POSITIVE! NT by Fortinbras 03/14/2010, 9:30pm PDT NEW
        Singleplayer is really excellent. by Arbit 03/15/2010, 2:50pm PDT NEW
            how does going uncorrupted open plot holes? spoiler post NT by irony 03/15/2010, 3:45pm PDT NEW
                Not a spoiler post. by Arbit 03/15/2010, 4:48pm PDT NEW
                    There is a fairly big plot hole, but that's not it. NT by Fortinbras 03/15/2010, 6:13pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Not a spoiler post. by Jhoh Creexul (custom software) 03/15/2010, 6:53pm PDT NEW
    Plague Marines are the new Tactical Marines by Fortinbras 03/15/2010, 8:11pm PDT NEW
        Re: Plague Marines are the new Tactical Marines by Ethan Steele 03/16/2010, 5:57am PDT NEW
            Oh and don't fight them near Nurgle shrines especially if Heretics are there NT by Ethan Steele 03/16/2010, 5:58am PDT NEW
    I'm gonna have to get this; just finished DoW2: Non-Chaos Version. by Eurotrash 03/17/2010, 1:47pm PDT NEW
        the very next thing they need to do: drop the spes marens and use all IG units NT by irony 03/17/2010, 3:22pm PDT NEW
 
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