official Warhammer 40K: Dawn Of War II

[trag3dy]

Cool. What's your gamertag? Mine is Anaron. Add me! :yes:

Friend invite sent. Mine is f3llyn.

[Pheee]

Oh well its out of stock right now :(

[Pheee]

Sweet, just managed to order it, code delivered in less than 1 minute, and worked a treat, installing now.

[trag3dy]

Cool, feel free to add me to Live.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Friend invite sent. Mine is f3llyn.

Friend invite accepted. :)

I'm having so much fun in the co-op campaign with my buddy. We each have Terminator armour equipped and it's amazing. My buddy reached level 17 and he can already do ~1500 ranged damage. Unfortunately, Terminator armour does not go well with the Force Commander. It cripples my melee damage output; however, it's perfect with Thaddeus.

I highly recommend playing the campaign with a friend. It makes the game so much more fun. The item allocation alone is fun in and of itself. I can't wait to hit it up online. I've been itching to try the Eldar. The last time I used them was before the game's release. I'm also curious to see what has changed since the MP beta.

[trag3dy]

I've noticed that about the Terminator armor as well. I'm curious how the co-op works. Does each person control 2 groups or 4 or what?

[Viper217]

I've noticed that about the Terminator armor as well. I'm curious how the co-op works. Does each person control 2 groups or 4 or what?

yup each person takes 2 of the squads, usually my brother and i split up into force commander/assault marines and tacticals/devastators so one focus's on melee and the other at ranged, works well. everything is based off the hosts game tho fyi, so dont let the other guy host if you want to play it by yourself aside from coop.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

yup each person takes 2 of the squads, usually my brother and i split up into force commander/assault marines and tacticals/devastators so one focus's on melee and the other at ranged, works well. everything is based off the hosts game tho fyi, so dont let the other guy host if you want to play it by yourself aside from coop.

Yep, that's how it works. You can only control 2 squads at once but there are more available. Going melee/ranged is the way to go. I control the Force Commander and Thaddeus (Assault Marines squad) and my buddy controls Avitus (Devastator squad) and Tarkus (Tactical Marines squad). I sometimes use Cyrus (Scouts squad).

[trag3dy]

That seems cool like it would be really fun, to bad I don't have any friends that have the game.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

My buddy and I are almost done with the co-op campaign. We should definitely get some Neowin games going. :p

[trag3dy]

I like to. There's more than 2v2 in mp correct? Everything I've seen has just shown 1v1 or 2v2 maps.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Definitely. The 1p and 2p maps are more popular though. Anyway, the open beta for the ‘There is Only War’ update should go live in July. Who's interested?

[trag3dy]

I'm up for giving it a try. I like to think I do okay in the missions but who knows how that'll go in MP.

[Buio]

How to enter 1.4.1 beta (it's open for all)

http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?p=722

Beta patchnotes (long):

http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?p=724

[HawkMan]

Need to get back and finish the campaign and get some multiplayer action on this. Look me up on live and I might be in there playing soon, though up untill the weekend I think I'll mostly be doing some RC flight sims to prepare to take my new plane out this weekend :)

of course in team games, I'll be a -50 handicap to anyone else :p

[trag3dy]

Cool, thanks for the links, I will definitely try this out.

[Pheee]

In case you haven't done so already, register your game at THQ. You'll get access to the Chapter Command Wargear Set (see here). I just got my code and redeemed it with the Games For Windows LIVE client.

I have registered, got my code, and downloaded in Windows Live Client.

Is this only available in Multiplayer? I am new and not sure where it appears or how you use it,. I have only done about 4 missions in campaign so far. But excellent game tho :D

[Buio]

Is this only available in Multiplayer? I am new and not sure where it appears or how you use it,. I have only done about 4 missions in campaign so far. But excellent game tho :D

The gear is only for singleplayer, the chapters and colors are for multiplayer (i.e. "fluff" customization without affecting multiplayer balance).

[Pheee]

What do I have to do to use them in Single player? Or do I have to unlock/find them?

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

How to enter 1.4.1 beta (it's open for all)

http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?p=722

Beta patchnotes (long):

http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blogs/?p=724

Thanks for the links! :yes:

What do I have to do to use them in Single player? Or do I have to unlock/find them?

The new wargear will only appear in a new campaign, not an existing one.

[Buio]

What do I have to do to use them in Single player? Or do I have to unlock/find them?

They should be in the inventory when you start a new campaign, but you have to gain level to use them. I was gonna check, but apparently there is a problem so I can't get my DoW2 contents from GFWL at the moment.

Edit: Anaron had already answered, I'm a bit tired.

[trag3dy]

Also some of the things are for MP only. Like the different colored skins. That wasn't very apparent from the screen shots and descriptions they gave on the website.

[Buio]

Beta v1.4.1 delayed until tomorrow :/

[trag3dy]

Oh, that's lame. I was curious about that, was wondering if my time telling is off.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Also some of the things are for MP only. Like the different colored skins. That wasn't very apparent from the screen shots and descriptions they gave on the website.

Well, they did mention the exclusive metallic colours. I believe that's the only benefit for MP. The rest of it are merely items for the singleplayer/co-op campaign.

I was hoping to try the beta today but I guess I could wait until tomorrow. The changelog mentions the addition of new wargear in the campaign. I wonder what they added. :p