Dawn Of War - Page 8

Steam · May 2, 2008, 3:02 AM

Daemon Prince is basically a buffed up Hero unit anyway. Bloodthirster is pretty cool as a Relic weapon although it does have some drawbacks. Not a big fan of Chaos anyway and I'm even put off Space Marines at times. Thinking of going as Imperials when I can start playing again.

May 5, 2008, 12:27 PM

i didnt really like the imperials when i played hem but they can be pretty good people when you ally with them and then they can be pretty annoying enamies aswell because they come at you in large numbers and they can produce more really quickly so it keeps you going, as for chaos, i like playing as them in the campaign but on skirmish they are just push overs, i havent played as them online yet as i cant at the moment :( but i will have to get online some time to try them against other people

Steam · May 6, 2008, 2:11 PM

The problem with Imps is that they aren't the most durable of races and you basically have to swarm them like you would with the Orks. The Kasrkin squads, Orgyns, Heavy weapons and vehicles they have are pretty damn sweet. They can be good if you use them right but you'll always be at a disadvantage compared to other races.

As I've said before when you play online it's completely different. Not to say that everyone is good at the game but you won't get away with half of what you use against the computer. I've been on the end of many a beating because of this.

May 9, 2008, 12:31 AM

It's amazing how much harder the Dark Eldar become when they don't spam buildings. :p

I've been on the receiving end of many a Hellion rush, and it's not fun, Tau seem to get cut to pieces quite bad by them. Chaos handled it slightly better but I still get outmanouvred most times, can't help it, I'm an RTS novice at best.

I just feel the Dark Eldar are a bit more interesting to play as when you try and avoid a vehicle/Hellion rush at the start.

But yeah, has anyone had any succesful experience of using T'au against Orks? That's my big hurdle at the moment, my tactics definitely need some tweaking to deal with the big green 'uns.

Steam · May 10, 2008, 12:53 AM

Not the best to ask about online 1v1 games since I never play them apart from one time with a pal. However the best will probably be to have the TC and 2/3 FW squads (and one kroot if you have the req handy) and have the TC lay a snare both away from you and another under your FW in case you have to retreat and you'll be able to slow the Slugga Boys or if a Big Mek teleports amongst the squad where you can then retreat back and put them under fire. Having a FW squad hanging further back to give covering fire would be handy too.

Also another thing is you can move the squad that is being targeted and have the rest shoot them while the enemy is giving chase.

May 24, 2008, 8:31 PM

if you play as space marines (my fav army apart from necrons) i like to use a combo of a whirlwind, three assault squads and four squads of marines, it is useful to kit out the marines with three heavy bolters and two rocket launchers, the assualt squads will go into the dirty fighting with the enamy, the whirlwind will flatten the enamy from a distance and the marines can just keep the enamy at bay and can possibly kill quite a few as well, works every time

May 27, 2008, 1:09 AM

I have heard about this game I hear it's pretty good. I don't think it sounds good though. But some of my friends play so I guess it won't be as bad if i play it. I'm thinking of playing it.

Steam · May 29, 2008, 11:59 PM

It's not the most balanced RTS of all time but it's probably the most fun one I've ever played myself. With a selection of 9 races you have a reasonable amount of choice when you consider several of the races are similar to each other and since it's based on the 40K Universe it has a certain amount of appeal that others don't. Since you have friends that have it you can just play their copies to see if it's what you want.

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Originally Posted by Argetlam

if you play as space marines (my fav army apart from necrons) i like to use a combo of a whirlwind, three assault squads and four squads of marines, it is useful to kit out the marines with three heavy bolters and two rocket launchers, the assualt squads will go into the dirty fighting with the enamy, the whirlwind will flatten the enamy from a distance and the marines can just keep the enamy at bay and can possibly kill quite a few as well, works every time

I don't think I've ever used the Whirlwind tank beyond the Single-Player campaign. The amount of cap and the fact that you can only have one just doesn't strike me as a particulary good option when compared to other vehicles. I wasn't too smart at using Assualt Marines either and stupidly rely way too much on Heavy Bolter Marines which later in the game kinda fails.

My strat on team games until SS ruined it was teching fast to Grey Knights and Chaplain for the early stages and tech up onto Terms, Land Raider and other later units if possible. Never really settled on a decent strat these days although this weekend I'm going back to Imperials since I hate want to main with them again.

May 31, 2008, 5:13 PM

I've just recently got into playing it. I bought The Complete Collection a while ago, but I'm only up to the fourth mission of the original game so I haven't even looked at any of the expansion packs yet. It's a bit difficult getting used to it compared to other RTS' with all the advanced controls regarding the camera. Definitely £25 well spent though.

June 3, 2008, 12:02 PM

i really need to buy the new one, soulstorm, does anyone know whether it runs on vista or not?